I booked the cruise enticed by the prospect of visiting two great rivers.I was not alone in that.

The destinations are rare enough not to warrant an option on the web site drop down dialogue box which is why I have used 'blank'

Naively I failed to do any research both before booking and subsequently so I only have myself to blame when Cruise and Maritime Voyages cleverly wrote just before Christmas warning that 'political uncertainty' in Venezuela meant there was a chance we would not sail into Puerto Ordaz. Note not that we would not sail to Venezuela just that we might not. Read more