Family Vacation....
The family arrived on the 29th and after 2 days at Sea, hunting down the lounge chairs, we had 5 days in port.
St. Maarten:
The first port was St. Maarten and is one of my favourites due to the beach's close proximity to the ship. The island being part Dutch and part French, we were going to go to the French side only I discovered a bit too late that the trek to the other side takes about an hour! After getting the SPF45 on the body, we enjoyed the sun and the salty water...
St. Lucia:
This was stop number two. We again spent the afternoon on the beach, playing frisbee. Dad got the short end of the stick being in the deep end.
Tour of Barbados:
We took one excursion during the cruise and that was to tour the island of Barbados. I must say, for all the times I have been here, I haven't seen much of the island. It was interesting to learn that no matter where you are on the island you are no more than 20 minutes from the water ~ be it Atlantic or Carribean. The Atlantic side boasts some of the best surfing and it isn't hard to see why when we got up to some of those rollers.
There is some money on the island ~ looking at this area, all spots have a 'drive way' for your boat... Not bad eh?
The landscape...
Some Atlantic rollers
These portable homes were the original mobile home. Owned by people on the island, if there was a falling out with the owners of plantations, they would pack up the house, and move in a day. I can't even do that with an apartment!
St. Kitts
Another small island that was shaped like a Turkey leg ~ we headed to Turtle Beach. Along the way we had a great taxi driver who gave us the low down on the island. The island itself has 20,000 people ~ 8 times the size of my home town ~ a whole country! Their main industry is tourism as they are moving away from sugar production. The beaches and views were spectacular ~ Will need to get the pictures from Dad and Krista.
St. Thomas:
The final port was also the port where Krista made her way back home. Before going, we spent the final couple hours catching the rays. Ahhh, nothing like the sun and surf!
Last Formal night:
We were treated to Lobster, Prime Rib and Baked Alaska. The waiters paraded through with all the baked alaskas lighting up the place... It was a treat to be dining in the Dining Room every night, some how the food tastes better in there. Only draw back was that dinner was 1.5hrs every night. Definitely something I was not used to ~ but kinda nice not working quite as much that cruise.
St. Maarten:
The first port was St. Maarten and is one of my favourites due to the beach's close proximity to the ship. The island being part Dutch and part French, we were going to go to the French side only I discovered a bit too late that the trek to the other side takes about an hour! After getting the SPF45 on the body, we enjoyed the sun and the salty water...
St. Lucia:
This was stop number two. We again spent the afternoon on the beach, playing frisbee. Dad got the short end of the stick being in the deep end.
Tour of Barbados:
We took one excursion during the cruise and that was to tour the island of Barbados. I must say, for all the times I have been here, I haven't seen much of the island. It was interesting to learn that no matter where you are on the island you are no more than 20 minutes from the water ~ be it Atlantic or Carribean. The Atlantic side boasts some of the best surfing and it isn't hard to see why when we got up to some of those rollers.
There is some money on the island ~ looking at this area, all spots have a 'drive way' for your boat... Not bad eh?
The landscape...
Some Atlantic rollers
These portable homes were the original mobile home. Owned by people on the island, if there was a falling out with the owners of plantations, they would pack up the house, and move in a day. I can't even do that with an apartment!
St. Kitts
Another small island that was shaped like a Turkey leg ~ we headed to Turtle Beach. Along the way we had a great taxi driver who gave us the low down on the island. The island itself has 20,000 people ~ 8 times the size of my home town ~ a whole country! Their main industry is tourism as they are moving away from sugar production. The beaches and views were spectacular ~ Will need to get the pictures from Dad and Krista.
St. Thomas:
The final port was also the port where Krista made her way back home. Before going, we spent the final couple hours catching the rays. Ahhh, nothing like the sun and surf!
Last Formal night:
We were treated to Lobster, Prime Rib and Baked Alaska. The waiters paraded through with all the baked alaskas lighting up the place... It was a treat to be dining in the Dining Room every night, some how the food tastes better in there. Only draw back was that dinner was 1.5hrs every night. Definitely something I was not used to ~ but kinda nice not working quite as much that cruise.
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