Blogs from Atlantic, Oceans and Seas - page 37

Geo: 18.2031, -67.14From Samana, DR we picked an amazing day to get ourselves across the Mona Passage, which is known to be difficult if the conditions are less than perfect. Did I mention that we saw many whales from Samana to Puerto Rico? Pretty cool beans.After checking in at Mayaguez, we moved on to Boqueron which is a touristy, beachy, party town that is only really open on the weekends. But the beach was fun even though it was dark, course sand, which you find in most of PR. (I miss those gorgeous white sand beaches!!)Making our way further on, we stopped at Giligan's Island for one night and an important dinghy ride to Copamarina Beach resort to get online so that we could send notes and photos to Mackenzie for her 23 birthday.http://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g644390-d651486-Reviews-Gilligan_s_Island-Playa_de_Guanica_Puerto_Rico.htmlhttp://www.copamarin... read more

Sunday February 15th, 2015. At Sea En Route to The Azores Following D and Roy's complaints to the Captain about the tender operations they were both were asked to write a letter each outlining their issues and concerns. D spent some considerable time on this. M didn't fancy sticking pictures from holiday brochures on a tile so she gave it a miss. D went to a lecture on the tragic relationship between poets Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes. We had pre-dinner drinks with Roy and Patti in their cabin and then we went and had our first dinner on our new table for 8. After dinner we went to the show which was Richard Sykes with his tribute to Nat King Cole. Monday 16th February 2015. Craft was a repeat of the book making so M ... read more

Geo: 19.7215, -79.8006Aujourd'hui c'est Vendredi 13!!!, journée spéciale car c'est notre premier débarquement avec navette. Il n'y a pas de quai ici. On arrive dans la ville de Georgetown et on se tape une petite marche de 2 heures. C'est une colonie Anglaise donc les voitures roules à Gauche et à faire attention car on regarde jamais du bon côté avant de traversé la rue. France à détourner une classe d'étudiant de 2ième année pour une photo, ils sont pas mal sage et écoute les consignent, hummm!!! Ensuite on va à notre autobus pour une excursion en mer. La première partie est un long tour de bateau de 45 minutes et on va voir des "stingrays". France en a tenue dans ses mains, c'est gros en titi. Je crois même qu'elle aurait aim&... read more

Thursday 5th February, 2015. At Sea En Route to Antigua After a posh breakfast M went to the Craft and Creation Session and made a birthday card. At 11 am we both went to Alan's lecture in the auditorium called "Written in the Stars". This was a talk on the night sky that we could see in the Caribbean. He made use of props such as an orange and a marble to illustrate the vast distances in our universe and those beyond. It was really good - the more so because Alan is really funny. At one point he disappeared out of one set of Auditorium doors and reappeared through another in order to illustrate night and day and the earth orbiting the sun! After lunch we went to the lounge to listen to our Cruise ... read more

Tuesday 3rd February, 2015. At Sea En Route to Antigua After another posh breakfast we went to the lecture on Rafting the Colorado which was delivered by Billie. It was quite interesting but all of these talks are a little self indulgent - a bit like looking at someone else's holiday snaps. We read our books for the rest of the morning and after lunch M went to the Craft and Creation session where she started on her butterfly made out of butterflies. This entailed punching out loads of butterfly shapes and then gluing them in a larger butterfly pattern. Very time consuming. She didn't finish it so will continue on the next session. D went to lecture on "One Day I Might Sail Around the World" which was delivered by a fellow passenger called Christopher ... read more