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LOL...maybe the parents. Radiance class been out longer than when the larger ships came out with the Ben and Jerry's suite. 😉

LOL...very interesting art work all over the ship. Always fun to seek out the "eye candy". 😉

He is having a bad time with his leg. He is still in the hospital in Miami. Always walked with an extreme limp...just got worse. He is not a small man, which puts a lot of extra weight on that leg. Really nice guy and hoping the best for his recovery.

Great pictures! Indeed looks like you had a lot of fun. We had lunch on the ship, then went back and forth as to taking a shuttle into town. Looks like we missed a great time! I did see a lot of it with the binoculars...it is still going even now! Talked to a few that also stayed on the ship that had no idea the Carnival was going on...and was never listed in the Cruise Compass either. Annual festival here dating years back.

We were half wanting to go to see the festival...but half not wanting to go. We are not fans of crowds and crowding at all. Though I am sure it was fun to watch close up. With the big problem of pick pockets here (though we rarely carry much)...we finally decided to stay on the quiet ship to relax. I was able to watch a lot of it with the binoculars...and could definitely hear it. Lots of colorful feathers!

Kept hearing parade/band music and shouting when we docked up here in Arica. Found it with the binoculars on the other side of town near the big condos. So now (1 pm) they have all moved to be in front of where the shuttle buses drop off pax by the big white tents. Googled it to find today is the start of their big Carnival festival celebration through the weekend. Not sure if we want to shuttle into town from the ship now or not. Anyone get to enjoy (or get caught in) that parade already? I am wondering what that will doing for traffic in town with tour buses.

We have a new chef, since Chef Ronald left us (though not sure if it was due to contract, or due to he had to go to the hospital...hope he is OK). The pastry Chef must have told him how much we adored the dried fruit and nut cups....so we scored another plateful that was sent to us today. 😋

Thanks....yes have tried the little shop near the ship in Curacao before. The owner there actually got a kick out of how I knew to properly pronounce Gouda. 😉 Though IMHO, I still prefer the Old Amsterdam cheese (the more aged type) from St. Maarten than the Gouda we purchased in Curacao. Just different tastes.

Pulling into Arica. Huge condo buildings on other side of the "big hill", other side of town. Busy port area. Big fleet of fishing boats with massive drag nets.

Me too...always one of my favorite ports in the Carib. 🥰

Arica pilot boat greeting committee....

Mmmm...Amsterdam cheese shop where you are. Always a stop to stock up on Gouda. 😉 Yums!

Currently pulling into Arica Chile. 😉

It is 9:12 am right now...while you are 7:12 am, though seems weird to me as well...it is simply the way South America lines up under Central and North America and being in the southern hemisphere. Your winter up there...is Antarctica (And Australia/NZ) summer. Time change tonight...get to gain back one of the hours we lost on the way south on the Atlantic. 😉 And with the big "bump" of South America coming up....we will changing the clock quite a bit as we head north.

LOL...forgot about those cool Flamingos! We have....Cows. 😉

Hello Mr. Sunshine! Peeking up over the Andes. 🙂

Current position...following the mountains to Arica. Very warm now, already almost 80 degrees now that the sun is fully up, supposed to be 86 in Arica. We don't arrive there until 11 am.

Wow...sorry we missed them! Will be on the lookout now. Starting to get close to Arica, love seeing the mountains on the horizon now.

Not sure if that is her, or if she has a CC name...but I have pointed out to her how to get on the CC website...she had difficulty trying to find it and how to pull up the threads.

Pretty cool! Sigh...unfortunately there are too many things not working on sister Serenade. 😞

Yeah, she is a tick tocker...but compared to others on that website...she is much more tame. She and I are on different media sites...but still friends. 😉

Amazingly still very calm seas. Not what I expected from open Pacific...but happy to have it. Approaching next port of call Arica, but oddly not until 11 am tomorrow.

OMG....love it. Soo true my friend. 🥰 Cheers to you as well. 🥂

Awww...thanks my friend. The only thing that would make it more perfect...would be to have you and Kathy with us. 🥰

That was not my post...but a cut and paste from Wikipedia. 😉 But I agree with your additions. 😄