WeÔÇÖre southward bound from Vancouver in Canada across the U.S. border to Astoria in Oregon, on the banks of the Columbia River. After a day at sea, we reach Eureka to see the world's tallest trees in the Humboldt Redwoods State Park. In laid-back San Francisco weÔÇÖre greeted by the sight of the Golden Gate Bridge, then we explore nature on Santa Catalina Island, before our voyage reaches San Diego. Next we cross the border to Ensenada, Mexico, with its hinterland of wineries, and the popular vacation resorts of Cabo San Lucas and Puerto Vallarta. In Acajutla in El Salvador, a home-grown coffee is a must. Nicaragua is next and the surfing hotspot of San Juan del Sur, then Puntarenas in Costa Rica, where there is more nature to admire. After a day at sea, we reach South America in Ecuador, calling at Manta, then Guayaquil, gateway to the Gal├ípagos Islands, before we return to Central America at Fuerte Amador for Panama City for three days. We slip along the Panama Canal to historic Cartagena, on the coast of Colombia, then hop around the Caribbean. Starting at Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic, we sail to the holiday playgrounds of Punta Cana and San Juan in Puerto Rico, Marigot on the French-speaking side of Saint Martin, the rainforest-clad island of Dominica at Roseau, buzzy Bridgetown in Barbados, and Saint Lucia. St JohnÔÇÖs, Antigua, is next ÔÇô donÔÇÖt miss the preserved Georgian dockyard that tended Admiral NelsonÔÇÖs ships. WeÔÇÖve still time to hit the beach bars in Jost Van Dyke in the British Virgin Islands; learn all about the Dominican Republic in the museum at Samana; and wiggle our toes in the white sands at Grand Turk on Turks and Caicos before two days take us to our final port, New York City.