7 Day Tropical Caribbean on the Neiuw Statendam

scubacruiserx2 · May 22

The Ships

The Blue Glow beneath the Nieuw Amsterdam

The island lived up to it's T - shirt slogan for us

Edited May 22 by scubacruiserx2

scubacruiserx2 · May 23

We went up to the Retreat to watch the Magic sail away

The Magic was gone

Replaced by a sunset

mexico8 · May 23

23 hours ago, scubacruiserx2 said:

Yes , that was a first for us . The crew are paid professionals who should have tailed their target group closely . They had a crew member who was with them filming their group in the car and the other crew who got lost . They should have been in radio contact and /or waited for the lost crew group to catch up to their assigned group - the mother and her son who were clear contenders . Too many "coincidences " to be believable .

Additionally , the race began outside of the US , in Mexico which is the first time that we recall it not beginning in the US . The first and second place teams had Hispanic heritage and language skills and all of the race locations ( except Barbados ) were Spanish speaking . The first place team had a chef on their team and cooking Spanish street food was a task . Finally , they returned to Philadelphia where the first place team had one of it's members reside for a while - many clear advantages to the team that won the Race and had the most weekly wins . It reminded us of the movie Quiz Show where the outcomes were tilted in one direction to boost viewers for the show .

You make a lot of good points that I had not thought of. So many "coincidences"!!!!

I did enjoy the first two episodes because they were in Puerto Vallarta where we spend many winters the past 30+ years and it's our second home so enjoyed seeing all the sites that we know so well.

scubacruiserx2 · May 23

3 hours ago, mexico8 said:

You make a lot of good points that I had not thought of. So many "coincidences"!!!!

I did enjoy the first two episodes because they were in Puerto Vallarta where we spend many winters the past 30+ years and it's our second home so enjoyed seeing all the sites that we know so well.

Thanks .We visited PV twice in 2022 on Panama Canal crossings in the Spring from Ft. Lauderdale and the Fall from Vancouver ( Alaska first ) .

But there were no wheels on the rocking horses like on the Amazing Race when we first saw them

The boy is wearing a local hat

Edited May 23 by scubacruiserx2

scubacruiserx2 · May 25

@mexico8 it seems like PV is your favorite city in Mexico . Ours as SCUBA divers is San Miguel , Cozumel .

Cozumel island

And my favorite fish is a Wifefish @ 100 ' . A Queen Angel Fish photobombed us !

Wife fish

scubacruiserx2 · May 26

More sea life with my Sea Life camera in Cozumel

Honeycomb cowfish hard to see it's horns from the front

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Our Avatar

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Spotted Scorpionfish . Note the eyes and lips and it has venom in it's spines

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Man eating octopus

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scubacruiserx2 · May 26

Our Uber has arrived with our favorite Captain , Smiley and favorite Dive Master Matu .

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After dive dinner with our favorite dive crew

Me , Matu , Phil a ski instructor at Park City , Myrna a Navy Captain nurse who teaches trauma management at Johns Hopkins , Karen who own a 3 story house in Park City and Pat .

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