Panama Canal Cruise Days 1-5

Five days after arriving on our cruise ship, I've just discovered how easy it is to get on the internet. Bad news for Andrea...

We boarded in Fort Lauderdale, and yes, average age on our cruise is around 85. None-the-less, we've been having a great time.

Our first port was half moon cay, a bahamian island currently being leased by Holland America. It's still a little farther north so the water wasn't extremely warm but I can vouch for the fact that if you forget to put suntan lotion on your legs, you'll still burn.

Next stop was Aruba where we went Scuba diving. We dove on an old refining ship and had a run in with an Eel. Later on our dive master informed us he was once bitten by one and required 28 stiches.

Yesertday we went to Curacao, another less touristy, Dutch island. We did a tour of the more remote eastern end of the island and got some good shots of the very colorful capital - Willamstad.

We're at sea now and we should hit the Panama canal early tommorow morning.