Callao, Peru
We are on day 2 of an overnight stay in the port of Callao Peru. Yesterday morning as we arrived into the port there was very heavy fog; I think it was the fog horn that woke us up. We docked right on time so obviously the fog didn't cause any navigation problems. We rode the shuttle into Miraflores and wandered around some shops and then had a little lunch at Cafe Cafe. Then we headed back to the ship, then (as usual) just lounged around reading – I'm getting extremely spoiled. The ship had a barbeque last night for dinner and even though we went up just as it was starting the pool deck was packed. We did find a table and had a great dinner. Holland America has a marvelous supplier for beef; the steaks we've had are all fork-tender and wonderful! I would love to get some of these at home. There was a folkloric show last night that I would have gone to, but it wasn't until 9:30 and my back tells me my day is over long before that. The show was by Inkamerica and we've seen it twice before so I'll live, but I'm hoping they have the other shows earlier!
Today we are planning a lot of nothing until this evening when we will have our 3rd Pinnacle dinner – so far they have all gone well so I'm looking forward to this one.
The passengers on this cruise are much the same as on the other long voyages we've done with the average age about 70. There are a few that are probably over 90 and a few probably in their 50's. There are even a half dozen (or so) kids onboard and one baby. So far we've found 3 couples that we know from the 2010 S America Grand Voyage. I can see why people could do this year after year... it could become habit forming for me too... if I could afford it. If we could learn to be happy in an outside cabin it would be more conceivable, but we are spoiled and love our balcony. We use it so much that it makes it worth all the extra $.
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