Journey: Southern Caribbean Cruise | Life On Virginia Highway

Come aboard with us as I share the small print on our southern Caribbean cruise!

This publish has be a really very long time coming. I was out of metropolis ultimate week for work {as soon as extra} and acquired right here home to chilly temps. Nonetheless, Sunday was engaging. We had been able to open the house home windows and profit from the 65 diploma temps! Warmth local weather revitalizes my soul. I imagine that’s what prompted me to lastly write this. publish.

The ultimate week of January, my husband and I took a lots wished week prolonged cruise to the southern Caribbean. To be taught my overview and see additional particulars of our time in San Juan, Puerto Rico, do that publish.

My husband and I LOVE the Caribbean. Every time we return, we ponder how we’ll surrender firm life and switch to the attractive islands. We’re happy we could be the best tour guides that ever lived. Even after we wanted to remain on a tent on the seaside. The Caribbean merely makes us fully happy – within the occasion you’ve not at all been, I can’t advocate it adequate. A side phrase on cruising: of us each prefer it or hate it. Chances are you’ll positively rely us inside the first group. We count on they’re such an moderately priced approach to see a bunch of places. Some day, we plan to spend each week at a time in all our favorite ports.

Southern Caribbean Cruise Specifics

We sailed out of San Juan, Puerto Rico on Royal Caribbean’s Journey of the Seas. Our first day on the cruise was an “at sea” day. It was the right approach to get in leisure mode. We then spent a day at each of the gorgeous ports listed beneath. Although it rained at just about every port, we nonetheless had been able to benefit from a great deal of sunshine. I obtained’t elaborate an extreme quantity of on each stop – barely, I’ll let the engaging images do the talking. I lightened up only a few of these, nonetheless except for that, I didn’t use any filters.

The water is solely this excellent!

St. Lucia

My husband wished to take a segway tour at this time. It was an entire blast! Our guides had been with Lucian Trend and they also had been superior – extraordinarily actually useful. After teaching at their teaching course to utilize the segway, we had been able to go up inside the lush hills. We then took a guided tour by the mountains and had a chance to learn from the native seaside at Pigeon Island.

Barbados

We took a catamaran snorkel tour to 2 stops: sea turtles and the ship wrecks. This island was barely flat, and since we had been on the catamaran all day, we didn’t get to see numerous the island itself. The water was gorgeous though.

Antigua

This was one different catamaran day (we sailed the Mystic II), and we every agree this was our favorite island. That’s positively on the very best of the guidelines of places we’ll want to return to. The water was engaging and the island was gorgeous. Our sail included a latest lobster and champagne lunch. Phenomenal.

St. Maarten

This was a repeat stop for us because of we had visited it on a earlier cruise. The island is beautiful and actually clear and it is positively one amongst our favorite “piers”. Tons of buying correct everytime you exit the ship. We spent the day on the French side of the island and cherished lunch at Kakao Restaurant, the place we met the world-famous Jack Sparrow {he solely has one eye}. He apparently has his private Fb net web page as properly. Undoubtedly a smart kitty as he may instantly inform I was the sucker that may feed him among the many fish from my lunch 🙂

St. Croix

We pulled into port with a double-rainbow welcome and spent the day crusing on the Jolly Mon catamaran. It was clear this island was far more distant and pure than among the many others – nonetheless it was very gorgeous. It rained only a few events at this time as properly, nonetheless you can’t complain while you may need water, sunshine and rum punch!

I tried to spare you every minute aspect of this journey, however when anyone has any explicit questions in regards to the ports or cruising usually, let me know. We had such an superior journey – there could also be not considerably higher than heading south inside the lifeless of winter! We’re already counting down the instances until we’ll return!