Thursday Thirteen - #55 for me

Presented here for your enjoyment are thirteen (or so) randomly-chosen pics from our November cruise. They are also randomly presented - not in chronological order. The header photo is sunset over Acapulco Bay.

One of my favorite pictures from the trip - the older of these Guatamalan sisters worked hard to sell her products to the ship's passengers. She is seven and the little sister is 4.

At the same market in Guatamala, Brandon David's mother was happy for me to take his picture as he napped atop her goods for sale. Brandon is 18 months old; his mother appeared to be about 20.

We enjoyed walking down the street of this small Nicaraguan town. This boy was playing alone in the street with his soccer ball.

These mangrove trees were interesting. This was on the river boat cruise we took in Costa Rica.

Jim is getting ready to board the boat for the river cruise here. He was looking forward to seeing the wildlife. We did see 8 scarlet macaws, several crocodiles, and numerous exotic birds.

This is "them" watching us watching them watching us. Anyway, we were on the ship; they were on shore in the Panama Canal listening to a narrator tell them that our ship is the largest one to be able to go through the canal. They were taking pictures and greeting us; we were taking pictures and greeting them. Fun!

This sculpture (or at least three-dimensional art) in the lobby of the Hyatt in Acapulco was titled "Generations." I have forgotten the artist's name.

This huge and beautiful kapok tree stands in front of the Hyatt in Acapulco.

This is the view from the balcony of room 1730 of the Hyatt in Acapulco.

My loving DH was on the balcony of our stateroom as we approached Acapulco.

This is the chicken stew we watched being prepared in the Mexican cooking demontration we attended in Huatulco. Notice the presentation - the design on the edge of the plate is created with thin slices of cucumber, carrots, peppers and cabbage.

This is the chilequiles we saw being prepared. It was served as an appetizer.

There was no recognition of Thanksgiving Day on the ship except this extravagant display in the atrium. We did not have turkey and dressing or pumpkin pie for dinner!

This shot shows the balcony flowers along all the streets we walked in the walking tour we took in Cartegena, Colombia

Many ladies in Cartegena made their livings by dressing like this and soliciting tourists for photos.

Craft market in Orangestad, Aruba.

Mambo Beach in Aruba

Another shot of Mambo Beach

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