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LOL! That picture looks like me. Time to start working on getting that "beach body" back. Quote:
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Interesting you say this, I've heard from at least half a dozen people, all different age brackets, that an Alaskan cruise is a WHOLE different animal, and a bucket list quality vacation.
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Some associates have said the PNW and Alaska cruises can be good. There are some where they are not so passive and the side trips are good.
One of my problems with cruises is I live where you see animals trucked to market, and have done a lot of travel where you see the cruise people shuttled around. Some of the similarities are shocking if not scary. I have done ferry travel but that still seems a lot different than most cruises. The trips we do renting a home have cruise converts who’ve been so pleased that I remain a salesperson for heading to what’s likely a cruise ship stop and going on your own. That’s very easy to do these days. Our kids have really learned a lot and had super times with very simple elements such as grocery shopping where the locals do, renting vehicles locally vs the big chains, and stopping where a cruise or tour will never stop.
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That said an Alaska cruise on a smaller vessel with lots of side stops and wild land exploring etc. is something we might consider.
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If you do an Alaska cruise and want to follow I t up with a 'land tour', don't book it through the cruiseline. It'll be cheaper and better to get to Anchorage (there are options form the port), rent a car and do the land part yourself.
Mayan ruins in Mexico: Chichen Itza is the most known and popular one. You really need a knowledgeable guide to get the most of the place. It's a 3 hour drive from Cancun or Cozumel, so an all-day trip no matter what. We took the 'Open the Gates' tour from Cancun, picked up before 6am, at the ruins (private hotel entrance even before the locals who sell souvenirs had set up. Only 10 of us in this group. By 11am it was getting hot (in February) and crowded as all the big buses arrived (they stop at either a cenote or a village for shopping on the way). Tulum is on the oceanside, and has fewer 'complete' ruins. You can hire a guide at the entrance. There are few trees, and it gets real hot in the full day's sun. There are tour buses all the time there, but more in the morning as people take half-day trips there from Cancun. Coba is one of the least-visited sites, and has the only 'pyramid' that you are still allowed to climb. It's about an hour inland form Tulum, or an hour south from Chichen Itza. Ek Balam is about a half hour from Chichen Itza, so can be combined if you rent a car, or do a private tour.
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I can highly recommend Belize. 3-4 days on San Pedro, another 3 or 4 out in the western part of the Country. It's not a large country. PA is probably larger all by itself.
We stayed at duPlooy Jungle Lodge, did days trips every day. One day was at Tikal in Guatamala, another at the ATM, which was one of the most awesome things ever. It's a full day, you have to use a licensed guide. And you kick it off by swimming across a river, then hiking nearly an hour, then dive into a pool which is the entrance to a cave. Then you spend hours in there, entering several sacred Mayan caverns, lot of swimming and wading. And there was plenty of horseback riding on the other days we were there. |
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Just get on the boat.
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