| Our Caribbean Cruise Vacation | |
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| Arriving in our Port City of San Juan, Puerto Rico |
St. Thomas
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| Shopping and sampling at The Rum Lady's stand | |
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The Guys going back out after dinner
on our 1st night...Jared won $19
Gambling!
(...but he lost it the next night) |
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| The girls on the 1st formal night...no gambling for us! |
St. Maarten
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| Our 2nd island visit ~ was the Dutch side of St. Maarten |
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| Audra collected shells off the beautiful white sand beach |
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| We enjoyed the views & relaxed here at this beach side bar... |
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| We never went over to the French side of the island. |
Next stop was Antigua where The girls shopped & watched people from under umbrellas in a port area bar; while The guys caught a cab to the other side of the island & visited a bustling historic harbor.
Then onto St. Lucia where it was dark rainy & WET,
so we took a tour by cab...
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Up the twisting narrow roads to the top of the hill,
we looked back down on the port area & our ship |
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We saw these guys getting ready for their Christmas dinner...
no, I'm NOT kidding, he wasn't Just Out Walking This Pig! |
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| We visited the pretty bay where the original Dr. Doolittle movie was filmed |
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and drove through banana plantations
(St. Lucia's #1 export item) |
Jared & Audra got fresh banana shakes on this sticky humid day!
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EVERY Night we enjoyed an Enormous,
FUN, Dining Experience on board the ship. |
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| Marcos, our waiter |
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| Pavel, our asst. waiter |
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| Arnold, our sommelier |
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| & the lovely, Memeesha, our adoptee |
These members of the ship's crew
became 'our family' for 8 wonderful nights!
Next stop ~ The Spice Islands,
& our furthest destination
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The beautiful land locked capital of Grenada
is frequently likened to Portofino, Italy |
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Nutmeg so fresh it is still encased in Mace!
(Louis says it looks like Darth Maal from Star Wars) |
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| Interesting, Fresh Produce Markets in this bustling city! |
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We took a LONG trudge UP the mountainous City Streets
& viewed the landscape around, with it's rich volcanic soil. |
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A panorama of St. George, Grenada from the dock
(we mailed ourselves a postcard from here) |
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The truest picture I have of the color 'Caribbean Blue'
So Pretty!
(I'm not really sure this photo does it justice though) |
Barbados
the day started out sunny & hot
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| eating Flying Fish Sandwiches |
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| and Conch |
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Unlike this person strolling along so casually...
We had to make a run for it... |
as our day ended in a DOWNPOUR!
A Final Day At Sea ~
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| Christmas Day we spent sailing up the Caribbean. |
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No presents under the tree or stockings hanging by a chimney,
but we still had a little gift exchange |
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| And another lovely family Dinner for our last night on the ship. |
Then we made it back to
where we had started,
~ in Puerto Rico ~
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| We had brunch where the locals go on Sundays |
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| in Old Town San Juan. |
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| We walked on the amazing 16th century old blue cobblestone streets |
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| Visited the Fort & Old City Walls |
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We enjoyed seeing the architecture
& interesting balconies of the old neighborhoods
until our feet just couldn't take anymore!
Happy Travelers...Flying Home |
