While on a 14-day Panama Canal voyage aboard Holland America Line’s Oosterdam, Oct. 21-Nov. 4, 2017, my husband, Richard, and I participated in an onshore excursion in Colombia titled “Cartagena by Land & Sea.”
We learned about the 4-hour excursion in an email sent to us by Holland America about six weeks before the cruise. We booked the excursion on the ship for $89.95 per person.
My husband, Gery, and I were quite taken with the lead article in the November 2017 issue of ITN about an 8-day “Southern Mediterranean Discovery” cruise with Viking Ocean Cruises that featured Tunis and Algiers as ports of call.
My wife and I spent Dec. 1-17, 2017, visiting Taiwan. We arranged our journey independently and traveled around the country using the excellent train and bus systems. However, to visit more out-of-the-way places or to combine multiple destinations into a single day trip, we wanted to hire a driver on some days.
In April 2016, I retired from my job of 15 years. My friend Jessica had retired a few months before. Like me, she has a passion for travel.
8 days, 7 nights in BANGLADESH, March 24-31, Nov. 3-10 & Dec. 1-8, 2017. Highlights: In Sundarbans, 3 days in one of world’s largest mangrove forests/overnight on century-old Rocket paddle steamer/hike from Kochikhali to Jamtola Beach/Kotka forest station for views of animal feeding grounds/15th-century Mosque City of Bagerhat. $760 ppdo. $815 single. Nijhoom Tours (House 06, Road 17, Nikunja 02, Khilkhet, Dhaka 1229, Bangladesh; phone +88 01758 897959, nijhoom.com).
