Norwegian sail

A journey through Panama Canal it continues to be the most attractive among cruise ship passengers worldwide. The fertile history of the isthmus that Balboa will cross 510 years ago, shading feat of ColumbusEntering the dawn of world trade, blessed in the 19th century as a canal through the French Channel, finally conquered in 1914 by persistent American efforts, it enjoys a seductive charm perfected by its beautiful greenery, a source of life in times of trouble resulting from climate change.

Post shift on various cruise ships we choose Norwegian Cruise Lines because of its well-established informal style, which invites, for example, to eat at the most convenient time, where one wants, instead of the rigidity of its competitors to devour at a certain table at a certain time, in the company of a fixed so-and-so.

Our first attack, we are already looking for Covid-19 pandemic was a 14-day sailing on board The Norwegian Star cruise ship departs from Santiago de Chilebypassing the strait Magellan, with final destination Buenos AiresFebruary 15, 2020. An incredible journey full of penguins, sea lions, tango and fine South American wines on the eve of the 500th anniversary of the first circumnavigation of the world Magellan and Elcano. On his return on March 5, already in Tocumenthe masked lady pointed out, calling me excessive, not quite sure what was coming next.

Norwegian, due to the cessation of operations of all cruise lines in the world, canceled our reservation for the trip Baltic Sea which included a stopover in San Petersburg, Russia in September 2021. Since that didn’t work out, we decided on a 17-day Atlantic cruise, originating in Rome on December 5, 2021with the final destination Miami.
A risky adventure, where we had to undergo Covid tests on 5 different occasions, on the mammoth Norwegian Getaway with a capacity of 3963 passengers, on this rather empty tour.

For 2022, we depart from Miami with seductive stops in North America New York and Newport, Rhode Island, completing a 21-day transatlantic itinerary on board The Norwegian sun. It serves all this narrative should emphasize our knowledge of the facts and special affection for Norwegian Cruises, after visiting 28 different ports on 4 continents, so far this decade.

Cruisers have two options for stopping. In small, rarely visited ports or without access to a mooring, the “tender” modality is used, according to which the ship is parked near the port and its passengers are transferred to the barges of cruise ships.

Another, more sustainable alternative is parking at the pier, properly equipped with all facilities and infrastructure for the expeditious movement of passengers. Therefore, the port that we want to develop as The main residence in Isthmia on the Amador embankment it doesn’t even have an access road, but a gravel road, surely muddy and dangerous during our rainy season, due to “lack of budget”, which is the beginning of the long Achilles’ heel characterized by its lack of a minimum level of infrastructure, which tediously prolongs its landing capacity expeditious that allows maximum enjoyment of the destination.

Such factors influence decision-making cruise lines in choosing their stopoversadding other factors such as supply of fuel at reasonable prices, supply of food and other edible products and development of tourism centers of interest including responsible and competitive transport.

We all citizens have to suffer a deep shame Considering the great failure of this venture in such a symbolic place as Panama City. Comparatively speaking, as we noted in a recent issue, Port of Miami is used for shipping for 5.5 million passengers per year, through its 8 terminals, it serves as a source of 334,500 direct and indirect jobs with an annual economic impact exceeding 43 billion dollars per year the state of Florida.

For years, our authorities have shown incompetence and indifference in the face of such a powerful challenge, hampered by evident corruption in the monopoly of fuel supply, competition and laissez faire that characterizes everything in tourism, including transport and other tourist services, despite offering generous discounts on cruises for the trip Channel by turning on the isthmus scale. What a pity that, having everything, we lead it in such a sterile way!