Buenos Aires is the Capital of Argentina and is a very large city of 3 million but really 15 million with surrounding areas. We found PTG Enrique at the terminal and had a three hour city tour in his vehicle that was quite nice. Cheaper than the ship bus tour and we decided how long to stay at places. Enrique very good English because he studied mechanical engineering in Venezuela and most books were in English. He moved here to Argentina three years ago but cannot fi

Primarily a resort town for those from Montivideo or Buenos Aires it lies on a narrow strip of land with beaches on both side of this long peninsula. There is not much to do in terms of excursions but more just a walk around place. We walked down a busy boardwalk after we left the port busy with private boats and locals where the tender dropped us off. We walked a mile or more until we got to street #31 then crossed the two blocks over to the other side of the peninsula and

Rio de Janeiro means January River in Portuguese. Had a nice dinner at a Leblon neighborhood restaurant with our friends Gabriel and Vanessa Hazan. The next day turned out very nice so we went to Baja Beach out of the city where they have very nice clean water. Valeria was our PTG (personal tour guide) for the day and was a very nice gal who grew up in Rio so was an asset to speak local. We are on sea day #2 from Rio and yesterday was quite rough, rainy, and cold. Almost

Above is a local Brasilian beer we had at Maria Mata Mouro restaurant in Salvador after our tour with local Paulo driving around and seeing the city sights in his really little Nissan March vehicle. Paulo met us at the cruise terminal and took us around town. His English was not very good but google translate worked really well on his local cell phone. Game night and P&D's 29th anniversary. Game started at 8:40 pm so we went to Family night at La Terazza first and had a fu

The entry to Natal Brasil is interesting as it has a very narrow breakwater with rocks on both sides and you have to make a turn just prior to the breakwater and from the front of the ship it looked like we might not make it but young Captain (new) that we met last night did it perfectly! We started the cruise with two captains and after a port or two the old one got off. The new captain is very young and we were really impressed with his docking skills in Natal as the dock

The sunset picture was taken as we left port in Fortaleza. We spent the day at an amazing place on the beach Chico's and they had it all. Photo courtesy of our NO English cab driver Jorge Luiz of Fortaleza. Band at Chico's. They charged a $5.00 Real cover charge when they started (for the three of us) thats $1.25 US Cerveja Original local beer in a BIG bottle but comes with the cooler and it was perfect cold. Jorge maid sure we found the only English speaking waiter in t

We are currently at South 00 Degrees 16.845', West 042 Degrees, 59.707' Heading 119 Degrees true in a Southeasterly direction. We are on Sea Day #2 after leaving the Devil's Island area and we are at 17 knots. Isle Royale is actually three islands close together and was called Devil's Island because of the French prison that still mostly stands. There are no shore excursions and nothing to do except walk around the island and look at things. There is a small hotel and we c

Packer Sunday Mahi Mahi purchased in Bridgetown Fresh on deck today, Wonderful, thanks chef! We are on the first leg of the World Cruise on the Silver Whisper again. Started in Fort Lauderdale Florida and is now 140 plus days as a world cruise but we are on for 25 or so days to Buenos Aires. First stop was San Juan and we went to the usual Isla Verde beach and had a great lunch at the Water Beach Club on the roof. It was very windy and the wind has followed us since. Puer