Heading south. In the clag.

An easy day yesterday, getting to Rio’s spiffy Cruise Ship Terminal and settling in onboard and into our cabin. The weather isn’t cooperating much but the tropical Brazilian air is soft and comfortable and allowed us to dine outdoors on the Deck 12 Grill Terrace last night as we departed Rio leaving its blaze of lights in our wake.

This ship is really nice and at the same time it feels a bit weird. It is a scaled up version of other smaller Oceania ships we have sailed on so everything is in the same place, just bigger, newer and fancier.

Today was a half day snorkelling trip while anchored at Ilha Grande, an island that for a century+ was home to a notorious Brazilian jail for the worst of their hardened criminals. It was closed down in the 90’s and the miles and miles of white sandy beaches soon attracted tourism. The dense green vegetation and those beautiful beaches reminds us both of Tahiti.

And because those who know want to know . . . Horizons Lounge on Deck 15 forward is very well coffee machine equipped and the still warm freshly baked croissants arrive at 0600. Sharp!

About time to weigh anchor and continue making wakes heading south. Santos awaits us in the morning.Read more