Hello everyone. Greetings from Cartagena, Colombia, where it is very hot and steamy - the weather, I mean. We left Ft. Lauderdale as scheduled and have been sailing through calm seas and warm weather. This is our first port stop and it is from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. This morning we took a bus tour of the old and new cities with a bunch of incompetent old farts. I nearly lost my mind. That was Jerry´s brilliant idea because it was cheap. Well he knows better from now on. It´s a private taxi or nada. Anyway, the new city looks like Montevideo, Uruguay and the old city is a really beautiful Spanish colonial archetecural beauty. There are many things to see and buy. Jerry said he wasn´t going to buy anything but the minute he got off the ship he ran to the street vendors and went ga ga. We now have to schlepp some more useless crap all over the place.
The ship is nice but needs some updating. Both our air conditioning and toilet have already been acting up and if there are two things I really need it is a toilet and a strong airconditioner. The food is great. Just what we need. But we have been very good with the exercise program and have done our deck walks faithfully everyday and walked today through the old town.
The people are very nice and very friendly. The economy is so so with 16 per cent unemployment so everyone is trying to sell something, which my husband seem to be buying. I did buy a piece of local artwork to add to my collection. It was only $5 so you can´t say I spent too much.
Tonight we have a party on deck at 10·30 p.m. It should be fun and I will get the old man up and dancing if I have to stick a pin into him or bribe him with chocolate, whichever works.
Tomorrow we have a sea day and then we begin our passage through the Panama Canal, which will take the whole day before we enter the Pacific Locks. We have been going to lectures onboard to make the experience more meaningful. So far, the lectures have been most interesting.
That is about all for today. Hope you are all well. We miss our little grandson but we are managing to entertain ourselves.
See you on the other side of the Canal.
The Happy Wanderers
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