FUN-travel: South America: Regent 7 Seas Cruise – 22 Days – Amazon River to Devils Island, French Guiana

March 16, 2012 by  

Day 36 – Saturday, March 10 – Amazon River to Atlantic Ocean – Sunrise 6:24 – Sunset 6:30 – socked in w/clouds & rain

Really, Really Good Day!

Devil's Island

  •  8:00 – wake up to cup of really, really hot cappuccino in room courtesy of my love
  • 8:30 – down to deck 6 for more cappuccino
  • 9:55 – breakfast of fresh fruit on Veranda
  • Good News – 10:15 – sun breaks through!
  • Lunch 12:30 – Officers BBQ – they grill & serve their favorite dishes – lots of very different ethnic dishes
  • 1:00 – ice carving demonstration on pool deck
  • 1:15 – swim in the Amazon w/new cruise mate friends Katie & Phillip – LOL!

Swimming in the Amazon - LOL

  • 2:30 – Wine Tasting – Napa Valley – 2 Sauvignon Blancs & 2 Cabernets – Sequoia Grove is fabulous (we were there in December 2011)
  • 3:30 – back to room for siesta
  • 7:30 – happy hour @ favorite lounge deck 6
  • Dinner – 8:00 – Signatures – another great meal! (clearly this & Prime 7 much better quality)
  • 9:30 – Main Theater – Liar’s Club – consists of a 4 passenger team guessing if the 4 crew member team is lying or telling the truth – pretty good entertainment

    Prison Ruins

FF (FUN-fact) – More than one-third of all species in the world live in the Amazon Rainforest. And the area stretches more than 2,100,000 square miles.

More FF – The Amazon Basin, the largest in the world, covers about 30% of South America and almost as large as the continental US.

Day 37 – Sunday, March 11 – Devil’s Island, French Guiana – Sunrise 6:36 – Sunset 6:44 – full on sun – humid, high 80’s

  • 7:30 – wake up to cup of really, really hot cappuccino in room courtesy of my love
  • Bad News – arrive at 8 am instead of 1 pm due to medical emergency

  • Good News – able to shift into “planned spontaneity mode”
  • 8:00 – down to deck 6 for more cappuccino
  • 9:00 – sit & wait for tender to Island

Egret

  • 9:30 – arrive – nice walk around island takes 2 hrs – see prison ruins, church, children’s cemetery  –  see monkey, peacocks, pig & funny little rodent called agoutis (looks like reddish guinea pig on stilts)
  • Lunch – Caribbean BBQ – thank god for the pizzeria!
  • Bad News – Chris starts sneezing & coughing
  • Good News – take siesta
  • 7:00 – happy hour @ favorite lounge deck 6
  • Dinner – La Veranda – French Bistro again – getting a bit boring

FF – Devil’s Island is one of three small islands clustered together lying 6-miles off the coast of French Guiana. The group is collectively known as the Salvation Islands.  Royale Island was the home of one of the most infamous prisons in history.  The movie Papillon was based on the story of the only prisoner that escaped.  The almost in-accessible Devil’s Island held political prisoners.

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