Category: World Cruise
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UWC Day 058 – Puerto Quetzal – Hobbitenango and Altamira Parks
Hobbitenango (website) and Altamira (website) parks up in the mountains past Antigua in Guatemala for an awesome view of the valleys and volcanos. Incredible day, and if I cared more for Instagram would be even more pictures of me. Would definitely come back and stay overnight in one of the spots and catch the sunrise…
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UWC Day 057 – Cruising Day – THE Birds
Photo Gallery: https://pics.mattichan.com/-uwc057 Cruising day, but ended up being kind of a wild day. Didn’t need to wake up since we had a cruising day, so slept in till noon, when my stateroom attendant knocked on the door and woke me up (my fault…didn’t put the sleeping magnet on the door). Unexpected Fun Was heading…
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UWC Day 056 – Puntarenas, Costa Rica – Cruising with Tick Tock
Tick-tock the crocodile, not the app. Lots of crocodiles and amazing wildlife all through the Tárcoles River (wiki). Awesome and terrifying, respecting the wildlife as we visit their home and try to leave as little trace as possible. Morning Start Little bit of a later start as we had an extra hour with a timezone…
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UWC Day 055 – Cruising Day
All caught up, so spent the day chilling, watching some netflix and printing out about a hundred photos for the door. Lots of nice shots from Peru that were added for folks to take. Catching Up with other Guests As I wandered around the ship, found myself chatting with a couple people for quite a…
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UWC Day 054 – Cruising Day – Catching Up with Life
Another cruising day to rest and recover from all the activities in Peru. Some normal life things that popped up that needed to be taken care of today. It’s Time Been putting it off for quite awhile, and thought I would’ve recycled my oofos a lot earlier than this, but the last couple days have…
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UWC Day 053 – Cruising Day – Rest Day
Lovely relaxing day to catch up on some sleep and get through photos. SLEEP Slept about 10 hours and it was glorious. Ended up finally getting up for real and out of bed around 2pm and headed out for the day. Photos Squatted outside in the nice breeze as we cruised along, and just finished…
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UWC Day 052 – Lima, Peru – Return to Ship and Tour of Lima
Really long day, but another great day. Travel back to the ship took half the day, then a surprise (optional) tour of Lima for the world cruisers that was included since we didn’t get to go to Machu Picchu. Trip back to Lima Woke up early to get luggage outside the door by 6:30am. Then…
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UWC Day 051 – Cusco, Peru – Exploring the Incan Capital
The protest blocking Machu Picchu continues, so we instead went on a very flexible, changing itinerary through the Incan capital of Cusco. Morning Start To start, we were told that we were starting at 9am. I didn’t sleep super well, as I couldn’t get the temperature right in the room, and I’m bougie, and brought…
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UWC Day 050 – Pisco, Peru – Trip to Cusco, Peru and Machu Picchu (Maybe)
Traveling with the world cruisers to Cusco, Peru to stage for our trip to Machu Picchu if we are able to go tomorrow. Lots of history and the mysteries of the Incans. Morning Start and Flight Had to wake up early to go get my passport stamped for entry into Peru around 6:30am. Thought about…
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UWC Day 049 – Cruising Day
Another relaxing day at sea. Catching up on rest, pictures and overall just enjoying life. Entertainment Watched a little bit of the Australian Open and some other sports in the Pub, while editing photos and just reminiscing about the last couple days in Chile. Ended up downloading Two Towers from my old purchases and listened…
Matti 