We awoke this morning to the inevitable warmth and sunshine, once again in a port to which it was our second visit – Castries, the capital of the beautiful island of St. Lucia. We decided we’d just do our own thing this day, but I was on a quest – I wanted to get my…
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P & O Pleasures
Today was the last full sea day on this cruise; the Ventura had only two more ports of call to visit before we’d be back in Barbados 🙁 We had noticed in the daily programme that there was going to be a cruise talk at 10.00am by one of the P & O sales reps, outlining…
Basseterre, St Kitts
Got up early this morning in a new port of call that we hadn’t visited before, that of Basseterre, capital of St Kitts. From our balcony we looked out to see an island that appeared hilly, with lots of green and lush trees and vegetation. Today we were going to explore some of the rainforest…
A Nation Under Two Flags
Today the Ventura docked in the port of Philipsburg, the Dutch capital of St Maarten. St Martin/Sint Maarten is half French and half Dutch so it is one of the Caribbean’s most interesting and diverse islands. We had been here once before in 2005, on a cruise on the Arcadia, so instead of going on one of the organised…
Time in Tortola
This morning the Ventura docked in Road Town, Tortola. Tortola is part of the British Virgin Islands and we had been here once before, on the Arcadia in 2005. Tortola has a rugged volcanic landscape rising to 1,709 feet at its highest point. It hasn’t really been developed as a major tourist haunt so its attraction lies…
Just Another Sea Day :-)
Woke up once again to the predictable sunny and warm weather 🙂 Unlike Blighty where the weather is just about the most unpredictable thing there is. We had another glorious day of lazing about to look forward to; after breakfast we brought our sunbathing stuff up to the pool deck and spent some time lying…
Grand Turk
Today the Ventura was docked in Grand Turk, the largest of the Turks and Caicos Islands. Last time we had been here was in 2009, on the Artemis so it was a familiar view that met us when we looked out from our balcony. The whole island is only six miles long and has a long pier…
Cruising the Caribbean
Another day spent at sea today. I quite enjoy the sea days; time is of no consequence, we can just do what we like, when we like. When we crossed the Pacific on the Volendam in 2009, we had a full nine days at sea between the USA and Japan, so it is just as well…
Snorkel Sensation in Aruba
Today we awoke to find the Ventura docked in Oranjestad, Aruba. We had been here once before; on the Arcadia in 2007 and we enjoyed it a lot, so we were pleased to be back. After breakfast we decided to go ashore and spend the morning looking around the town. We were booked to go out on…
Willemstad, Curaçao
Woke up this morning to find ourselves docked in Willemstad, capital of Curaçao, Dutch Antilles. Curaçao is the largest of the ABC islands, which also include Aruba and Bonaire. We hadn’t been here before so we were looking forward to exploring. After breakfast we had to assemble on the quayside for our excursion this morning….