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Silver Explorer

Get cabin in the middle as seas can get rough. Stabilizers worked well.

St. John's, Antigua

Catamaran Sunset Cruise was lovely but the extremely loud music on the way back was not.

Gustavia, St. Barthelemy

Waves too high for tenders so we went back to St Maarten. No excursions but good shopping and the ship did arrange a shuttle to go to the French side of the island.

Port of Spain

Saw many birds on the Caroni River

Santarem, Brazil

Fun fishing for paranha

Boca Da Valeria, Brazil

Felt guilty giving tips for photos of exotic animals that probably wouldn’t live due to their treatment, but did anyway and have amazing photos.

Devils Island, French Guiana

No organized excursions but we were able to walk around and it was helpful to have attended the lecture and use the map provided by the ship At

Pointe-A-Pitre, Guadeloupe

We loved the ocean at Pointe De Chateaux.

Miami, Florida

Sailed from here only

Parintins, Brazil

Boi Bumba Folk show was fantastic but seats were terrible. Once I stood on the side I was able to see the wonderful show. The cast posed for photos afterwards and great shopping

Alter Do Chao, Brazil

Not much of a stop but we did swim in the river where it is clean and somewhat safe. So now I can say I swam in the Amazon

St. George's, Grenada

Spices were very interesting, enjoyed Annandale Falls. People very friendly

Macapa, Brazil

Only a technical stop

Bridgetown, Barbados

Atlantis Submarine Adventure was very good. Viewing was great and they gave us a diving certificate

Philipsburg, St. Maarten

Did the Aerial Sky Explorer 360 degree views and enjoyed the view. Was impressed on how the city has been rebuilt after Hurricane Maria

Manaus, Brazil

Enjoyed our guide on the Meeting of the Waters cruise but bought an item at the floating restaurant that did not make it to my bag when the clerk gave the other items to me even though I paid for it.

Seven Seas Navigator

Select a cabin in front of ship

Puerto Corinto, Nicaragua

Very informative tour with art and culture. We made our own tortillas and enjoyed them with pico de gallo, banana chips and watermelon juice which being entered by three lovely dancers in a variety of costumes.

Cabo San Lucas, Mexico

Beautiful scenery and nice tour which included a boat ride around the end of the peninsula as well as a trip to San Jose de Cabo.

Catalina Island, California

This port was canceled and replaced with Ensendada, Mexico and I enjoyed our tour there.

Cartagena, Colombia

Our guide was adorable and very frank about everything from health care to race and living conditions. The tour we took was mostly from the bus and we were on the wrong side for photos. There were also shades painted into the windows which did not give adequate open area to photograph from the opposite side. We did get an extensive tour however and learned a lot about Cartagena

Miami, Florida

Got off the ship and went to the airport.

Port Canaveral, Florida

Cruise ended in Miami

Puerto Quetzal, Guatemala

We saw an active volcano with a small eruption on the way to Antiqua which was a lovely little town. We also visited a Jade Museum and the main plaza. It was a little difficult to avoid the street vendors who were very aggressive.

Puntarenas, Costa Rica

The mangrove boat ride was a great with wonderful views of scarlet macaws and crocodiles. The train ride was a little disappointing because the train slipped on tracks that had grass growing and someone had to get out and sand the tracks in front of the train. We almost missed the ship sailing (although they would have waited)

Key West, Florida

We took "Key West by land and sea". It was extremely hot and humid and the walk to the glass bottom boat was very long and then when we got there, they made us wait in the sun. The boat did not have seats are the windows in the bottom so you had to stand at a railing. We were unable to see much since the reef was not accessible that day due to waves. Very disappointing. Then the Conch Train was a good tour of the city but he drove so fast, you could not take any pictures and his narration sounded like he had been doing it for fifty years; very sing-song. The tour was also quite hokey with music played at different points. I didn't think it was a good tour at all.

Acapulco, Mexico

I loved seeing the cliff divers and our tour gave us a private show where we sat on the terrace. We met the divers after the show. The town is a little shabby but the harbor is extremely beautiful.

Panama Canal Transit

We got up at 5 am before sunrise to see the canal workers dropped off on our ship and we had an expert narrate the entire transit which took about 12 hours. It was really fun to go through the canal in the daytime.

San Francisco, California

We just got on the ship and sailed

Seven Seas Navigator

I think the cabins in the front of the ship may be better than the back because there are three elevators in front and the rocking is not as bad. Also, we heard engine noise in the theatre that we never heard in our cabin.