Wendy The Wanderer

How about boat trips? We did Lamanai twice from Belize City. Yes there is a bus ride, but not too long as I remember. Then a fairly leisurely boat ride up a narrow river full of wildlife to the magnificent Mayan ruins. Boat trip and bus ride back. We loved it enough to take a friend back there. Again at Santo Tomas we took the paid trip up by speedboat and then by a slower boat up to see the Maya refugees who live in the Qe'qchi village. It also, back then, included lunch in the town of Livingston, a Garafuna town which was also very interesting. The speed boat ride was a bit harrowing, take a hat with a strap or otherwise cover your hair!

If I remember correctly there is an option to not go into the Yukon, or at least not get off the train, thus avoiding Canadian Immigration. We did this one years ago, perhaps it's still offered?

Thanks for the wonderful pictures and commentary.

Any news from the world cruisers?

The standard balcony suite are lovely. Avoid extreme aft suites if you can due to vibration. Great theatre, great aft lounge, with balcony. Small, intimate ship, cozy at times if weather is bad. A bit bouncy in heavy seas.

Where is the lemur?

I'm not a single but we've befriended singles in the past. No need to just stick with other solo travelers. Trivia, excursions and shared tables are good for facilitating mingling. Many couples are not joined at the hip.

Okay, so this is a token by the sounds of it. We lost something similar when we cancelled the 2021 WC, for obvious reasons.

When did the deposit become non-refundable? Is that the full, usual deposit for such a cruise, or a more token amount?

That's disappointing, don't remember this in the past. As for CR, there's no excuse for bad acoustic architecture--this should be integral to the design from the get-go.

Thats disappointing, don't remember this in the past.

Your photos and commentary are so amazing, I'm so grateful. Never got to Japan, always wanted to.

Thanks for the great photos of Bangkok. Brings back fond memories.

Mostly, I'm happy not to see the CD, as long as he does a good job.

I would do that if you can. I assume you'd get a small credit for opting out of the air one way.