We were supposed to get into Rio de Janeiro after Fat Tuesday, but due to a medical emergency with a crew member, we had to speed into...

In Puerto Madryn, the biggest thing to do is to tour the Valdes Peninsula, about forty minutes to the north. The national park there is a...

Captain Bart had finally gotten the map to find the Island of Gold. It was talked about by many, but no-one knew where it was. He had...

Punta Arenas.  Ruta del Fin del Mundo.  The name of the road translates as The Route of the End of the World, where the road ends at the...

(Note: I realize there is a lot of text at the beginning, but the best pictures are near the end) Scott and I had been talking about...

Chariots of the Gods. What a cool book for a preteen to get beyond Santa Claus and into UFOs and Bigfoot. The turds from Santa’s tiny...

Today, Laura asked if I wanted to go along on a foodie tour of Lima.  It was about 8:30, and they were planning to head out around 9:30. ...

Two and a half years ago, we found paradise. Well, at least for bird watchers who like to travel. In the Andes mountains of Ecuador, cool...

Villa Vie has the purpose of improving the world as we travel. In that spirit, Andy, Alicia, and I were planning on scuba diving, and...

We had decided to take the ferry from Antigua to Barbados even though it was $100 US for each of us.  Basia was going to go birding...

This is another story that I wrote as a project for our creative writing group on the ship. This is a work of fiction. Any resemblance to...

There were eleven of us. Andy had made the arrangements. The owners said we would be doing public service projects as we went around the...

With six weeks of travel aboard the Odyssey and only a bit over a week of it posted here I decided to do a quick catch up in photos with...

Our assignment was to take one of five words and write a story. The words were Turkey, Sweat, Technology, Inspiration, and Witness. I...

Or, What a Difference a Day Makes The first day in Dakar had been a bit of a bust. Yes, we got to experience some of the city, markets,...

We are on a ship. A group was formed to help each other with creative writing. The assignment was to look at this photo and write 1000...

Like most days, I was up before the dawn. Like most days, I went to the Observatory Lounge at the front of the ship to watch the sun...

We left Gijón, Spain without leaving the ship again. We were there for two days and were told that we could go ashore for a couple of...

We left Belfast on Monday night, September 30th. We stayed in the harbor for three nights before spending my birthday at sea on the way...

Hello to anyone who has been waiting for an update since Brest. I posted that blog entry on the first sea day after that disappointing...