Patti-Jo Boettcher

Montevideo, Uruguay

February 14-15th Valentine’s Day Around Town The Odyssey arrived in Montevideo on Valentine’s Day, and I…
Windy Puerto Madryn; Almost done Argentina

February 7-11 Where does the time go? I thought I was only 2 ports behind when…
Amazing Argentina: Port Desire

February 1-6 Sea Days Our sea days began last night after leaving Ushuaia and heading up…
Bottoms Up: Argentina Again

January 25-31 Cape Horn Okay, the weather around South America has been challenging, to say the…
Chilling in Chile Chapter 4 : Staying Ahead of the Storms

January 18-26 Sea Days Some of my greatest joys on a voyage this long are sea…
Chilling in Chile Chapter 3; Puerto Montt & Castro

January 16 & 17 Getting There Wow, has it been two days? The Odyssey had two…
Chilling in Chili: Chapter 2 Valparaiso & Casablanca Valley

January 12-13 Valparairso This city is amazing in many ways. She reminds me of an old…
Chilling in Chile: Chapter 1, Arica & Iquique

January 7-9 Time Change Ahead When we left Peru and entered Chile, the time went forward…
Perusing Peru Part 3: Paracas & Islay

January 4 & 6th After an amazing trip to the interior and Machu Picchu, I had…
Machu Picchu

January 2nd Machu Picchu is so amazing, and I took so many pictures that it deserves…
Perusing Peru Part 2; Cusco to Machu Picchu

December 31- January 3 What can I say? This was my third time in Cusco and…
Perusing Peru Part 1

December 29/30 Peru looked uncertain about the ability to berth at port as high ways and…
Machala & Guayaquil the Dangerous

December 24/25-27 Christmas Eve, the Odyssey, pulled into Porto Royale, which is a small port town.…
Exploring Manibi, Ecuador

Dec 21-22 The thought of Ecuador frightens some tourists right now. I know a few of…
Panama City, Panama

December 17-19 After leaving the canal in darkness, the Odyssey could not secure an early pilot…