At Sea Panama to Costa Rica - January 25, 2024

 World Grand Voyage Day 23 - 6026 Steps


Reflection in the verandah glass of the refueling tanker next to the ship.


Moonbeam


Orange moon


Tanker


Refueling tanker departing from the Zuiderdam.


This photo and the next four were taken in sequence to show the number of ships moored on our port side. We read about the backup of ships awaiting a slot to traverse the canal. It is hard to see them all in the photo but we counted 42 ships as we scanned that side.






Easy to tell when we were in the canal.


Attend a presentation on future cruises. There are 74 stops on this 133 day cruise. Talk about exhausting.


A special section of the Lido buffet featured cakes today. Unbelievable as it sounds, neither of us partook.


There are quite a few special dinners on the cruise.


Relatively calm water prevailed today.


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