The fearless cliff divers of Acapulco, Mexico

Published on: February 3, 2015February 3, 2015 by Robbie

Notwithstanding that security concerns have been been keeping tourists away in droves, the cliff divers (La Quebrada (Spanish for “gulch” or “ravine”) still attract the crowds. I guess I must have been among one of the lucky ones stopping by Acapulco in a cruise ship in 2014, just five...

A day’s passage through the Panama Canal

Published on: January 19, 2015February 1, 2015 by Robbie

Departing Miami on November 17th, 2014, on-board the Norwegian Star for a 13 day Panama Canal cruise was a vacation we had been anxiously awaiting for over a year and was finally getting underway. In good company with my mother, great friends and their family, the three day journey...