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November 9, 2016 by Fran Costigan 4 Comments

The Vegan Cruise to Panama

curacao-buildings
Curacao

I am just off the Holland America Line’s Zuiderdam after a magnificent ten day Vegan Cruise to Panama!

Swimming in Zuiderdam
Swimming in Half Moon Cay. Actually, I was sunning, friends were swimming.

 

The Building of Curacao
The buildings of Curacao
Curacao
Curacao
Crossing the Panama Canal
Crossing the Panama Canal

 

We visited Half Moon Cay, Bahamas, Aruba, and Curacao, and we sailed through the Panama Canal, where I experienced the surprise of howler and capuchin monkeys jumping onto our little motorboat. In Costa Rica, my group visited the Jaguar Rescue Center, saw baskets of baby Sloths, infant monkeys, and so many other injured or orphaned animals being cared for lovingly. After a  vegan lunch in the center’s cafe we had a guided tour through a bit of the rainforest. I’ve got to find photos of the Walking Stick Trees (they actually move!) the Red Eyed Frogs, all sorts of lush forest. Everything works together, and there in the Rainforest, we all marveled at and thanked mother nature. We must protect these natural ecosystems.

capuchin-monkey
A capuchin monkey
The Jaguar Rescue Center
The Jaguar Rescue Center
An orphaned baby monkey at the rescue center
An orphaned baby monkey at the rescue center

Cooking demos by The Vegan Zombie, Vegan Black Metal Chef, and raw Chef Laurel Anderson, and me were well attended and fun. The culinary staff of the ship went out of their way to make stunningly delicious vegan meals for the 100 or so of us. We were joined at several dinners by trainers from the gym and a guest relations specialist from Germany, who are vegan and were so thrilled to spend time with us.

my-demo
My cooking demo in the Culinary Center on the HAL Zuiderdam with the aid of many inlcuding my pulled from the audience Penelope!

 

Almost Instant Chocolate Pudding from my cooking demo
Almost Instant Chocolate Pudding from Vegan Chocolate was made by the ship’s pastry chefs and served properly warm at dinner.

 

One of our many dinner menus
One of our many dinner menus
The Vegan Zombie
The Vegan Zombie, great cooking demo!

 

Dinner by The Vegan Zombie
Dinner with recipe by The Vegan Zombie one night.

 

 

As I have to board my plane and have limited wifi, I’ll have to stop here but expect more photos on my social media accounts soon. We are awaiting the announcement of the dates and Itinerary that Franci and Curtis Kettman will share soon. Believe me, you will want to sail with us.

Halloween on the Vegan Cruise to Panama
Halloween on the Vegan Cruise to Panama with Nicole from NC!

 

The Vegan Cruise to Panama group
The Vegan Cruise to Panama group

I’ll be checking into the Rouxbe course dashboard soon as I arrive home in great anticipation of tomorrow’s Essential Vegan Desserts course launch. It isn’t too late for a few of you to join us! http://rouxbe.go2cloud.org/aff_c?offer_id=6&aff_id=1498

 

 

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Want to learn to make the best ever vegan desserts? Of course you do! Check out Fran’s Essential Vegan Desserts Course at Rouxbe.

Rouxbe is recognized by the American Culinary Federation Education Foundation as a quality program.

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  1. AvatarAlison says

    January 18, 2017 at 10:34 am

    Looks like it was a fantastic trip!

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    • Fran CostiganFran Costigan says

      January 18, 2017 at 12:05 pm

      It was definitely a fantastic trip!

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  2. AvatarSanna Vegancruiser says

    March 17, 2017 at 8:19 am

    Hi Fran,

    Thanks for sharing your cruise with us. I hope to make one of these specialist vegan cruises one day – as I normally cruise regular cruise lines and have to hope chefs are open to creating something for me 🙂 It has been mostly good, but some stinkers too 😉 Did you see the regular HAL menu on your sailing and how savvy did staff seem to be about vegan food? Just wondering if a regular HAL cruise would be vegan friendly – they certainly used to have a separate veggie menu for the MDR (or so I have been told) instead of just having a vegetarian entree and main course option among all the meat & seafood choices.

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    • Fran CostiganFran Costigan says

      March 17, 2017 at 11:39 am

      It was a credit to Vegan Cruise Planners, Franci and Curtis Kettman who worked closely with the staff to ensure our vegan meals were tops. Not one clinker in the bunch. The executive even personally oversaw the Vegan BBQ we had on the beach. I’ve done 2 cruises now, Alaska and Panama Canal and both with Vegan Cruise Planners as a guest chef. Check them out, they’ve got 2 cruises upcoming.

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