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After sailing from Fortaleza yesterday evening, we’ve arrived mid-afternoon at Recife, nearly the farthest eastern point on the South American continent. Recife is a large city, with over 3.7 million inhabitants. With no organized tour planned, we opted to get off the ship and walk from the pier into the…
After a relaxing day at sea yesterday, we’re docked at the container port in Fortaleza, Brazil by 12 noon. We’re one of the first groups ashore as we embark on our ship’s excursion “Cachaca: The ‘Rum’of Brazil”. We’ll travel about an hour outside of Fortaleza to a farming area where…
We’ve reached our first port-of-call in Brazil, the city of Belem, about 60 miles inland from the Atlantic ocean on the Para River. This city is the gateway to the Amazon, and the 11th largest city in Brazil with about 2.2 million residents in the greater metropolitan area. Being this…
After joining the Crystal Symphony for a 12-day sailing from Barbados to Rio De Janeiro, we’ve arrived at our first port-of-call, Devil’s Island, French Guiana. This small group of islands was originally known as the Ile d Salut, or Islands of Salvation because they offered better health conditions than the…
After leaving Denver just after midnight, we flew to Miami to catch our connecting flight to Bridgetown, Barbados. Arriving at around 3pm to a downpour, we quickly cleared customs and were on our way in a taxi to Cobbler’s Cove, a Relais and Chateau property on the northwest coast. Driving…
