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[Merion_Mom]

Wait, I just have to post one more picture!

 

This is Doris, standing in front of the van that took us on our tour of Buenos Aires on the first day.

 

Note the license plate.

 

 

 

[rednancy1]

Wait, I just have to post one more picture!

 

This is Doris, standing in front of the van that took us on our tour of Buenos Aires on the first day.

 

Note the license plate.

 

 

 

 

 

OMG Doris you are my hero! :eek:

[Rancher Dave]

Great license plate... Custom the end and boy could that plate get out of hand. Of course in Espanol its not quite the same.

[time4me2fly]

U guys are something else :D

 

n B careful what you think ;):eek::D

[rednancy1]

Great license plate... Custom the end and boy could that plate get out of hand. Of course in Espanol its not quite the same.

 

Okay Rancher Dave,

 

I have to meet you.

 

With my DH of course. :p

[time4me2fly]

Carol have you played BINGO?

 

My son just got off the Voyager. He won $159 and his girlfriend won a FREE CRUISE!!!

[MilliesMom]

Have I become boring? This thread had slipped to page FOUR!!!!! ;) :eek: :D

 

Carol, we are thoroughly enjoying this thread. Also sharing with many others.

[rednancy1]

Carol have you played BINGO?

 

My son just got off the Voyager. He won $159 and his girlfriend won a FREE CRUISE!!!

 

 

Good for them.

 

Bingo cost us $300 + and we didn't win crap.

 

I'm glad to see someone win.:):):)

[Rancher Dave]

Okay Rancher Dave,

 

I have to meet you.

 

With my DH of course. :p

 

 

If DW changes her mind about what to do after we get off the 1 nighter, we may end up in your town. If so we would be happy to have a drink together for a bit....just not inside a casino...too much smoke at least last time I was in one it was.

[rednancy1]

Rancher Dave,

 

We can't stand smoky casinos either.

 

We can meet at a non smoking place or come to our house in NW Vegas.

 

 

We'd love to have you visit. :):):)

 

We have 2 brazen golden retrievers that must be petted. :o

[The Big Booper]

..<<snip>>..Maybe some were........I can tell you that Bobbie was very disappointed in what she saw. The day was, in round figures, $900.00 per person for the excursion..<<snip>>..

 

Rick

 

Ouch. Es muy expensivo.

 

It would be interesting to see what all the "exotic" excursions cost. Hair-raising. If we ever did a segment of this trip, I can see spending more on the side trips then the basic cruise.

[suzyluvs2cruise]

Carol - I'm really enjoying following your cruise as you bring the Mariner to us on the West Coast. Great pictures and commentary. :)

 

Ouch. Es muy expensivo.

 

It would be interesting to see what all the "exotic" excursions cost. Hair-raising. If we ever did a segment of this trip, I can see spending more on the side trips then the basic cruise.

 

We're on the Radiance from Santiago, Chile to San Diego in April. How about this for an exotic excursion................definitely more than the cost of the cruise.

 

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Cuzco and Machu Picchu Adventure Deluxe Option-Ends in Manta (Single Occupancy) - CY26

Port/City: Lima, (Callao) Peru

Activity Type: Adventure Tours | Flightseeing | Sightseeing and/or City Tours

Approximate Duration: 3 day(s)

Prices starting from:

*4,295.00 USD (Adult)

*4,295.00 USD (Child)

*0.00 USD (Infant)

Dates Offered: 30-Apr-2009

[rednancy1]

Carol - I'm really enjoying following your cruise as you bring the Mariner to us on the West Coast. Great pictures and commentary.

 

 

 

We're on the Radiance from Santiago, Chile to San Diego in April. How about this for an exotic excursion................definitely more than the cost of the cruise.

 

View Photos

Cuzco and Machu Picchu Adventure Deluxe Option-Ends in Manta (Single Occupancy) - CY26

Port/City: Lima, (Callao) Peru

Activity Type: Adventure Tours | Flightseeing | Sightseeing and/or City Tours

Approximate Duration: 3 day(s)

Prices starting from:

*4,295.00 USD (Adult)

*4,295.00 USD (Child)

*0.00 USD (Infant)

Dates Offered: 30-Apr-2009

 

 

Dear Sue,

I am appalled at this awful excursion that :eek::eek:Bobbie took.

[The Big Booper]

Carol - I'm really enjoying following your cruise as you bring the Mariner to us on the West Coast. Great pictures and commentary. :)

 

 

 

We're on the Radiance from Santiago, Chile to San Diego in April. How about this for an exotic excursion................definitely more than the cost of the cruise.

 

View Photos

Cuzco and Machu Picchu Adventure Deluxe Option-Ends in Manta (Single Occupancy) - CY26

Port/City: Lima, (Callao) Peru

Activity Type: Adventure Tours | Flightseeing | Sightseeing and/or City Tours

Approximate Duration: 3 day(s)

Prices starting from:

*4,295.00 USD (Adult)

*4,295.00 USD (Child)

*0.00 USD (Infant)

Dates Offered: 30-Apr-2009

 

When you are in your 60s, like us, the little guy RUNNING up the hill is enough to warn us away.

[suzyluvs2cruise]

When you are in your 60s, like us, the little guy RUNNING up the hill is enough to warn us away.

 

I hadn't even noticed him..................Just saw all the $$$$ signs.

 

Dear Sue,

I am appalled at this awful excursion that :eek::eek:Bobbie took.

 

Hi Nancy,

I am too. Hopefully there will be more compensation forthcoming.

[rednancy1]

I hadn't even noticed him..................Just saw all the $$$$ signs.

 

 

 

Hi Nancy,

I am too. Hopefully there will be more compensation forthcoming.

 

Hi Sue,

 

Dan and I miss you and Jim. Hope to cruise with you soon. :):):)

 

You were our favorite friends in the Diamond Lounge. :)

[rubrrick]

Good afternoon to all on the Mariner. The next one on the ship to read this, please tell Bobbie she has important email!!

Thanks

 

I have read the BA-29 shore excurision to Iguazu Falls.......and I think that the group should be entitled to more back than is being offered. I have sent a detailed mail to Bobbie to take and talk to the shorex people.

 

I think that somewhere between a 70% and full refund may be legally due them.

 

I don't know who Carol has been talking to.....but the ones that Bobbie has been talking to are seeing the $300.00 refund as a slap in the face.

 

Not good guys on the Mariner. You are going to need to sharpen your pencils a little better than that.

 

Rick

[aucruiser]

Carol,

 

Where on Labadee is the beach expansion shown in your photos?

 

Enjoying your trip report and photos.

[Merion_Mom]

Carol,

 

Where on Labadee is the beach expansion shown in your photos?

 

Enjoying your trip report and photos.

 

Bobbie has written a very well-phrased letter of explanation to the Shorex people, and is waiting to find out their response.

 

aucruiser, if you cross the peninsula to the other side, Dragon's Breath is to your far left. In the middle is a long uninterrupted stretch of beach. That is what has always been there.

 

To the far right was undeveloped trees/undergrowth/"jungle". This is what is being bulldozed and turned into new beach. It's not a disruption at all - there was no beach there before. This will create a new, longer beach on that side of the peninsula.

 

The pier construction is off the far end of the side of the peninsula facing where the ship anchors out. They are also building a lot of new bathrooms! :D :D :D

[Merion_Mom]

 

we didn't win crap.

 

I always win crap.

 

Last night, I won another &%#$@ keychain playing "Name it, Sing It" in the Lotus Lounge. I could have had more, but I confused Joanne by turning them down.

 

Then I got to dance with the oh-so-charming Marc of the CD's staff. ;) :)

[Merion_Mom]

We really needed Celia last night. Simeon's Name That Tune trivia at 8 P.M. was DISNEY. He played a few bars of a song, and you had to tell the MOVIE from which it came, NOT the name of the song. And there were repeats, but you didn't know how many. (Cinderella was used three times!)

[ckrobyn]

I may have missed it - but do the Diva's have the RFS again? :confused: I read that Carol was sleeping on a not so comfy sofa bed :eek:

[Az's Cruising Nana]

Carol you have provided me with a much needed laugh this AM. Your photo of Doris and license plate is priceless. I have enjoyed reading your about your jouney and adventures! I hope you continue to have a great time and look forward to reading about todays adventures tomorrow.

 

Sue

[jillybabes]

I may have missed it - but do the Diva's have the RFS again? :confused: I read that Carol was sleeping on a not so comfy sofa bed :eek:

Hi Robyn: The Diva's do have the RFS again for this leg, this was Carol's week for the sofa...Hope she got the extra egg crate for it...

[NorbertsNiece]

We had a private tour (thank you, Jane! (astralj)) to an estancia (ranch) outside of Buenos Aires. It was a fantastic, amazing day. First, there was a long-ish bus ride, but it was enlightening to drive through the countryside. Our guide, Susanah, was fascinating, friendly and sweet. We stopped at a "gas station/rest stop" that had a very nice gift shop. I bought some very nice necklaces, and others bought leather goods and local wine. (more about that later)

 

The Estancia is called Ombu. We rode horses, saw a gaucho show, had a MEAT lunch with singer and guitarist. There was a swimming pool, which I jumped into after the horseback riding, but no one else did. VERY refreshing.

 

And now, the pictures.

 

Of course, I had to have my own personal gaucho:

 

 

 

 

More estancia pictures:

 

Gaucho with "big knife": ;)

 

 

 

note that I am now in my bathing suit coverup, because I have been swimming:

 

 

 

 

I want a gaucho.... and I want a gaucho NOW !!!