Southern Caribbean Cruise 2011

Thursday, 31 March 2011

Farewell To The Caribbean

A sunset over the Atlantic on the return voyage, as seen through the dining room porthole window

Ron and Karen offer a final toast to a wonderful Caribbean cruise at their final formal dinner on Voyager

Monday, 28 March 2011

On our way home with a few comments about the ship. Royal Caribbean treats you royally. There is always something to do onboard from professional entertainment in the main theatre, to casino action, to pubbing, water activities, exercise, skating, lectures, shopping, fabulous food, and a very attentive crew. There is unique art everywhere from original sculptures and oils to vintage artifacts. The ship is immaculately clean. Needless to say we really enjoyed this cruise, and enjoy the cruising way of life. We are already planning our next cruise, and may even pre-book it right here onboard.

Cheers

Ship Pics

Samples of some of the artwork around the ship

An unusual bar call the Chamber

Beautiful Antigua

Antigua is another beautiful Caribbean island, discovered by Columbus who ignored it, and it was left unsettled until the arrival of the English in 1632 with a plan to grow tobacco. The soon decidedthat sugar was a better way to go and sugar mills popped up all over the island. Later in 1784 Admiral Nelson arrived and established the British naval base for the illustrious Britsh fleet.
We visited a couple of British forts with wonderful vistas (unless you suffer from vertigo) and spent a pleasant hour in Nelson's Dockyards sampling Antigua's rum punch...it pack a whollop!

Antigua

People on the edge of a cliff overlooking Antigua coastline...not for Ron who stood far back to take this picture.

Admiral Nelson's officers quarters at Nelson Dockyards in English Bay.

Karen enjoys a free rum punch. Lots of rum and lots of punch

Saturday, 26 March 2011

St. KITTS

St Kitts is a kind of lush tropical paradise, a blend of sunlight, sea air, and abundant vegetation. It has been both a French and British colony dating back to 1623,with sugar cane being the main reason for colonization. It is now an independent nation but with many British traditions, including driving on the left side of the road, and a Governor General.
We had an excellent tour of the island with two main stops, a former sugar plantation, and a resored British fort, 1000 feet above sea level. The drive to the fort was a real nail biter, with blind hairpin switch-backs where horn honking is necessary - a real challenge for Ron's vertigo!