Posts by Mike Mikus

Hello, and happy Saturday to all our friends out there. Can you believe it has already been 2 months? Time flies when you’re having, well, let’s just say it’s fun not having to shovel snow… Today we are south of the border in Ensenada (which translates to Sea Bay). This Mexican jewel is located 75…

Hello all. Thanks for checking back. Today we are in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico (a.k.a. Cabo) which translates to “Cape Saint Luke”. We have been lucky enough to have previously visited the fun city of Cabo several times. Karen has a great story of her catching a Marlon in the ‘80s (which is quite a…

The itinerary had us docking yesterday at San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua. There was a tempting excursion available there to snorkel in a world-class underwater statue garden just off of the coast. However, I have to admit that this country’s ongoing history of security issues scared us off. That, and the fact that they require travelers…

First things first. I am running behind on my door art pictures. Karen changes our door art pretty much daily. So here are some recent pictures.  Much thanks to Tristan who used her extreme talent and her Cricut cutting machine to create a 3 dimensional, mix and match  kit. Very cool! So today we are…

Geographically, nearly ~60% of Peru is rainforest, and ~30% is the highlands of the Andes Mountains. Although the desert coast (on the nation’s western edge) only occupies 11% of the country, nearly 90% of its population resides in this area, primarily in Lima.  Interestingly, 10% of the country’s population is Chinese, which has a great…

One of the number one things on the entire trip that we have been looking forward to was visiting Machu Picchu. However, two days before we were scheduled to leave, Peru experienced a bit of a political revolution, and for the third time in the last ~year, protesters blocked the tracks of the trains that…

Today we visited Arica (pronounce a·ruh·kuh) is a northern city in Chile with a population of 230,000. We went to the 5th floor deck to watch the ship dock. There were huge piles of sand on the docks, as well as thousands and thousands of birds. Later we learned that the sand piles were really soybeans, which…

Today we visited the small port town of Coquimbo (pronounced koh-keem-bvoh) which is the port for the larger La Serena (population 400,000). We opted to explore the port town rather than the larger city to its north. It was cool because it was partially fogged in, and there was (of course) a half-sunk ship 50’…

Today we visited the bustling port of Valparaiso, Chile (Pronounced “bahl-pah-rah-ee-saw”). Colorful buildings rise from the sea as far as the eye can see, covering the 42 hills that the city occupies.  The city (of 1 million folks) has quite a history. Founded by Spanish conquistadors in the 1500s, it’s port was established to support the much larger…

Since leaving Miami, we have sailed 10,000 nautical miles in 42 days! Located a day north of Ushuaia, along the Argentinian/Chilean fjords (pronounced fee-ordz) is Punta Arenas, a city of 120,000, making it the largest city in the Strait of Magellan/southern Chile. It is also the coldest city in the country. Presumably, it would have a larger…