The wall of one of the buildings. (The photos of the marine life were not that clear so I did not post any.)
Macaw
12/08/2023
The tour guide explaining things to us
Back at the pier. NCL Viva
Finally found a Pepsi. "Te encanta. Te mueve". You love it, it moves you!!
Fried snapper, red beans, and rice. It was delicious
Rum Rum Bar Bartender was very friendly
Viva, on left, and Marina at a distance.
Marina (Lots of construction on the pier is taking place.)
Local musicians and dancers
12/08/2023
Jorge, Viva in background
Port Roatán sign
The water slide on the Viva
Another slide
Marina getting ready to leave
The original pier
The Marina pulling away from the pier
Bye to Roatán My 3rd visit to the island. The pier area was unrecognizable
12/08/2023
Jorge on the dock. Marina to the left, construction on pier to the right.
The veranda of 8001
We left the Viva behind
What looked like an airport
The O for Oceania
A closer view
Front I cannot remember the exchange rate for any of the bills being posted on these pages. (About 81cents U.S.??)
Back
Distribuida por Casa Cocobolo Joelamaya.com Photography
Distribuida por Casa Cocobolo
Day 7 - Cruising the Caribbean Sea
12/09/2023
Sunrise
Sunrise continues
Looking out one of the windows on Deck 14
Was the sea rough?
Horizons. (Dance floor on the right by cream sofa.)
Horizons
The Bingo board, Horizons (To find out if passenger really won, they input card number into program.)
My unlucky cards
Day 8 - Puerto Limón, Costa Rica
12-10-2023
Approaching Costa Rica's harbor
Another view from my veranda
A closer view
Dock will be on the left side
See dock on the left?
The area around the dock
We're headed to this dock
A Viking Sea ship headed to the second dock.
12/10/2023
The second dock can be seen in the distance
The two docks
Viking ship reversing to dock
Slowly but surely
The Viking Mars
The pool area of the Marina
A mural on the pier as he headed to tour bus
What's in the area
12/10/2023
Know Costa Rica ...... and its natural beauty
The tram area
The operator explaining things to us.
6 in a car
Plants seen from the tram
Have no idea what this is. Somewhat blurry.
I thought this was interesting
Back on land
The couple in front were my neighbors, cabin 8000. Why the umbrella? It had begun to rain heavily! We did hear monkeys and birds. At the end of ride, I was asked for my email address after I paid for photo. Above photo was emailed to me.
12/10/2023
Close up of photo listed as "Back on land" above.
Two toe sloths
All were rescued. The 3 in cage were males.
What a life!! Isn't he adorable?
We next got to see butterflies. (Similar butterfly seen in Roatán.)
This one was dead but I opened it to show you the blue color of the top.
Visited a section with snakes. Boa.
The owners are trying to start a bee colony.
12.10.2023
Frog eggs. The frog is on the other side of the leaf.
The Marina
The ship's coat of arms? (Is that the right word?)
Lowest deck. Cabin 8001 is on the left.
Cabin 8001 is the one on the left of the bell. 8000 is on the right.
Viking ship
Marina
12.10.2023
Marina on the left, Viking on the right.
Puerto Limón
Jorge squinting.
Catedral Sagrado Corazón de Jesús as seen from ship. I did not visit the town.
Area to right of ship
Sunset
Viking ship
A closer view
12/10/2023
The Marina leaving the dock
Separating from the dock
A tug boat
Bye to the Viking ship.
From my veranda.
Another view.
An island close to harbor
And we are off to the Panama Canal
Front - Mr. Colina's image can also be seen next to the BCCR on the right. Unfortunately, it does not show up when scanned. (About $2.00 U.S.)
Back - The white image on the left is really transparent. The scanner makes it look white since the underside of the scanner tray is white.
Day 9 - Panamá Canal Daylight Transit
12/11/2023
Sunrise on our way to the locks
Ships waiting to cross the canal
The Marina is headed to the canal
Another view
Cabin 8001 (Why?)
A lighthouse we passed
Atlantic Bridge 2013 to 2019
Another view of the Atlantic Bridge. Colon is to the left of the bridge
12/11/2023
Getting closer to the Atlantic Bridge Two French companies worked on canal. 1st - 1881 to 1889. 2nd began 1894
A tug boat that came up to the Marina. US took over canal in 1904 finished 1913.
Left - New locks (for new Panamax ships). Right - Old locks
Another view of the bridge
Almost looks like a tuning fork
A close-up view
The bottom of the bridge as we passed under
Getting closer to locks. President Carter agreed to return Canal to Panama, 1999.
Photos continued on Page L-4
The last time I updated this page was... La última vez que actualicé esta página fue...
