As I am getting over a cold and staying indoors despite the sunny weather outside thought it might be a good idea to supply some facts about this cruise.
I have already stated that it is basically a three part cruise with Buenos Aires and Santiago as embarkation/disembarkation points as well.
In the full 49 days there will be 22 port calls - not including Fort Lauderdale and San Francisco - and two days where there will be for a lack of a better word special events cruising - that will be around Cape Horn and the Amalia glacier.
By my count excluding the United States I will visit 14 countries - okay I know the Virgin Islands are a US possession and that not everyone agrees that the Falklands are a separate country but that is how the view the ports that I will visit.
There are six ports that I visited at least twice before - St Thomas, Barbados, Antigua, Puntarenas, Acapulco and Cabo San Lucas.
The most sea days in a row is four - from the time I leave Trinidad to I get to Fortaleza, Brazil.
The most straight ports days is four - near the start when St. Thomas, Antigua, Barbados and Trinidad are visited on consecutive days.
I have two over night stays in Rio and Lima - the Rio stay coincides with the 2013 Carnaval so that should be a wild time.
I have four tender ports - Falklands, Punta Arenas, Chile, San Juan Del Sur, Nicaragua and Cabo.
In those ports - except for Cabo - I will likely do ships excursions as I don't have any early off tender privileges with Princess.
So far I have booked three tours offered by some of the cruise critics cruisers on our roll call - they are in Fortaleza, Brazil, Ushuaia, Argentina and Manta, Ecuador - which is the gateway to Quito but to long for just a one day visit.
Over the next little while I will start to share with you my plans, thoughts, concerns about the various ports that I will be visiting.
Cheers until next time.
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