So we got off our cruise for the last time as daddy decided to stay in St. Maarten/St. Martin for 5 nights instead of continuing back to San Juan, Puerto Rico. This seemed like the perfect place to end the vacation and daddy made great choice. He hired a car and we took Avo Jay on a tour of the island before he was to go back on the boat for the last night. While our hotel was in Sint Maarten (Netherlands Antilles) we spent most of our days on the French part of the island (St. Martin) So, the first day with Avo Jay, we headed out for the most famous beach, Baia Orientale. It was really beautiful and I played with Daddy on the beach/water while Avo Jay relaxed. We then ate a good ... read more

3rd stop.....St. Lucia. Daddy and I went on an early morning excursion on a catamaran to the Pitons. As we sailed there we went along the coast and saw some beautiful bays and mountains. We then stopped in a little bay for a swim. I had fun floating around with daddy and looking at the beatuiful area around me. After getting on the boat again, I bought some shell bracelets. Then we continued until we reached the Pitons which were these 2 cool looking mountains. It was a little rainy, one of the only times on the whole trip, but it still was a lot of fun. We then met up with Avo Jay and went shopping for some dolls and then went to a bar for a drink and listened to some music. A short ... read more

1st stop on the cruise - St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands. Early in the morning daddy left the boat by himself to go Scuba Diving. Since he always travels with me and I dont dive yet, this was a time he could do it since I could stay with Avo Jay. Daddy returned at lunchtime after I had a great morning with grandpa. We then left the boat together and got on a big Catamaran with a bunch of people to go snorkling! After practicing once in San Juan, Puerto Rico, and yesterday on the cruise boat, it was time for me to snorkle in the ocean for the first time. I was really excited. They gave me a perfect mask and flippers and with my bathing suit that had a flotation device in it I ... read more

After going to Colombia only 3 weeks ago, it was time for another trip. Daddy had more than 2 weeks off before starting his new job as national travel medicine director for Concentra, so it was, of course, time to travel again. Daddy decided to take his daddy on a cruise with us, but as my daddy had to make it a little more exciting, he decided to do it a little differently. We were to fly to San Juan, Puerto Rico and stay there 3 nights before Avo (grandpa in portuguese) Jay arrived and we boarded a boat. Then, after visiting 4 Caribbean islands, daddy and I would get off on the last port, Sint Maarten, leave Avo Jay to finish the cruise and we would stay for 5 nights on the island before flying ... read more

On Thanksgiving we did my favorite thing on the trip....We went to the mud volcano. We got picked up at our hotel in a small van with some people from Argentina, England, and the USA and took a 1 hour ride to Volcano El Totumo. This was a very special volcano......We were able to go in it as it was not filled with lava, but was filled with mud. That's right, it was time to get dirty. Shortly after we arrived, we put on our bathing suits and walked up the stairs of the small volcano. At the top, we gave our camera to someone to take pics and wen into the volcano.....thick mud. It was so weird and cool at the same time. While we could not toucht he bottom (I think it was a ... read more