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The rest of our Panama Canal cruise was somewhat anticlimactic. We stopped at Cartagena, Columbia and Aruba before disembarking at Fort Lauderdale, Florida where we passed through customs to reenter the U.S.
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I'm now out of the nursing home and able to write easier. As I review what I'd written I realized that I'd omitted some Panama Canal pictures and information. As I mentioned in my last post you really have to experience the cruise in order to savor the flavor of the experience. Therefore in this brief post I'll just add the relevant pictures with a few comments thrown in here and there.
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Still in the nursing home while writing these cruise reports. I'm not sure when I'll be able to post them. Whew, out of the nursing home so here goes.
Whew, it's been a hectic couple of days for me with back to back excursions to Nicaragua and Costa Rica. Fortunately we had a day of rest before the canal proper. We spent most of the day on the promenade deck lounging and reading to relax. It was very nice.
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Still in the nursing home while writing these cruise reports. I'm not sure when I'll be able to post them. NOTE: To learn more information or to view a larger image continue to click on a picture of interest
Costa Rica, the nation with no military and friendly people. By far Puntarenas, Costa Rica was most interesting and enjoyable port we visited. We got up early and went to the designated excursion assembly area with our manual wheelchair. The port at Puntarenas has a very long pier which accommodated a gangplank from the ship so we could take my manual wheelchair with us on our excursion. As it turned out we didn't need the wheelchair because all the walks were short enough for me but had I needed it, my manual wheelchair (and my walker) easily fit under the bus once it was folded up (however there isn't room for power wheelchairs).
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Had to temporarily stop writing because of an infection that sent me to the hospital. I'm finishing these cruise reports while recovering in a nursing home. Note: Keep clicking on a picture to see more information or to see a larger version of the picture.
On to San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua but first we get to relax at sea for a couple of days. The next morning after Cabo grandma got a deal on a massage so she got up early and had her massage while I slept in bed. In fact I couldn't get out of bed without help so I waited until she returned. We went to breakfast late. Afterwords we found an elevator to the Sun deck where the grill was located and explored it.
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The day of our first excursion crept upon us. Well, perhaps excursion is a bit pretentious. It was the day of our first port visit and the port was Cabo San Lucas, Mexico but we didn't do a formal excursion. On the way into port there is a nice view of the coast. We just tendered in and walked about the port so we could say we've set foot in Mexico. More accurately grandma pushed me around the port in my wheelchair which was exhausting for her given the terrain and heat (90 degrees, grandma likes heat but not that much). Normally she likes pushing me around but not in my wheelchair!
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Our first full day at dawned with me sleeping with the back wedge we bought to relieve the pain in my lower back while traveling (I have a hospital bed at home but we can't travel with that!). We had ordered some juice and coffee the night before and it was delivered while I was still in bed. Grandma got out of the shower, threw on a robe, and opened the door for delivery. She'd put on a Princess robe before opening the door. The robes provided by Princess looked nice but didn't quite do the job. As grandma said, "They're one size fits all provided you're small".
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Handicapped accessibility seems to be the current buzz word with respect to travel. As many disabled people know it is often ignored and frequently misunderstood. Princess is an exception. We found that they really did an exceptional job especially when you book through a Princess representative as we did. Just be sure to inform them that you need to book a handicapped stateroom and book early (the handicapped rooms on a cruise tend to fill up fast according to the disabled travel agent we met on the cruise).
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"Get out of my way, I'm on vacation !!!" shouted grandma at the car poking along in front of us as we headed for our daughter's house to spend the night before leaving on our cruise. Her serious intense gaze never waived as I suddenly started laughing. That didn't her improve her mood. (more...)
