World Travel – Mexico (Baja California Sur) 2001

Our fifth and final stop along the Mexican Rivera is at Cabo San Lucas before we head in LA and call this adventure a great success. What we enjoyed about this stop is going out on a small boat to “Land’s End” and the wildlife out there. Pulling into port at LA, well it wasn’t a tourist stop…

 

 

World Travel – Mexico (Sinaloa) 2001

Our forth stop along the Mexican Rivera is at Mazatlan. We also traveled inland to the towns of Concordia and Copala which was a very special place since we got to spend time with the locals.

El Faro
Mazatlan, Mexico

Nicholas Bravo (E-40)
Ex-USS McCloy (FF-1038)
Mazatlan, Mexico

Basilica de la Inmaculada Concepcion
Mazatlan, Mexico

San Sebastian
Concordia, Mexico

Church of Saint Joseph / Jose
Copala, Mexico

 

World Travel – Mexico (Jalisco) 2001

Our third stop along the Mexican Rivera is at Puerto Vallarta. Here we enjoy some of the sites and culture of the area along the coast line.

Lady of
Guadalupe

Los Arcos

Unknown
Church

 

World Travel – Mexico (Guerrero) 2001 – Part II

Our 2nd stop along the Mexican Rivera is at Ixtapa/Zihuatanejo. We didn’t see anything of interest in town to see/do but did catch a tour out to Petatlan to see a church named Father Jesus of Petatlan. It is said that this is one of the most revered shrines in Mexico

 

World Travel – Mexico (Guerrero) 2001 – Part I

We leave Costa Rica and head north up the coast making port in Acapulco, Mexico. This would be the final port for most of the passengers; but, not for us. We are taking advantage of what is called a repositioning cruise as cruise ship companies get there ships out of the Caribbean and head for Alaska. We will stay on board and enjoy the Mexican Rivera and ext in Los Angles. So, our first port of the second half of our cruise is Acapulco…

Transition Point

Cathedral of
Nuestra Senora
de la Soledad

HMCS Kootenay (DDE 258)

Let’s talk about this ship a bit more since this is part of “ReefGate” and was big news here from 1999 to 2001. This Canadian Naval ship (and Restigouche – DDE 257) was towed from Canada to here to become an artificial reef on Navy Day, June 1, 2000. Well, there was a question on how they were purchased and here they sat until it was cleared up in 2001. Shortly after I took this photo the Kootenay was sunk near the Restigouche that was sunk just before our arrival.

Cliff Divers

Fuerte de San Diego

 

World Travel – Costa Rica

After passing “through” Panama via the Panama Canal and picking up a few local items at the western port our next stop was Costa Rica. The main attraction we wanted to see here was Sarchi and we were not disappointed.

Metal Church

Oxcarts of Sarchi

 

2001: Panama Canal

Well, lets start taking a tour of some of my past Railroad Adventures such as this one from May 6, 2001. As part of a cruise we passed through the Panama Canal and the ships are pulled through the locks “Mules” which I took several images of to catch the action.

RRAdventures Website: Panama Canal

 

 

World Travel – Panama

After leaving Colombia we head for Panama spending nearly the entire day passing though the Panama Canal and then porting on the far side briefly for a small shopping trip for local items.

Port of Cristobal

Gatun Locks

Ocean Princess

Gamboa

Gold Hill and
Contractors Hill

Pedro Miguel

Pedro Miguel

Miraflores Locks

Miraflores Locks

Bridge of the Americas

 

World Travel – Colombia

We depart Aruba and and head into South America making port in Cartagena, Colombia. What caught my eye the most was the forts that guarded the bay and the massive Castle in town we spent the day touring. You could get lost in this place and that was the idea as part of it’s defenses.

Fuerte
Bateria de San Jose

Fuerte
de San Fernando

Castillo
San Felipe de Barajas

 

World Travel – Aruba

After having a great time at Barbados we once again boarded our cruise ship and next we make port at Aruba for more adventures.

Oranjestad

Natural Bridge

California
Lighthouse

De Olde Molen