And we're about to depart once again.  This time we're flying to Fort Lauderdale, Florida to board the Holland America MS Zaandam for a 72 night cruise in an inside cabin circumnavigating South America with 4 days in Anarctica and 10 days going up and down the Amazon along with visiting most of the major port cities in South America and the Falkland Islands.  Most of it we've visited before, but we're pretty excited to visit Rio de Janeiro for the first time.

As I typically do, I'll do a daily posting here which will mainly be text, but will generally have at least one picture per day.  I'm active on Facebook and Cruise Critic, and most of my pictures will be posted there.

Feel free to follow along and ask any questions you wish.  We're planning to have a good time and experience the cultures of South America, the Falklands, a bit of Central America, and the Caribbean.  And, yes, we get to pass through the Panama Canal for the 6th time.  That never gets old for me.

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