written and photographed by Mary L. Peachin
Nov 2002, Vol. 7 No. 2
Exactly at midnight, Lindblad Expeditions’s 175-foot M.V Sea Voyager untied its lines from dockside Colon, Panama for a 1200-mile, two-week educational and fun-filled cruise odyssey of the Caribbean. The journey began on a southerly course toward the San Blas Comarca (archipelago), before the ship would head north following the Mosquito Coast. Each day we stopped at remote off the beaten path destinations in Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, and Belize. This was an active trip: no lounging in a spa or playing casino games. Our evening hours were spent listening to brief educational lectures and watching a video recap highlighting the daily activities: kayaking, snorkeling, scuba diving, bird watching, or a visit to a village or national park.