Panama Canal
Cruise on the Zuiderdam, Fall 2007 | |||
Cruise itinerary (©HAL) |
The ship
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Living room |
Balcony |
Library
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Neptune Lounge
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Ocean Bar
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Internet Lounge
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Nurman, our room steward
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Pool
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Ship interior |
Concierge Faye & half of "Peter-Pat" |
Doing crossword on balcony |
One of Nurman's creations |
Seattle
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Peter on deck |
Nightly view
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Hollywood sign from Grauman's Chinese Theater |
Olvera Street, oldest part of LA |
Clarke Gable's prints |
Bogie's prints |
Near McCormick & Schmick's Fish House on Rodeo Drive |
Rodeo Drive |
Queen Mary, Long Beach |
Spencer Tracey photo on Queen Mary |
Peter & Queen Mary, ship he came to Canada on |
Another day at sea
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Land's End, Cabo San Lucas
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Catamaran, Cabo
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Mexican resorts |
More Cabo |
More resorts |
Puerto Vallarta
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Manzanillo
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Composing e-mails to pals
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Business end of Manzanillo port |
Watching Hair Spray with 'champers' & popcorn <8-) |
Mexican security patrols |
Near Huatulco |
Dancers from Puerto Chiapas |
Tour driver, Acapulco "Call me Pancho Villa," he says with a smile. |
Acapulco Bay from La Paz Chapel |
Acapulco Bay |
Acapulco Bay |
Acapulco Bay |
Grounds of La Paz Chapel |
Outside La Paz Chapel |
La Paz Chapel |
Christ on cross in La Paz Chapel |
Roses in La Paz Chapel |
Outside La Paz Chapel (Source: Wikimedia Commons) |
Outside San Diego Fort |
Lunch in Acapulco |
Lunch companions |
View of Acapluco from Hotel Los Flamingos |
Another view |
Inside the tender
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Hotel Los Flamingos (once owned by John Wayne & his Mexican wife Pilar) |
Ice tea man (Los Flamingos) |
Acapulco cliff divers |
More divers |
Diver collecting tips |
Puerto Caldera, Costa Rico
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Source:BBC |
At last - THE PANAMA CANAL (~1 min. video) |
Miraflores Locks | ||
Lake Gatun | |||
Lake Gatun |
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Gatun Locks |
Container ships |
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Waving to workers |
51 miles & 9 hrs. later--out the other end | ||
Panama hat... |
Cartagena, Columbia |
Cartagena harbour tour |
Tour dancers |
Cartagena apartments |
Parachute sailing |
Key West tour |
Key West house |
Papa Hemingway's house |
Papa's work room |
Key West house |
Lido deck
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Self portrait |
Catching up... |
Nearing Fort Lauderdale |
We did it! |
©Pat & Peter Letendre |