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Then lunch at Dive-in before the crowds arrived.

We find the shops here to be pretty good. Got a leather purse, leather cell phone holders, wallet and coffee beans. Had an iced coffee, took some photos of parrots and peacocks and headed back! 

After breakfast we made our way to the gangway and once off, boarded the free shuttle bus for the 1 minute drive to the terminal area. If you have trouble walking or just don't like walking in the heat, the shuttle is a great convenience. We just shopped here and looked at the denizens of the aviary.

Just sailing out of Cartagena now, after a hot, muggy morning. About 33° C. We enjoyed a leisurely breakfast at  CO. The ship cleared for disembarking about 730 am so no crowds on board. 

To close out this very nice day at sea- we had dinner in CO, both of us the choosing the shrimp costini, which was a good pile of shrimp in a creamy sauce on 2 small baguette slices (okay, one slice was gone by the time I took the picture)! Then the callaloo soup, nice and light. Followed by the Port to Table hake. We hadn't tried hake before so that was good, another mild white flesh fish and true to form for this cruise, not over-cooked.

Cabanas well attended today:

Container ship going by:

Up on Observation Deck, I noticed an area set up for what I assume will be a vow renewal:

Pretty quiet on board today, not much to take photos of. So a few more Art of the Day pics:

This is the bar events sign currently on display. This sign happens to be at Dutch cafe.

3 minutes ago, Iamthesea said:

Did you need to sign-up for the Mixology class?  Looks like there would be an attendance limit around the bar?

You can sign up at pretty much any bar, or just do what I did and plunk yourself down! There are actually lots of chairs and side tables set up opposite the bar for more people, it just doesn't show in the photos here.There is more than one class, 3 or 4 I think, with different topics.

The dreaded wedge "hash brown" 🙄

Today (Friday) is another beautiful day at sea. Of course today my watch battery decided to konk out. Checked in the shops and they don't do batteries. Oh well, an excuse to go to the sales today and maybe find a cheapie watch! 

There is a Panama Canal talk this morning in the theatre, and it will be repeated tomorrow afternoon, after we leave Cartagena. So far, everything looks to be a "go" for Panama.

Had a leisurely breakfast in CO. I ordered the ham and cheese skillet. It is the only breakfast I have found that actually includes what I call "real" hash browns- cubed potato with peppers and onions. Not a fan of the ubiquitous triangle wedges..might as well be eating at McDonalds for those!

Last night's show, the comedian Marc Yaffe. The first part of his show was typical cruise jokes and old people aches and pains jokes..the latter part of his act was much better. He is a native American, and his related jokes were pretty good. All the shows so far seem well attended, so don't dawdle getting there!

1 hour ago, Huskerchick said:

Not sure if it's allowed but could you share who you did your tour with? We are always looking for things to do in Curaçao 

The tour was with Curacao Dreams. (Not affiliated with the resort of the same name). We did a different tour with them earlier this year as well. The visit to Knip beach for the turtle swim is hit and miss. First time, tons of turtles. This time, I only saw one. The private area they have at Knip beach is on top of a canteen and the stairway is quite tricky (all rocks). If you have any issues with flexibilty or steadiness, you won't want to climb them. But you could just stay down below. The entrance to the water drops suddenly and is rocky- wear water shoes.

Yesterday was Curacao; we arrived in the wee hours of the morning to disembark an ill passenger. Then apparently in the afternoon, another passenger was sent by ambulance to hospital.

We did a private tour from 945-5, including Porto Mari beach, Shete Boka National Park, Knip beach and the Chocolobo distillery. Great guide and driver and really nice people joined us from local resorts.

We were in port until 1030 pm so the shops weren't open on board. Had dinner at CO and went to the show- comedian Marc Yaffe.