Reversing Reverse Chronology

Typically blog entries are posted in reverse chronological order so that the most recent entry appears first.   

Now that the trip is over, presumably anyone reading this blog would like the sequence of entries to lead them from the beginning to the end of our trip.  For this reason, I have used artificial dates and times to put the posts in that order, so by extension the date for any given post is only correct in the title.  

When you get to the bottom of a page, clicking OLDER POSTS will actually lead you to newer dates (i.e. the continuation of blog post in chronological order). 

Itinerary

MON      30JAN17        Marion to Boston

TUE       31JAN17        Boston to Jupiter, FL

THU       02FEB17                Jupiter to Fort Lauderdale then...
                                                   Board Holland America's VEENDAM, then...
                                                        Sail from Fort Lauderdale 4:00pm

FRI          03FEB17               Half Moon Cay, Bahamas ¹ 8:00am - 4:00pm

SAT        04FEB17               Sea Day

SUN       05FEB17               Sea Day

MON     06FEB17               Willemstad, Curacao 8:00am - 11:00pm

TUE        07FEB17               Oranjestad, Aruba 8:00am - 5:00pm

WED      08FEB17               Sea Day

THU       09FEB17               Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago 8:00am - 5:00pm

FRI          10FEB17               Scarborough, Trinidad and Tobago 8:00am - 5:00pm

SAT        11FEB17               Bridgetown, Barbados 8:00am - 5:00pm

SUN       12FEB17               Sea Day

MON     13FEB17               Devils Island, French Guiana ^1,2 12:00n - 6:00pm

TUE        14FEB17               Crossing the Equator ³

WED      15FEB17               Icoaraci (Belem), Brazil ^1,4 8:00am - 4:00pm

THU       16FEB17               Sea Day

FRI          17FEB17               Sea Day

SAT        18FEB17               Recife, Brazil ⁴ 8:00am - 6:00pm

SUN       19FEB17               Maceio, Brazil ⁴ 8:00am - 2:00pm

MON     20FEB17               Salvador da Bahia, Brazil ⁴ 9:00am - 5:00pm

TUE        21FEB17               Ilheus, Brazil ⁴ 8:00am - 4:00pm

WED      22FEB17               Sea Day

 THU      23FEB17               Vitoria, Brazil ^5,4 8:00am - 5:00pm

FRI          24FEB17               Sea Day

SAT        25FEB17               Ilhabela (Sao Sebastiao), Brazil ^1,4 8:00am - 4:00pm

SUN       26FEB17               Rio de Janeiro, Brazil ^6,4 8:00am

MON     27FEB17               Rio de Janeiro, Brazil ^6,4

TUE        28FEB17               Rio de Janeiro, Brazil ⁴ 5:00pm

WED      01MAR17            Sea Day

THU       02MAR17            Sea Day

FRI          03MAR17            Sea Day

SAT        04MAR17            Fortaleza, Brazil ⁴ 8:00am - 5:00pm

SUN       05MAR17            Sea Day

MON     06MAR17            Sea Day

TUE        07MAR17            Crossing the Equator ³

TUE        07MAR17            Cruising the Amazon River ³

WED      08MAR17            Santarem, Brazil ⁴ 8:00am - 6:00pm

THU       09MAR17            Boca da Valeria, Brazil ^1,4 8:00am - 4:00pm

FRI          10MAR17            Manaus, Brazil ^6,7,4 10:00am

SAT        11MAR17            Manaus, Brazil ^7,4 4:00pm

SUN       12MAR17            Parintins, Brazil ^1,4 8:00am - 5:00pm

MON     13MAR17            Alter Do Chao, Brazil ^1,4 8:00am - 5:00pm

TUE        14MAR17            Cruising the Amazon River ³ Continued

TUE        14MAR17            Crossing the Equator ³

WED      15MAR17            Sea Day

THU       16MAR17            Sea Day

FRI          17MAR17            Castries, Saint Lucia ² 8:00am - 4:00pm

SAT        18MAR17            Philipsburg, Sint Maarten 8:00am - 4:00pm

SUN       19MAR17            Sea Day

MON     20MAR17            Sea Day

TUE        21MAR17            Key West, Florida, US 8:00am - 4:00pm

WED      22MAR17            Debark Ship Fort Lauderdale  8:00am, then...    
                                                Ft. Lauderdale to Naples, FL

FRI         24MAR17             Naples to Ft. Myers to Boston to Marion

Legend

¹ Tender Required

² Vaccination Required

³ Cruising Only

⁴ Visa Required For Some

⁵ Times Subject To Tidal Conditions

⁶ Overnight

⁷ Times Subject To Daylight Hours

On Our Way (JAN 30)

This evening we made the arduous journey from Marion to Boston by limousine.

We are now at the Hilton Hotel.  From our room, we have a nice view of the Boston skyline.

Today I received two interesting email messages, both of which could have induced some serious stress under other circumstances.

From JetBlue, I received a notice that their terminal was undergoing renovation. This was causing check-in delays. Were we not at a hotel across the street from the airport, arranging on such short notice to arrive earlier might have been problematic.

From the US State  Department, I received a notice that there has been a significant outbreak of Yellow Fever in Brazil, prompting a recommendation that people visiting the country be inoculated.  With the notice arriving less than six hours before we departed, happiness was having gotten the inoculation several years ago.

I am disinclined to open my email again today.

Good Morning Florida! (FEB 01 - part 1 of 5)

Yesterday, after the warning from JetBlue that we might experience a delay checking in for our flight, the process was quick and routine.

We had an uneventful flight down other than being seated with a rather large service dog.

At the West Palm Beach airport, it took some time to get our bags because they had been shipped down on an earlier flight. 

We rendezvoused with the Lingards and Edwards to begin a great visit.

We awoke this morning to a welcoming sunrise. We are about to head out on today's adventure...in 70° weather.

Departing Jupiter Inlet (FEB 01 - part 2 of 5)

real-time post from aboard PERFECT ARRANGEMENT

Outside... (FEB 01 - part 3 of 5)

Clearing Jupiter Inlet, we turned south, cruising offshore past Singer Island to The Breakers hotel in Palm Beach.  We then turned north and ran a short way to enter the inlet at the north end of Palm Beach which is an island separated from West Palm Beach by the Intercoastal Waterway.

...Inside... (FEB 01 - part 4 of 5)

Passing between Palm Beach and West Palm Beach, we cruised south by the Biltmore hotel (note the trunk of the tree) and under the Flagler Memorial Bridge before turning around opposite the Mar-a-Lago Club where the President was scheduled to host a benefit gala 10 days from now. We proceeded up the  Intercoastal Waterway back to Jupiter.