South and Central American Cruise

The good ship, Oceania’s Marina

 

 
Our cabin was second from the left, above that lifeboat.

 

 

Cabin 7063

The cabin was like a good motel room (if a little smaller), with a balcony and a marble bathroom with a shower and a tub.

 

  


The Pool

 

  

The salt water pool on a calm day, and on a rough day. 

Elegant dining

Many choices of where to eat all the high cuisine food.  Four specialty restaurants: Jacques, Polo Grill, Toscana, and (the best) Red Ginger.  The main dining room (top) or the buffet (bottom).

 

 

Folks we met and enjoyed

 

 

Roma and  Peter Nemetz

Entertainment

 

Art Class was fun, with Bill Ritzi.  Here are our watercolors.  One of Munro’s from a photo he took of the aft of the ship, mine from a photo of a park in Lima:

    

 

 

Nightly entertainment in the little theater (Grand Lounge) was of varying quality.  The best was the charming group of dancers and singers that put on 4 shows – the best being the Broadway show and the Big Top show.


from the “Beach Boy” show

    
Big Top Show

On the last night, there was an excellent magician, who ended by taking 3 wedding rings from men in the audience (mine included) and proceeded to chain them all together.  We stood right next to him, identifying the rings he had on a chain.  Amazing!!!  Here is his mystifying rope trick.

Art on the ship

One of the best things about Marina (and the sister ship Riviera) is the classy art that the owner has purchased for the ships.  He’s a collector and buys groups of paintings, sculptures and art-glass from artists, placing them in rooms, areas or on the stairways.  Here are a few representative works.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


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