Hockey superstar Bobby Hull died. He was one of the if not the greatest hockey players of all time. Hull had the most feared slap shot...

In the “it is better to be lucky than smart” department, yesterday we managed to get on the first tender so we could meet our great guide...

Our arrival at Easter Island continues to be pushed back. Now the first tender is not scheduled to leave the ship until 2 p.m. Part of...

I have an inquiry from a friend/reader inquiring if I know an attorney that can help with evicting somebody’s boat out of a boat rental...

I am learning a lot and thinking about things I never thought of while reading Volume 1 of Ian Toll’s trilogy about the war in the...

Random thoughts at sea sailing towards Easter island. These thoughts are in no particular order of importance, just items that crossed...

Yesterday was another nice sea day. Basically more of the same. Did watch two football games. Very surprised the Bengals beat the Bills,...

Damn, he was great!

Sitting in Lima harbor unable to disembark due to ”political unrest”, it occurred to me that there could come a day when cruise lines...

I am finding myself thinking and actually saying on a regular basis, that I have made a reasonably decent living over many years because...

I haven’t written one of my old fashioned rants for a long time. One would think it is hard to get really pissed off sailing around the...

When in Ecuador, buy a Panamá Hat! We drove about an hour outside of Manta to one of a handful of top hat makers who do everything by...

We docked in Manta, Ecuador at noon. Had lunch on the ship and then went into Manta which has a beautiful beach and about 300,000...