The Amazon (Again), Caribbean and Return to Miami
We awoke in the mouth of the Amazon. Heavy cloud cover and rain. However that cleared by midday and the sun, warmth and humidity returned. The Amazon looks much the same at this stage as the previous trip, very wide, brown and fringed by the jungle. People onboard are surprised to hear that we had already sailed the Amazon this year (refer earlier blogs on our trip on the Seabourn Venture). So to explain, the trip is not to explore the Amazon again. The time on the Venture gave us a far better experience than will occur on the Mariner. We were able to get further past Manaus and see much more via the zodiacs getting much deeper into the rain forest/jungle. The Mariner will stay largely in the middle of the river and guests will most likely see around the major towns and go on excursions. We chose this cruise to spend Xmas and New Year at sea (did that many years ago on Seabourn Legend and had a ball). We also wanted to compare Regent and Silversea to Seabourn to give us future opt...