Blogs from Caribbean, Oceans and Seas - page 6

Wake up, wake up! We debark this morning to visit Nassau AFTER we eat breakfast. You need all the strength you can muster up for this walking adventure. Cory and I find it amusing to say this is our 3rd visit to Nassau since this is just our 3rd cruise. We feel like experienced island hoppers. We know the routine. We know the route. Carolyn and Bill have joined our party which makes us an entourage of 8. Well, 8 1/2 counting Lulu cause she's so small. We were advised by the ship not to venture out from the tourist areas......danger: high crime. Welcome to Nassau, everyone! We pushed and shoved our way through the pack of persistent local tour barkers. We know our way and get ourselves up to the Main Street. Hasn't changed a ... read more

After all the talk of bad weather yesterday through social media, we woke this morning to torrential rain. Our plan to walk back over to the Southport Shopping Centre was cancelled as, although we could have easily taken the car, after breakfast we decided it best to just head for the port. We first took the car back to the airport. Who would have thought that the 2 mile journey could be so stressful; for Roisin, our designated driver (!) and for Chris who had one eye on the satnav and one eye on the road signs. Even for midday on a Monday, the traffic was bumper to bumper (or fender to fender as they say over here!!) The other quirk is that all the exits on the highways and interstates are filter lanes so unless ... read more

Another sunny day so early start at Vibe, grabbed the beds and then met Alex up at Garden Cafe. Spent a lazy day up there drinking cocktails (virgin!) and reading mags. Door still not working so watched the poor maintenance guys puzzling over it most of the day and watched a lady obsessed with keeping non members out and had to keep getting up and closing it. Evening was dress up night so put on our posh gear and headed to the Mojito bar, had good fun with Bong the bar man who cracks jokes continually, sampled more of the menu then went for dinner at Manhattan, scallop gratin to start while Alex had the slaw, then Shimp Permemtier for me and Lamb for Alex, another delicious meal with impeccable service. Ended the evening out at ... read more

Écrasez beaucoup de feuilles de menthe sur du sucre, ajoutez du rhum et de l'eau gazeuse, voilà la base d'un Mojito. Boisson nationale des touristes à Cuba, à consommer de préférence avec un chapeau en paille acheté sur place. Pourquoi vous parler de ça? Partis depuis bientôt 7 ans du Québec, l'un des objectifs était de visiter Cuba à bord de notre bateau. Nous y avons mis du temps, mais nous venons d'y passer 2 mois et demi bien agréables. Notre parcours 2014-2015, se sont 7 devises différentes à part du dollar canadien, près de 3000 miles nautiques en 12 pays. Partis de la Grenade en novembre 2014, nous avons revisités Bequia, Sainte-Lucie, Martinique, Dominique, Guadeloupe, Saint-Martin, Puerto Rico, République Dominicaine, Haïti, Jamaïque et finalement Cuba. Les îles françaises et Puerto Rico nous ont permis de ... read more

Another full day at sea en route to Cartagena, Colombia. Fairly heavy swells now that we are in the southern Caribbean, and people are adopting the drunken stumble. Air temperature is definitely increasing and humidity is rising. We attend a talk on the major ports of call on this trip and another on Cartagena. The library has become one of our favourite spots on board. It has nice view of the ocean, a coffee bar, and lots of books–what more could you ask for? In addition, I've discovered an important secret: one of the computers in the library is permanently online, whereas at all the others you have to log in and burn expensive minutes of pre-purchased connection time. The connection is flakey and at best speed glacial, of course, because it's through satellite, but if ... read more