Fort Lauderdale - April 15th 2011 - The End

Reluctantly, we departed the boat about 10am.  We could have stayed another 42 days! - and had the boat not been going into dry dock for repairs, we would have booked a further cruise with it, back to Bermuda.  The Veendam will spend its summer back and forth from New York to Bermuda so we will be seeing it on Front Street, Hamilton every week, to remind us of what a fantastic time we had.

The night before and the morning of leaving, was filled with all the goodbyes, with hope to see some of our new friends in the future.

We got off the boat, rented a car and drove up to Orlando to spend a hectic week with our friends Tommy, Lisa and Haley (last seen in Buenos Aires).  Back in the USA things were very different to what we had experienced in South America over the last 3 months.  Whilst happy to be back into the organized and convenience of the USA, we also have some very fond memories of Argentina and Brazil.