Cabin is fine for partially obstructed view (obstructed looking down to the ocean).   There is a work area just beyond balcony railing were workmen occasionally come, but not a problem.

Barb, our friend from the 2017 transatlantic booked this tour, as she did three other tours that we took on the cruise.   I had recommended Monica&rsquo;s Tours, since we had used them in 2011 and they were excellent.  Our tour guide was good and advised us that we could see a number of places.  Of course, we didn&rsquo;t have time to do it all.  The day we were in port turned out to be a local holiday, which meant heavier traffic than normal.  That was unfortunate, since we probably could have seen more on a normal day.  We were taken to two main squares in downtown Lima, the second being the Plaza de Armas.  It was a huge square and the cathedral was on the square.  Just prior to arriving at that square, we walked through a street with some interesting building frontages and balconies.  The next place on the tour was a monastery with catacombs that we had seen in 2011, so Ginny and I asked to meet the group later, so we could visit the cathedral.  We had not seen the cathedral.  Pizarro, the Spanish conqueror of Peru was buried in the cathedral.  The massive building was filled with valuable art.   After spending about an hour at the cathedral, we walked to the Monastery to meet our tour.  There was a huge long line of local people waiting to enter the Monastery, so we waited outside the entrance of the catacombs as instructed and ran into Monica, the owner of the tour company.  She remembered Ginny and I from 2011.  She gave us a couple of small gifts, as she did last time we were in Lima.
Our next stop was to visit an ancient pyramid, predating the Incas.  The pyramid grounds were in the direction of Miraflores, the more upscale area of Lima.  Our group decided to skip lunch in order to spend more time touring.  We walked up the pyramid while our guide explained details about the civilization that built it.  There was a small museum that we visited as well.
After the pyramid, we found a scenic seashore at Miraflores with a nice park.  Driving around the city was slow due to the traffic and after the seashore, we heading back to the port to make the ship on time.
It is worth mentioning that we found the cuisine in Peru to be absolutely fantastic.  Peruvian food can match up to the best in the World, even French and Italian.

Ginny and I had not been to Costa Rica before and our tour there was a ship&rsquo;s excursion called &ldquo;Walk in the Clouds.&rdquo;  Our bus took us into the interior of the country that was up in altitude.   This rain forest hike was more extensive and the path  included several bridges, some suspended high above a flowing creek.  Prior to beginning our hike, we entered a large butterfly enclosure, with hundreds of colorful butterflies.  Everyone was trying to take photos of them, before the butterflies flew off once more.  After the forest hike, we visited a humming bird station with many hummingbird feeders and small water sprinklers that attracted the birds.  Scores of hummingbirds of different colors were feasting on the feed stations.    The hummingbirds were more of a challenge to photograph than the butterflies.  Finally, after leaving the forest, we came to a balcony were tropical birds were attracted.  The birds were colorful, but not the large tropical birds.  The birds were robin or cardinal sized, however there were many beautiful birds.  

On our bus trip out to the site and return, our guide schooled us in the history of Costa Rica and some facts about the country.  The country has no army and a history of peace.  Our guide told us that the country has no gold or silver that attracted attackers.  The country has mandatory education for its youth and the elite students go on to a state university at no cost.  Other universities are private and require payment. The country doesn&rsquo;t seem to  have the same problems as most of the other Central American countries and had a history of stability.  As in nearly any tour from a cruise ship, we did stop at a large tourist oriented store for souvenirs.   The store was huge and many purchased items there.  

This port was still a mystery to us, no one had ever heard of it before.  The coastal city was about halfway between Acapulco and Puerto Vallarta.   The port and nearby area appeared to be under development.   It didn’t seem that extensive development had take place.   The small coastal town was rather new and tidy, clearly geared toward tourism.  The coastal area was very scenic, and our tour with Enrique’s Tours focused on finding the most scenic places for us to visit.  Barb had organized this tour for us.  Our first stop was near a lighthouse (abandoned) at the top of the cliff overlooking the ocean and the port.  Also, Enrique took us to visit to a nice beach, as well as his small village a few miles from Huatulco.  We learned that Enrique had lived in Ohio for several years, saving  his money to come home and start a business.   He provided us with as good a tour as could be made for this area.  Some people took tours that went into the interior, higher up into the mountains, as we had done in Ecuador and Costa Rica.

Huatulco

This port is a famous resort and has been for many years.  It was well developed and we saw many US businesses there like Home Depot, Starbucks, Walmart, and more.  The port city was fairly modern, prosperous and well maintained.  Our tour was another Celebrity excursion called &ldquo;Colonial San Sebastian.&rdquo;   As we left the port city into the interior, we passed through some small towns and farms that clearly were not part of the more prosperous resort.   Our tour took us up into the Sierra Madre Mountains, with many scenic views, including a huge bridge that crossed a large gorge.  I noted that some graffiti artist had bravely climbed under the highway span to paint his work on the underside of the bridge.
Adolfo was our excellent tour guide on our excursion. The tour was provided by Vallarta Adventures. Adolfo provided us a detailed history of the local area, Puerto Vallarta and Colonial San Sebastian. San Sebastian was a former silver mining town. Mining ended after the 1910 Mexican revolution. The town shrunk in population, but preserved its colonial heritage. The town had its cobblestone streets and Spanish colonial architecture. The bus took us about 1 hour and 45 minutes from the port, but we saw vistas of the mountains up to about 4700 feet. We had a very nice lunch and on our way back to the port, we had a fun tequila tasting. The tour guide was excellent and we enjoyed the tour very much.

This was our last port before arriving back in the USA.  The port is situated very near land&rsquo;s end of the Baja peninsula of Mexico.  We saw the scenic land&rsquo;s end from our cruise ship prior to tendering into the port.  Barb had organized the tour with toursbylocals.  Our local guide was Alejandro Olivares with amazingcabos.   First, he took us to the harbor where our small group boarded a boat that included a large glass bottom for viewing sea life.   The tour didn&rsquo;t focus on sea life, but we did see some fish after some bread was handed out for us to throw into the water.   The tour took us past a lot of scenic rock formations and around the end of land&rsquo;s end into the Pacific Ocean.  We saw beaches that apparently flood at  high tide as well as some sea lions.   Some were sunning themselves on the rocks.  Our boat approached them fairly close, so we managed some nice photos.
After the boat ride, we visited a nice restaurant on the shore opposite the land&rsquo;s end.  Then we visited a luxury hotel that was right on the beach.   The hotel was a Sheraton.  We had permission to walk through the hotel and pool area to the beach.  It was very nice.  Also, there was a golf course nearby.  At the end of the tour, we visited a factory that turned recycled glass into glasses and other items.  Phil, one of our friends on the cruise and tour did blow some glass.

San Diego

After lunch, we had a walking tour of Cusco, followed by a tour of four Inca archeological sites surrounding the city.We visited Pisac and Ollantaytambo on this day, with a very nice lunch that was included in the tour between the two sites.

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