A real vacation!

[Worldtraveller]

I'm off (leaving Sunday morning) on a 21 day cruise!

This is the first real vacation the wife and I have had since 2013.

Itinerary: https://www.ncl.com/cruises/21-day-...toriesCurrentPage=1&customerStoriesPageSize=3

Ya'll be good. Try not to let the world burn down.

Hopefully, I'll have a lot of cool pictures to share when I get back.

 

[Tharmas]

Sounds great...have fun!

 

[DBT]

Nice cruise.

 

[Worldtraveller]

So, what did I miss?

I had so much fun these last three weeks.

Lots of snorkeling, SCUBA, some kayaking. I got to see Humpback whales breach, played with dolphins (even got kissed by one), and was surrounded by boobies most of the trip!

Mostly brown and masked boobies, but I saw a number of blue footed and red footed as well.

Also, the Panama Canal was pretty amazing.

 

[Toni]

So, what did I miss?

I had so much fun these last three weeks.

Lots of snorkeling, SCUBA, some kayaking. I got to see Humpback whales breach, played with dolphins (even got kissed by one), and was surrounded by boobies most of the trip!

Mostly brown and masked boobies, but I saw a number of blue footed and red footed as well.

Also, the Panama Canal was pretty amazing.

Pictures? Pretty please????

 

[Worldtraveller]

Pictures? Pretty please????

Let's see if these work.

Me getting kissed by a dolphin in Curacao:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1AeFaC0HgEInWVxygPV3TJUoHcwWciHy9

A lizard that was hanging around (Aruba):
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1A2Q58bd9uVoQBXyA4Is5CyOY7Jtma9FO

This turtle was also in Aruba:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=19q-mj76CGkIGF-8Ek9W3ItxpKbrkNHxK

Me, getting ready to go on a canoe tour through the mangroves in Cartegena:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=194oqs3-JnX8BATWnd-ZnskfhBmPUMLd1

"Bridge of the Americas" leaving the Panama canal:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=18q3YwFQiJq2fwSErvYoKWT7JTPGFfva9

See if those are viewable, and I'll add more later.

 

[Tharmas]

They look great!. Love the dolphin.

 

[Worldtraveller]

SCUBA diving in Playa Escondido, off the coast of Puerto Vallarta, a nature preserve, and one of the largest colonies of boobies (5 different species) and frigate birds in the world.
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1ZrGhvReiO_L3p-FozcLfRNZE9-C4M4ZK

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1CUGJgexGh_WTxonLdvzLm-a3AySrrtnG

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1yhCkQwtRZEyiYla-Bk3spc8CBkLfJCYx

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1risRil-ECG7HHY7L9gQKfc9VmGYU47Bi

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1stzyXlZDZiCneACjn-JzrKzeaFoeY2le

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1rL5etb7FwFH5LK5fFamo0mn1lHL7iSIO

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1eGMRfd8xt3JiIjnno2dieRmShHeoHBmt

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1ABqdV1QDgCVI5SDOpcZ8ThNlNR-iMnvf

https://drive.google.com/open?id=19Zs3J1QmoOpzWUPo0Qnd25XeXsY35yPq

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1dd7W7eaRyvXF2PdSxkx7IvilmAK_rCKk

Golden tailed spotted moray:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=14oLzf0TS6JQ2ldZnjCNX3pA7XO-tRcUB

Porcupine puffer fish (my wife in the background):
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1YuYc3QoMMM-WfdLcpU6viqaCxsI6jBMf

 

[Worldtraveller]

Masked booby, we had these (and brown boobies, mostly) following us almost every day of the cruise on the Pacific side.:

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1RiK8aVXVOBt-t9QX7Gt1zUY_fvCg_ogK

https://drive.google.com/open?id=15ocfKwFqffwiKnjzPE7NlLbe0eoGIPFu

Series of shots as the booby is diving for a fish:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1FKrLOWM38kuvjfuOEU8cNXDlm3n9MqD0

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1Ohx478h-DzHULwDDgUNnaFOvfnsuhDYX

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1NDp0e2dSaYAffZsg3Y7u7R4jR3PBq-7R

https://drive.google.com/open?id=11PKeNPZHuBTSDS_MCQkNSzdo8763oD-h

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1oCiRmQu9d0kaAoEez9hQ7wxIqVlenZl6

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1FrDnuoStpVUU2yhSEcQXU-ZGzyn7yJbs

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1D7xW46a9Agd5hJqnhLdkCxmtUnGV_1mt

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1jZNviJ1QB-RWOkO3vEIxS08kp2Y7saJR



Sea turtle (this picture was taken from the balcony of my room on the ship):
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1WeRYKwgjUCe-Wp6gDrS7G8Rdad3Io6iV

The jungles of Panama:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1eGvDIsu8rD4EkUk7c9EVOn2h6wUthABs

Frigate bird:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=15cju6PRi0rn19lBytyIVtMeFskArscS8

Off in the distance, are the locks that connect Panama to the Caribbean side:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1iw_NN6ccMtRU7oXbA3IcggIFPkXRNZKf

We were parked in this spot, which is an artificial lake, for about 4 hours, waiting our turn to go through the locks to the Carribean.
https://drive.google.com/open?id=15lNpuZnBzCPBsammn3exj-JTMV8pYgCD

Zoom in to the dead tree in the middle of this picture. Those are Keel billed Toucans.
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1Wj_FooJKqkle2LPB6xmQUEliE3G-8wUe

A formation of pelicans:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1GBvaqO81giVSIiplX599MqHrijcB9QIf

Wish I knew what kind of eagle/hawk this is. Zoom in, he's sitting on the lights:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1RpcOQGottuOZQrN63Vdf6PB6xWk8UYSB

Almost impossible to see, (wish I had a better zoom lens), but that gray blotch near the top of the large tree is a Harpy eagle. We got a good look at him through the binoculars, but my camera lens just doesn't have the zoom needed from that distance.
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1q3nmhxnJG0NKVdS5Dk8OXXfQ4smBYop-

The locks:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1nGtXc6_LdIhRVxNbcZkur29nkxzj_4R2

 

[Toni]

Pictures? Pretty please????

Let's see if these work.

Me getting kissed by a dolphin in Curacao:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1AeFaC0HgEInWVxygPV3TJUoHcwWciHy9

A lizard that was hanging around (Aruba):
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1A2Q58bd9uVoQBXyA4Is5CyOY7Jtma9FO

This turtle was also in Aruba:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=19q-mj76CGkIGF-8Ek9W3ItxpKbrkNHxK

Me, getting ready to go on a canoe tour through the mangroves in Cartegena:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=194oqs3-JnX8BATWnd-ZnskfhBmPUMLd1

"Bridge of the Americas" leaving the Panama canal:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=18q3YwFQiJq2fwSErvYoKWT7JTPGFfva9

See if those are viewable, and I'll add more later.

They look great!

 

[Jolly_Penguin]

I loved the Galapagos. The blue footed boobies are so cute how they walk.

 

[Never]

Wonderful photos. Looks like a great time.