Caribbean Cruise Day 15 – Bobbing Along on the Bottom of a Beautiful Barbadian Sea

This is it folks, the moment we've all been waiting for, the conclusion of this epic drama. Much like the end of the world, it will end not with a bang, but with a whimper. A not so early start. Our final excursion is only a brief one. Everyone we speak to, members of our …

Caribbean Cruise Day 13 – St Vincent’s, Pirates of the CGI

The giant boat we now called home docked for the penultimate time at the island of St. Vincent. We rise early as we have another excursion today, a late booking simply to pass some time without being hounded by taxi drivers or sales assistants. The excursion provided a lunch so my sister, a picky eater …

Caribbean Cruise Day 12 – You Say Grenada, I say Grenada

Day 12 and no excursions. In fact, we have no plans at all concerning Grenada so took a lazy morning. Arrived late for breakfast and got ushered into the far end room of the buffet as Venezia was closing. Frosties were available and bananas were back after a 3 day hiatus. I've been needing some …

Caribbean Cruise Day 11 – St Lucia in the Sky with Bananas

We got up early for another excursion day. These trips are good. They get you off the boat, you get to do something interesting and usually provide a local driver that will happily talk you through the sights you pass, giving you some history of the island thrown in. You don't have to worry about …

Caribbean Cruise Day 10 – Raiders of the Lost Park

Okay, by this point I have run out of witty titles. Today we visit the Island of Martinique (which I cannot say or hear without my brain changing it to Mystique) and it's simply a very beautiful place. I could happily spend more time here than our cruise schedule allows for. I love visiting locations …

Caribbean Cruise Day 9 – Guadeloupe aka Lotta Nope

Day 9 of the cruise and we hit an island that wasn't on our original schedule. The French owned island of Guadeloupe. The highlight of the day is being in the EU so we can once again turn our phones on and use our mobile data at no extra cost.  Other than that, it's a …

Caribbean Cruise Day 8 – Brides, Grooms and Funny Pirates

Welcome to day 8 of our Caribbean Cruise holiday. Today is another day at sea but also the wonderful day for which we are all here in the first place. A family wedding. The bride is the younger of my two Cousins on this trip. The older of my two Cousins is already married and …

Caribbean Cruise Day 6 – The ‘Fabulous’ Amber Cove

The Azura docked at Amber Cove in the early hours of the morning. Unlike the other Islands we had visited so far, this port was not so much a gateway to the Island itself but a purpose built and self contained cruise resort. I really enjoyed the day here, it had all the usual duty …

Caribbean Cruise Day 5 – Bullet for my Valentine?

I woke up around 4.30am to the ship rocking violently and the sound of suitcases sliding along shelves in both directions. Managed to get back to sleep as motion doesn't bother me, apparently I have good sea legs; when lying down. I was we awoken a second time by an announcement from Captain Bob that …

Caribbean Cruise Day 4 – St Kitts Oil Starved Railway

Welcome to day 4. Hopefully you have got a sense by now that the weather on this trip is less than perfect. When it's hot, it's hot and it's glorious, but global warming has changed the Caribbean weather to a point where the coral is dying and rain showers in the Dry season are brief …