Central America articles

Grande Mariner to Belize & Guatemala
Cruises Critiqued, April 2005 issue.
We took a cruise from Belize to the Barrier Reef and Guatemala and back, March 12-23, ’04, with American Canadian Caribbean Line (461 Water St., Warren, RI 02885; phone 800/556-7450 or visit www.accl-smallships.com).

Obtaining a second passport
Columns, April 2005 issue.
“Boy, did they go through fast.” We looked with envy as the European Union passport holders whisked through Immigration, while our line inched forward in tandem with the beetle on the floor.

QM2 = WOW!
Columns, March 2005 issue.
—The Cruising World is written by Lew Toulmin. We reclined comfortably, looking up at the thousands of brilliant stars overhead. The ship swayed slightly as she drove forward at 25 knots.

Extended travels in Latin America
Travelers' Intercom, February 2005 issue.
My wife, Elaine, and I traveled in Ecuador and the Galápagos Islands at the end of January and beginning of February ’04 for two weeks. We then spent several weeks in Peru and finally a month in Panama. Here are a few comments that might be of interest to readers.

Silver Whisper cruise appraisal
Cruises Critiqued, January 2005 issue.
On Jan. 29, ’04, we embarked on a 9-day cruise on Silver Whisper, which took us from Colón, Panama, to Callao, Peru. We had cruised quite frequently on the smaller Silversea ships and were curious if the newer, larger ships would also become our favorites.

Chichime Island
Travelers' Intercom, January 2005 issue.

Mosquitoes, too, like Latin America
Columns, January 2005 issue.
In February a few years ago, a group of middle-aged novice travelers ventured to Costa Rica to tour Braulio Carrillo National Park, which rises and falls between cool, high mountains and low, torrid jungles, all of it washed by swift, curving rivers and waterfalls.

Report Cards
Report Cards, May 2004 issue.
From Tegucigalpa, HONDURAS, Feb. 4, ’04. . . • Hotel Istmania — at Calle Buenos Aires and Lempira Avenue, about five blocks from the center of Tegucigalpa.

Zipping through the canopy
Travelers' Intercom, May 2004 issue.
While in Tikal, Guatemala, in December ’03, several traveling companions and I enjoyed a “swing through the trees” courtesy of Total Adventure Tikal Canopy Tour (phone [011] 502-300-8316, [011] 502-499-3782 or [011] 502-615-4988).

Costa Rica & Panama with Cruise West
Travelers' Intercom, May 2004 issue.
My husband and I enjoyed a tour of Costa Rica and Panama, Nov. 6-15, ’03, with Cruise West (2401 Fourth Ave., Ste. 700, Seattle, WA 98121; phone 800/426-7702 or visit www.cruisewest.com).