{"id":1835,"date":"2013-01-08T19:57:06","date_gmt":"2013-01-09T03:57:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bloodinyoursaltwater.wordpress.com\/?p=1835"},"modified":"2013-01-08T19:57:06","modified_gmt":"2013-01-09T03:57:06","slug":"onward-and-upward-cartegena-columbia-01072013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bloodinyoursaltwater.com\/?p=1835","title":{"rendered":"Onward and Upward \u2013 Cartegena, Columbia \u2013 [01\/07\/2013]"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"tumblr_lho6lxuZEi1qa70eyo1_400\"<\/a>Gradually, as the dust of the first few days settles and things start to swing into the day to day routine, the ship starts to relax. The bulk of the fast and furious work that always needs to be done within the first 72 hours of boarding is finished, and I can feel most of the knots in my shoulders loosening somewhat. Not totally, never totally, but they\u2019re getting there. I\u2019ve had time to look over the entertainment schedule for the next four months of my life, and have spotted at least one familiar name that makes me smile a great deal and one that makes my inner child absolutely squeal if it turns out to be what I think it is, but there\u2019ll be more on that closer to the time.<\/p>\n

The captain\u2019s welcome receptions have come and gone, which means the first formal night of the season is done and dusted, and thankfully it went off without a hitch despite the fact that the weather was tossing us around like a ship in a bottle. The seas have since smoothed out and we\u2019re steadily steaming our way towards our next destination.<\/p>\n

Most of the guests this year are return cruisers, which is nice on us in some ways as it means for the most part they already know how things work. We don\u2019t have to \u2018train\u2019 anyone so to speak. Though there are still the usual concerns about internet and accounts and such, we\u2019re used to those and, despite the fact that they can be frustrating, have learned to take them in stride. We got a massive shipment of new books which I took great glee in unpacking as I was the one who requested them for the most part and there are some titles I\u2019m truly thrilled to see back on my shelves. Including my long lost copy of The Lord of the Rings, which was stolen two years ago. Plus 15 boxes of new paperbacks for the exchange, which as of right this moment I don\u2019t know precisely where I\u2019m going to keep, but we\u2019ll find somewhere.<\/p>\n

The jewel in the tiara so to speak, is that the book of Where The Waves<\/i> is now on display in every library in the fleet, something I never thought I\u2019d honestly see, and one of the copies here has already been checked out.<\/p>\n

Since people are inevitably curious, the itinerary for the first block of cruise is as follows:<\/p>\n

Jan 9 \u2013 Panama Canal
\nJan 10th<\/sup> \u2013 At Sea (Equator)
\nJan 11th<\/sup> – Manta (Quito), Ecuador
\nJan 12\/13th<\/sup> \u2013 At Sea
\nJan 14\/15 \u2013 Callao (Lima), Peru
\nJan 16th<\/sup> – General San Mart\u00edn (Pisco), Peru
\nJan 17\/18th<\/sup>\/19\/20 \u2013 At Sea
\nJan 21st<\/sup> \u2013 Easter Island
\nJan 22\/23 \u2013 At Sea
\nJan 24 – Scenic cruising Pitcairn Island
\nJan 25\/26th<\/sup> \u2013 At Sea
\nJan 27th<\/sup> – Papeete, Tahiti
\nJan 28th<\/sup> – Bahia d’ Opunoha, Moorea
\nJan 29th<\/sup> – Vaitape, Bora Bora
\nJan 30th<\/sup> \u2013At Sea
\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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