12/19 Today was mostly spent relaxing in the morning and teaching form 1:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. (time difference of 5 hours). In the...

December 18, 2024 Today we did a city tour of Punta del Este and visited the Ralli Museum. One of the many beaches of Punta del Este We...

Note: Uruguay is pronounce ( o͝orəˌɡwī). Brent went into Montevideo by himself on Tuesday, December 17 as the tour overlapped when I...

Recoleta Cemetery We began our tour of Buenos Aires with a visit to the Recoleta Cemetery where the controversial Eva Peron is now...

July 15, 2024 We had a 5 hour drive to Pousada Trijuncao. We checked in, had lunch and a little time to rest. Then we were off with...

July 14, 2024 We were able to fit in one last game drive before departing the Pantanal and flying to Brasilia-our gateway to the Cerrado....

July 13, 2024 This morning we did another game drive. It was just us and our guide, Luisa. Not as much luck this time, but we did go to...

July 12, 2024 We went out with Oncafari today for both the morning and evening. Oncafari is a Brazilian organization committed to...

July 11, 2024 We flew in a small plane from Porto Jofre to Casa Caiman around 10 in the morning. Before that we enjoyed a leisurely...

July 10, 2024 Mom – Ti and two cubs, male jaguar – Bagwa We focused on finding jaguar again today. On our way out, we enjoyed the...

July 9, 2024 Porto Jofre has the best sightings of jaguars! You are on a boat and they are on the banks of the river. They are absolutely...

July 8, 2024 We began today with an early morning game drive. The highlight was a giant anteater carrying its baby on its back. Anteater...

Our guide, Fabi, picked us up from Hotel Deville. He would stay with us throughout our time in the North Pantanal, guiding us through our...

July 5 - 6, 2024 We arrived in Cuiaba in the evening on July 5 and got a transfer to the Hotel Deville. It was a nice hotel and we spent...

May 12, 2023 We sailed back into Fort Lauderdale early in the morning. We awaited our turn to disembark, went through customs and boarded...

May 6 to May 11, 2023 We spent the last week of the cruise saying good-bye to the friends we made along the way. We scheduled final...

May 5, 2023 We explored our final port without an excursion. We met up with our friends Sumi, Craig, Kelly and Polly after getting off...

May 4, 2023 At Ponta Delgado, we set off on our final Cruise Specialist excursion to the Furnas Village hot springs. We boarded the bus...

May 2 to 3, 2023 There were two days at sea before we reached our last destination before crossing the Atlantic. On the first night, we...

May 1, 2023 We enjoyed the peaceful drive through the beautiful Cork countryside. We stopped at Charles Fort which was built in the 17th...