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Tag: Ventura

I Don’t Like Cricket, I Love It

Posted on January 13, 2012April 21, 2022 by bollingerbabe

So… we woke up this morning right back where we started from, in Bridgetown, Barbados.  We didn’t have to disembark the Ventura for the airport until 3.30pm, so we more or less still had a full day of our holiday to enjoy. Some people would be nervous of going on a long-haul flight (or indeed any…

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Rhum Running in Grenada

Posted on January 12, 2012April 21, 2022 by bollingerbabe

Woke up this morning feeling a little bit sad, as Grenada is our last port of call; tomorrow we’d be back in Barbados and flying home later on.  So we were determined to make the most of it today 🙂 Grenada is only 21 miles long by 12 miles wide and is very scenic with…

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Luscious St Lucia

Posted on January 11, 2012April 21, 2022 by bollingerbabe

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

Posted on January 10, 2012April 21, 2022 by bollingerbabe

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…

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Basseterre, St Kitts

Posted on January 9, 2012April 21, 2022 by bollingerbabe

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…

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A Nation Under Two Flags

Posted on January 8, 2012April 21, 2022 by bollingerbabe

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…

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Time in Tortola

Posted on January 7, 2012April 21, 2022 by bollingerbabe

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…

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Just Another Sea Day :-)

Posted on January 6, 2012April 21, 2022 by bollingerbabe

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…

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Grand Turk

Posted on January 5, 2012April 21, 2022 by bollingerbabe

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…

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Cruising the Caribbean

Posted on January 4, 2012April 21, 2022 by bollingerbabe

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…

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