Patti-Jo Boettcher

Nagasaki, Japan: for the intrepid traveler

August 26-27th, 2025 One of Japan’s key ports in the south is Nagasaki. It is well…
Hiroshima- Beyond the Bombing

August 22-23rd, 2025 We arrived in Hiroshima after lunch on the 22nd. After clearing port and…
Kobe & Kochi, Japan

August 18-22, 2025 Did you miss me? It’s been a while since my last post. I…
ABC’s

April 13-18 Bonaire The Odyssey is visiting the ABC Islands, but not in that order. First…
Trinidad and Tobago

April 10 – 11 Scarborough, Tobago We arrived in Scarborough Port around 7:30 a.m. The Odyssey…
St. Vincent & A Return to Fort-de-France and Bridgetown

April 3-8 The Odyssey pulled into port by 7 a m. Kingstown is the capital of…
Here we go again : Returning to the Caribbean

April 1-2 St Georges, Grenada Well, it’s finally happened: after 6 months of travel, we have…
French Guiana’s Prison Islands

March 27 Not too far off the coast of French Guiana lie three small islands. These…
Blistering Hot Brazil: Belem

March 21-24 Belen is our last port in Brazil. This is not a typical cruise stop,…
Blistering Brazil : Recife, Olinda & Fortaleza

March 15 to the 18th Recife Recipe is a smaller city in the north of Brazil.…
Blistering Brazil : Salvador

March 12th – 13th The third largest city in Brazil is Salvador. Salvador also has a…
Blistering Hot Brazil : Rio de Janeiro

March 4th to the 8th Emergency Stop It seems like, wait 10 minutes and everything changes…
Blistering Hot Brazil: Paraty & Ilha Grande

February 28- March 2 Tender Hell- Gonna complain here. Okay, I’m going to take a moment…
Blistering Hot Brazil: Santos

February 24- 26 Santos Santos is in the São Paulo region, which has the largest city…
Iguazu Falls, Argentina & Brazil

February 16-18th Getting There After landing in Buenos Aries, I needed to get from the ship…