Woot! Woot! Have an awesome time! 👍

And I appreciate you! Your organization is something very special and a real gift to visitors. 👍👍

@@ThePortLowdown We do hear that a lot from visitors. We love our city and very much enjoy helping visitors have a wonderful experience in Mazatlan.

Well, we didn't go yet! Actually, we're going to visit Aruba this New Years. So, that video will be along next year! 😀

You're most welcome!

It's about a 30 min walk at a steady pace. But take your time, there's good stuff to see at the historical center.

Thank you! Always good to know the videos are helpful!

Us too! We prefer to support the local economy whenever possible. Plus, we have a more authentic experience.

You're quite welcome!

Thank you!

No worries! 😅

Terrific! Thank you!

Yep! It left a great impression on me even if I only passed through this time. It would be perfect for me to get a golf cart, go there and veg all day.

You're welcome! Have a great time!

Thanks so much!

Thank you so much!

Thank you for the kind words! I don't cha cha, but I'll certainly be on the lookout for the Dancing King on our next cruise.

Wow! Thank you so much and glad to help!

Thank you! I try to shoot very early in the morning to avoid disturbing other passengers. It's great to see the effort is worth it! Thanks again!

Thanks! We hope it was helpful.

To be honest, I didn't try them or check. From my experience, usually beef.

Well, we wanted to stick to the port. Seems like there was enough to do for a day! Too bad the art museum was closed.

Quite welcome! Have an awesome time!

You're welcome!

It was a pretty cool port. The captain said he had the hardest time docking at this port due to choppy seas. I find that often in Caribbean ports, since many docks are directly facing the ocean and not protected by a larger pier or other barrier. In fact, we've had a few ports canceled for the same reason. It's a bummer when that happens, but better safe. Hope you find your way here!

Thanks so much! I am and I will. 😀

Totally agree! The only bummer was that the Dolphin House was closed since the artist was away on a trip. I would have loved to hear his stories! Really wish I could have spent time at Radio Beach...so cool there. We did a video on golf cart rental at Grand Turk if you're going there; I imagine that rental experience is similar to other places.

You're quite welcome! Mazatlan is one of our favorite Mexican ports. Relaxed, with lots of great food and beaches. I always leave knowing I have more to explore!

Quite welcome!

You're quite welcome!

We went in the summer. Winter is a season for skiing, with shorter days. The indoor stuff should be fine and the train tour should still be viable. I think the Troll Road is closed all this year. Here's some more info on the weather: www.weather-atlas.com/en/norway/andalsnes-climate#:~:text=The%20winter%20months%2C%20spanning%20from%20December%20to%20March%2C,registering%20the%20lowest%20at%205.7%C2%B0C%20%2842.3%C2%B0F%29%20in%20March.

@ThePortLowdown thank you.🙏

You're welcome! HA keeps good upkeep on all the ships we've been on thus far. Love the crowsnest!

You're welcome!

Yes, you're right! Thanks for confirming!

Yup. The scenery is amazing and needs to be experienced - pictures don't do it justice!

I just checked this out on Google maps. Dang, I missed that! That vantage would have made a nice reverse angle for the video. Thanks for the tip, good one!

I enjoy it. As an Angeleno, I appreciate the old school vibes there.

In the big city, most cabbies will take Euros (but not credit cards). Most stores will also take Euros, but we used credit cards for purchases. If you want slightly less of a price mark up, or if you're in farther afield areas or towns, you'll need the local currency. For our short time here, spare Euros and credit cards were fine.

That's true. All the HAL ships we've been on so far have a similar feel.

Just for tips and taxi, US dollars are fine (be sure to have smaller bills handy). This was our only port stop in Columbia, so getting local pesos wasn't practical for us. On our food tour, all the locations were included, which made it easier. But to shop on your own locally, it's better to have local pesos. Restaurants usually take credit cards.

That, for me, is the best part of France, just finding a personal corner somewhere and hang. Did Adrian stay in Le Havre itself?

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I hear you. We enjoy it better if we can get out of the main town.

If you're talking about Azerbaijan, that's certainly an interesting observation. From the pictures, tho, Baku has way cooler buildings!

@ThePortLowdown well yeah that too but Baku starts to look like san diego around the Caspian sea coast

The company we used was fine. We didn't encounter any issues.

We were there in June, so we were actually before you. We boarded in Copenhagen with Holland on the 29th and did two back to back cruises. We did 2 months total that summer, and we did a Mediterranean cruise with Princess for a few weeks prior. All for the channel. Quite a whirlwind and I now have a mountain of footage to edit, LOL. Anyway, so glad you had so much fun! We really enjoy off the beaten track destinations and that village sounds really cool. Hope you're going on more sailings soon!

@@ThePortLowdown After we got home from Amsterdam in August, we went back cruising: taking a Canada-New England cruise from Quebec City to Boston on the Zuiderdam, only 7 days. This was such an unexpected pleasure, greatly exceeding our expectations. Plus, it was nice to have a shorter, less costly flights to both ports. In fact, I watched your Hallifax Port video, again, it was so good and right on the money. Our tour in Hallifax took us to an extended Peggy's Cove visit, around the lighthouse the the amazingly beautiful fishing village. We did take the time to stop and get a "Peggys Dogs" hotdog there. Then, when we got back to Hallifax, we had a 30-45 minute stop at the Public Gardens, and as you noted in your video, it was well worth the time. Then, we only had time for a driveby of the Citadel, but I'm glad we did at least that. That was our favorite tour of the cruise. Our 3rd cruise this year was in February from Sydney, Australia all around New Zealand, ending in Auckland on the Noordam. Another great trip. I totally understand your "mountain of videos" to edit. But, you do a great job editting, so much better than most creators on KZbin. I have thousands of photos to go through. Both, my wife and I each create our own Shutterfly Photobooks of our adventures, and we've been doing that for a long, long time even back when I worked for Kodak in the ninties. I do try to take some videos, and I keep trying to force myself to do more. Finally, we have 3 cruises booked for next year, and 2 big ones for 2026, a 14-day Circle Iceland, and a 21-day Mediterranean. Hopefully, we'll get to do all of those, and maybe even more. Keep up the good work! -Marty

Thanks Marty! Australia is on our bucket list, but we can't afford it yet. Someday.

@@ThePortLowdown Interesting, the Australia-New Zealand trip was the lowest price. We had just gotten back from our Panama Canal cruise on NCL (too much chaos), and I started searching for the ANZ trip. After a few weeks, late on a Saturday night, this 12 day cruise in a Signature Suite popped up at $1500 pp, so we jumped on it. Then, a couple of weeks before the cruise, we got an upgrade email that we also took advantage of: Neptune Suite total cost less than $2000 pp - unbelievable. I wish I knew the “trick”. And, when I tried to get the additional onboard credit for being a Carnival stockholder, I got the following reply, “Unfortunately, we are unable to apply the shareholder benefit due to the fare your reservation is booked. The shareholder benefit is not combinable with casino offers, reduced-rate promotions or guests traveling under an employee, interline, or friend and family type fares.” Again, not sure how that happened.

For HAL, special rates don't apply to shareholder benefits. That's standard. As far as going there someday, it's really about getting the schedule to agree with ours.

Wow, thanks so much for sharing your travels! I was wondering about trying a rental car next time. There's lots of places to explore beyond the town. BTW, did try the hot dogs? I had something similar in Bergen.

@@ThePortLowdown No, I did not try the hotdogs but wish I would have, but I was trying to rush to see as much as I could in the limited time. I can see that renting a car would be a good option, But, we had an excellent guide in Akureyri, and most of the guides on the HAL excursions have been very informative and knowledgeable and were proud and passionate about the places they took us.

I understand the HAL guides are usually very good. HAL cruisers tend to be more engaged with learning about their ports. The lectures were always full on ship.

Thanks Marty! You make the work that goes into our videos worthwhile! We actually went there twice on a back to back cruise, so we got to dig a little deeper than the limited port time we usually have. Man, just get ready for wind!

@@ThePortLowdown All of your Iceland port videos are awesome and so helpful. I don’t know how the KZbin algorithm works but it should do a better job in making your videos in front of viewers who are searching for Iceland port info. I hope that you get a lot more views. Most people would find them helpful and be glad that they watched them.

Thanks again! We keep working on our titles and descriptions to get more exposure. Slow going, but persistence pays off eventually.

Excellent! Have a great time!

The mall directly connected to the ports is Puerto Magico. There's also a large mall across the street called Galerias Vallarta.

@@ThePortLowdown Thank you very much.