MONDAY 6th
AUGUST 2012.
Following four calm sea
days from Puntarenas we reached the Californian container sea port and Cruise
Terminal of San Pedro, the gateway to the county of Los Angeles. We were
greeted by sea fog and mist, however this soon lifted to a beautiful clear
sunny day of about thirty degrees. Berthed at the same terminal was the
battleship USS Iowa, which is now a museum and tourist attraction
Our day in port
consisted of doing our own thing with a visit to Long Beach which was about
fifteen miles south of San Pedro. With Bill and Meryl, a couple from our dinner table, we caught the
local commuter bus outside the terminal for a $1-50 and a forty minute ride to
Long Beach. This is a nice area with large wide streets and boulevardes and
parks around the waterfront. We started the visit with a “Starbucks” coffee then
walked down to the waterfront marina for a relaxing long lunch at a local “Lighthouse”
restaurant which was right opposite the berthed Queen Mary.
After lunch we only had
enough time to catch the bus back to the ship before it’s 4-30pm departure. A
good all round relaxing day.
Next port of call is
one of our favourite destinations Honolulu, Hawaii in four days time.
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