Blogs from Freeport, Grand Bahama, Bahamas, Central America Caribbean - page 4

Hi, Everyone! I hope this blog finds everyone well! I just wanted to let you know that I have a new address where I can receive mail and packages. The address is below: Brooke Roebuck 4631 NW 31st Ave #F-602 Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33309-3433 As I said, I can receive both mail and packages at that address. If you would like to send a package, please mail it in the smallest package possible and include in it an itemization of what's in it and what those things are worth. That's a customs request, and whatever comes through, I have to pay tax as well as shipping on. That's all for now. Tom and I went on a Valentine's Day horseback ride along the beach and ocean, and I will be sending pictures soon. It was fantastic! ... read more

Saturday and Sunday We had great fun last night at Shenanigan's. On Saturday we spent the day with Larry and Melia. After a few morning drinks, we drove out to West End to Old Bahama Bay Resort. I had heard that there was a lot of development out there after I left the island. Al Jones was working with the Ginn Corporation and leading the development here. Unfortunately, Al was off the island, so we were not able to see him. But we toured the area and then went to the marina for lunch. We had all heard that John Travolta's 16-year-old son, Jett, died on January 2nd, at the family's vacation home in Old Bahama Bay. The family, including Jett Travolta's mother, Kelly Preston, and his 8-year-old sister, Ella, had been celebrating the New Year ... read more

Today we’re in Freeport, Bahamas. Freeport doesn’t get great reviews from any crew I’ve spoken to. And apparently ship comment card ratings drop after we go there. But it’s the only Caribbean port of Carnival’s that I hadn’t been to, so I figured I had to still get off the ship and just see for myself. The port itself is mainly industrial. Shipping crates everywhere. It’s also one of the main ports we use on the East Coast for dry dock (when our ships go under renovations for a couple weeks). Currently, the Destiny is in dry dock. I stood out on the Glory’s deck and looked across to her, that old ship of mine . . . I was only there a few months, but so much happened there. Port Lucaya is the main town ... read more

Untitled I have pondered the idea of putting together a travel blog for some time now and when I came across this web site, I was hooked! I hope to write about all my travel experiences (past and present) so that I can always look back and remember the great times. So it has been almost 9 months since John and I were married at the Westin Our Lucaya on Grand Bahama. I could go on and on about our wedding experience, but thought I'd focus on it as a travel experience. Travel To And Fro First off, getting to Grand Bahama from Boston looked a lot easier than it ended up being. We booked our airfare 3 months in advance through AirTran with a connection in Baltimore. The price was reasonable and there were no ... read more

The injured Nautilus neared the smokestacks on the horizon that characterize Freeport. The barges came into view, littering the bay outside the harbour entrance, dwarfing our vessel with their massive multi-ton sterns and unimaginably heavy load of cargo and storage containers. I reeled in the fishing line, hoping to avoid catching any fish from the discharge of these metallic monsters. We radioed into the marina and were told how to reach the dock. We filed in between the rock jetties and gawked at the giant blue cranes lined up like ten outstretched Eiffel Towers, dropping rusty storage containers onto barges bearing the destinations Valetta, Monrovia, Shanghai, and Panama. This massive operation gave an eerie impression to the scale of unnoticed movement of goods around the world. We then came upon a row of derelict cruise ... read more