NICARAGUA

OUR SHIP DOCKED AT PUERTO ? IN NICARAGUA

ONLY A FEW OF THE TOWN PEOPLE ARE ALLOWED TO COME IN THE GATES TO WHERE THE SHIP IS DOCKED. EVERY TIME A SHIP COMES IN ITS A 'BIG ADVENTURE' TO GO TO THE DOCK AND BE ONE OF THE FEW THAT IS ALLOWED IN CLOSE

THE LITTLE 'BIKE CART' THAT TOOK US TO THE TAXI STATION. I THINK OUR POOR DRIVER/RIDER SAID TO HIMSELF, 'THIS IS THE LAST TIME I'LL DO THIS'

THE TAXI THAT TOOK US AROUND TOWN

OUR DRIVER WAS VERY PROUD OF THE SMALL SEA WALL THEY HAD RECENTLY ERECTED

SOME OF THE PEOPLE ARE SO POOR

A FEW OF THE THINGS WE SAW ON OUR RIDE TRHROUGH TOWN

YEA....SHOPPING!

NICARAGUA

THE VENDORS CAME TO US AND SET UP THEIR WARES RIGHT BY OUR SHIP

HOW MUCH DOES THIS ONE COST? OR...ESTE CUANTO ME CUESTA?

I LIKE THIS ONE BETTER

OUR SHIP...THE REGAL PRINCESS

PUERTO VALLARTA, MEXICO

A COBBLESTONE STREET IN PUERTO VALLARTA

THE BRIDGE THAT WAS BUILT BETWEEN LIZ TAYLOR'S HOUSE AND RICHARD BURTON'S HOUSE WHEN THEY WERE FILMING THERE.

LETS GET OFF THE SHIP AGAIN

ONE OF THE TENDERS THAT WERE USED TO TAKE US ASHORE

CHOICES

I THINK VERA WAS TRYING TO DECIDE WHICH ONE WAS BEST FOR HER.

TABLE MATES

KEN AND NANCY (AKA: BARBIE ...HER HAIR AND EVERYTHING WAS ALWAYS 'PERFECT') WE HAD A LOT IN COMMON WITH THEM BECAISE THEY ARE RV ERS ALSO. KEN TRIED TO TEACH VERA ABOUT ALL THE MECHANICS OF THE SHIP, ETC. BUT I DON'T THINK HE GOT VERY FAR

TABLE MATES

JERRY AND KAY ARE FROM CANADA..3 MONTHS AFTEROURCRUISE THEY WERE GOING ON THE QE2 TO SOUTH AMERICA FOR SEVERAL WEEKS

OUR ASSISTANT WAITER

ZHIVAGO IS FROM BULGARIA

ZHIVAGO

HIS REAL NAME WASN'T ZHIVAGO...BUT IT STARTED WITH A 'Z' AND HE SAID EVERYBODY JUST CALLED HIM 'ZHIVAGO' BECAUSE NO ONE COULD REMEMBER HIS NAME.

WHAT A CHOICE!

ZHIVAGO COULDN'T DECIDE BETWEEN VERA AND ME...SO HE HUGGED BOTH OF US.

WHERE DID THEY GO?

THAT'S MY HAND THERE. NO ONE WANTED TO SIT BY ME.

SANDRO

HE WAS THE NEATEST WAITER. SO ATTENTIVE! I COULD USE A WAITER LIKE THAT EVERY DAY!

SANDRO AND BARBIE - AKA: NANCY