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Very early morning in Fort Lauderdale

From our hotel room in Fort Lauderdale before sunrise the morning we sailed

Sunrise in Fort Lauderdale

Sunrise from the beach sailing day

Just about to leave Fort Lauderdale

A lot of ships leaving within minutes

Fruit bowl

A picture of the fantastic fresh fruit that came with roomservice breakfast on board!

The view of our ship from the private beach in the Bahamas

Beach in the Bahamas

One of the beach residents or a burned out stamper?

Aruba

Arriving at the harbour in Oranjestad Aruba

Docked again

This time in Aruba

Submarine

The submarine is surfacing to pick us up to take us on an underwater tour of the reefs.

Aruba beach

One of the beaches in Aruba, fine white sand.

Another sunset

This time at the beach in Aruba

Early arrival

The first hint of daylight as we approach the locks

In line

We're about to enter the first lock of the Panama Canal. The ship you see has already entered but is waiting to complete the lift before it can leave.

Next

Next to enter the canal locks.

Gatun Panama

The locks at Gatun Panama

On the lake

Taking a speed boat to the Indian village on the lake at Gatun Panama.

Village Hut

One of the huts on our tour of the Indian Village in Panama.

Docking

Getting ready to dock at the pier in Panama.

Panama Sunset

A view of the many colours of the sunset as we set sail out of the harbour in Panama.

Cabin Critters

We found a new critter in our cabin every day! These are a few.

That's Shelli and I. It's a pajama party but only one of us wore pajamas.

Myself with my husband Pat.

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