Welcome from Day 10 of our Panama Canal/Pacific Riviera cruise on the beautiful MS Norwegian Star. Recap of previous days: Day 5: Panama Canal transit. We spent most of the day on our balcony until the late afternoon sun drove us inside. The 'party line' is "don't see it all from one spot because there is so much to see", but we chose to miss a few things by being in one place (the new gates at the Atlantic end) rather than miss some things because we were in...

Today we did Bus-Boat-Train excursion. The Boat was the most interesting. Our boat driver got off in a foot of silty mud to FEED CROCODILES raw chicken. See pic. The one the photo is of, was a 50-years-old, 17' monster. After the second large piece of chicken, the man PATTED HIM ON THE SNOUT! Believe me, I heeded the warning not to extend any body part out of the boat!

Welcome from Day 4 of our Panama Canal/Pacific Riviera cruise on the beautiful MS Norwegian Star. Recap of previous days: Day 1: Arrived in Miami at 7:30-ish Sunday morning. We had received not one but two recorded phone calls from NCL telling us to arrive at the port at 2pm "because of limited seating", so we attempted to kill the morning at the airport. We walked the length of the North (longest) terminal 3 times stopping for something (breakfast, a beverag...