Peter's Travel Blog

By the time we’d awoken, bounded out of bed and headed for the open decks, at around 7am, we were well on our way to leaving Gatun Locks, as per the schedule. The first two locks raise the ship up to the level of Gatun Lake, a large lake that basically feeds the whole canal lock system, and for the...

Today, we arrived in Colon, Panama, our final port stop before entering the Panama Canal. And what a difference a day makes. After a very long, recuperating sleep, I woke up in fine fettle, bounding around like a young gazelle and more than ready for the day ahead. We weren’t due to arrive in Colon until midday, which meant a...

I had a bad night last night. Having bounced back from feeling a little unwell a few days ago, I’m back to not feeling full fettle. All of which is a bit of a shame because today, we arrived in Cartagena, in Columbia, a port we’ve been looking forward to ever since visiting it for the first time last year....