Bon voyage Circle South America !

No. Nowhere to come ashore. The Islanders come out in the longboat and then board the ship with their wares.......subject to weather conditions of course.

Cheers, I thought that was the case, hope the weather is good for the visit.:D

No one could get off the ship in Papeete as the port was shut :(, I found this blog post: https://boryssnorc.com/2017/01/24/tahiti-should-be-nice/

Shame for the passengers and the town folk.

They have had their call at Pitcairn and have just left to head for Easter Island.

Wonder if the locals managed to come out and get aboard?

They have had their call at Pitcairn and have just left to head for Easter Island.

Wonder if the locals managed to come out and get aboard?

Hopefully they did, and also that they get onto Easter Island. It often happens that they cannot get ashore.

The Sea Princess is anchored at Easter Island. Looks like the will get ashore

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The Sea Princess is anchored at Easter Island. Looks like the will get ashore

 

 

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That is good news. Its certainly a bucket list call.:)

and one they will remember for a lifetime.

Looks like after a full day ashore the Captain is giving them a sail around the Island as well...from Marine Traffic AIS

Heading into Valparaiso now

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They have been docked with the bow facing out to sea , so we dont get a view of the City this time.Valparaiso is a fascinating call.

If anyone is planning a South America cruise and you start /finish in Valparaiso , a few days stay pre/post cruise , is well worthwhile. When we did it we stayed at the next bay around, Vina del Mar.

Just leaving port now

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Thats the view looking across the bay and over to Vina del Mar.

They are at Puerto Montt today .

Hi all - on my way home from a 14night Cruise on Celebrity Infinity that went to Antartica. Our cruise was the best I have done, and on Saturday night while we were travelling up the Rio de la Plata into Buenos Aires we passed the Sea Princess. I was looking for it but did not realise how close we would be. Here are some shots - enjoy!

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Sorry for the poor quality of the pics...

They are in Rio ...

The white building in front of them is the actual cruise terminal . Looks like they are docked one ship back from it.

Heres an update on the itinerary until Lima. Will have to watch out for them in the canal,,

Tue 21/02/17 Rio de Janeiro / Brazil 07:00

Wed 22/02/17 Rio de Janeiro / Brazil 14:00

Thu 23/02/17 At Sea

Fri 24/02/17 Salvador de Bahia / Brazil 09:00 17:00

Sat 25/02/17 At Sea

Sun 26/02/17 Fortaleza / Brazil 13:00 23:59

Mon 27/02/17 At Sea

Tue 28/02/17 At Sea

Wed 01/03/17 At Sea

Thu 02/03/17 At Sea

Fri 03/03/17 Bridgetown (Barbados) / Lesser Antilles 08:00 17:00

Sat 04/03/17 At Sea

Sun 05/03/17 Willemstad (Curaçao) / Netherlands Antilles 08:00 17:00

Mon 06/03/17 At Sea

Tue 07/03/17 Cartagena de Indias / Colombia 07:00 15:00

Wed 08/03/17 Panama Canal (Passage/Cruise) / Panama 06:00 16:30

Thu 09/03/17 At Sea

Fri 10/03/17 Puntarenas / Costa Rica 07:00 19:00

Sat 11/03/17 At Sea

Sun 12/03/17 Manta / Ecuador 09:00 19:00

Mon 13/03/17 At Sea

Tue 14/03/17 Callao (Lima) / Peru 12:00

Wed 15/03/17 Callao (Lima) / Peru 23:00

Thanks for the updates.

The Sea Princess seams to be running slower than normal. Hard to believe it will get to Fortaleza on time.

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The Sea Princess seams to be running slower than normal. Hard to believe it will get to Fortaleza on time.

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Yes .. I just had a look. According to Sea scanner she should be in Fortaleza now, but she is still a fair way off and showing only 12.6 knots according to AIS. The important date is her booking through the Panama Canal, They wont want to miss that or they will have to pay twice.

Looks like they are still heading for Fortaleza, perhaps they will be a day later

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Read on a blog that they are having problems with a diesel generator.

Read on a blog that they are having problems with a diesel generator.

Thanks for the update...Oh dear.

They have several sea days before Panama so may be able to make up time.

Lets hope.

Tue 21/02/17 Rio de Janeiro / Brazil 07:00

Wed 22/02/17 Rio de Janeiro / Brazil 14:00

Thu 23/02/17 At Sea

Fri 24/02/17 Salvador de Bahia / Brazil 09:00 17:00

Sat 25/02/17 At Sea

Sun 26/02/17 Fortaleza / Brazil 13:00 23:59

Mon 27/02/17 At Sea

Tue 28/02/17 At Sea

Wed 01/03/17 At Sea

Thu 02/03/17 At Sea

Fri 03/03/17 Bridgetown (Barbados) / Lesser Antilles 08:00 17:00

Sat 04/03/17 At Sea

Sun 05/03/17 Willemstad (Curaçao) / Netherlands Antilles 08:00 17:00

Mon 06/03/17 At Sea

Tue 07/03/17 Cartagena de Indias / Colombia 07:00 15:00

Wed 08/03/17 Panama Canal (Passage/Cruise) / Panama 06:00 16:30

Thu 09/03/17 At Sea

Fri 10/03/17 Puntarenas / Costa Rica 05:45 18:00

Sat 11/03/17 At Sea

Sun 12/03/17 Manta / Ecuador 09:00 19:00

Mon 13/03/17 At Sea

Tue 14/03/17 Callao (Lima) / Peru 12:00

Wed 15/03/17 Callao (Lima) / Peru 23:00

Read on a blog that they are having problems with a diesel generator.

Which blog

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Hope they get it fixed.:D

We did the Bris-Syd leg and met a few people that were travelling 84 days. One elderly couple we spoke to yesterday spent paid over $10,000 for travel insurance. They had to take out 2 separate policies and the husbands alone was over $7000.

For the past few years we have taken out a Whole of Year, Fully Comprehensive, Anywhere in the World Policy. We both have medical conditions that we declare but it works out so much cheaper than trying to insure for an individual trip. And nothing like ten grand.

Sorry folks. I just responded to a post without realising it was a really old post on this thread.

Loved our circle Sth America though. Fabulous journey we'd both do again but there's still so much more to see.