Woke up this morning at 7.30 feeling quite sad, as this would be our last port of call this cruise, and we would then have two days at sea before returning to Miami. Going out on the balcony, we could see that we were already docked in Road Town, on the island of Tortola in…
We were up as usual at 7.30am, and we went out onto our balcony to see that the Queen Elizabeth was already docked in Philipsburg, Sint Maarten. Sint Maarten/Saint Martin is an unusual island in that it is a nation “under two flags”, half-Dutch and half-French. We had only ever been to the Dutch side,…
Another pleasant relaxing sea day today, where we didn’t actually do much at all. 🙂 We arose at 7.30am and went out on the balcony to see what the weather was like. The sea was fairly calm and only a light wind was blowing, probably created by the movement of the ship. We decided to…
Ah… Barbados. One of my favourite islands in the Caribbean, and the one that we have visited the most. Today would be our ninth visit. 🙂 We didn’t have any excursion booked today; we know the island quite well so we had our day planned out already. Therefore, after an al fresco breakfast at the…
If someone asked you what do you think of when you hear the word “Caribbean”, there are several things that would come to mind. Sunshine, turquoise sea, white sand, reggae music and…. Rum. This morning the Queen Elizabeth was due to dock in Castries, St. Lucia, and Trevor went out on the balcony about 6.00am…
This morning, we were up at 7.30am as usual to find ourselves docked in the port of St. John’s, Antigua. We did not have an excursion booked until this afternoon, so we had the morning at our leisure. Antigua is usually a very busy port, with several large cruise ships in at a time, so…
EASTER SUNDAY We were awake before the alarm at 7.00am, and I sat up and swung my legs over the side of the bed. Going out onto the balcony, we could see “land ahoy”; we were due to dock in the port of San Juan around 8.00am. We got washed and dressed for the weather,…
Another nice relaxing sea day to look forward to today. We got up just after 7.00am and went out onto the balcony to see what the weather was like. Once again, it was cooler and the wind had increased; it was not what we had expected in these latitudes, and the sky was heavy with…
GOOD FRIDAY We were awake at seven o’clock this morning. The sun had risen five minutes or so beforehand, but it was on the other side of the ship so we missed the usual gorgeous orange sky. The weather was warm, but cloudy, and we were somewhat disappointed that s strong, 20 knot wind was…
We (predictably) woke up at 4.30am. I had slept soundly up until that point, but Trevor said he had been awakened several times by the air-conditioning unit switching on and off. As I wear ear-plugs in bed, which effectively block out any sounds, it hadn’t bothered me. We walked for a short while before falling…
