17th January AT SEA Yesterday morning saw us sailing peacefully into Castrides in St. Lucia under a big black rain cloud. However, after breakfast and disembarking the ship the sun was shining and blues skies were all around. We had a tour booked with the ship but got off earlier to do our WiFi and send our messages. At 9am we met up for our tour which was a 4x4 open top jeep trip to La Tillie Falls and various views and stops on the way. The bench seats in th...

26th January CABO SAN LUCAS Hola from Cabo ! Had a really nice day today and even though we’ve been here a few times its still a nice place to visit. Whilst going over on the second tender of the day we did notice quite a few new buildings springing up along the beach area and round the marina. As soon as I opened the curtains this morning I spotted whales and a rather lively sting ray which leapt out the water just by the ship! Our first mission was to get t...

23rd January HUATULCO, MEXICO Just returned back on board after a lovely day at the beach. Enjoyed my snorkelling ( what I done of it which wasn’t much ) but this cold can do one now, I’m fed up with it! Trying to breathe in a snorkel and mask when you can’t breathe through your nose becomes very difficult! If you could have seen me trying to get out of the sea in a bright orange life jacket which was 2 sizes too small so my boobs were flattened and press...

Friday 18th January ARUBA, Watched our sail in to Aruba as the sun rose from behind the hills. We slowly cruised in to our berth and we’re the only ship in today which is good. Aruba is a relatively flat island so from the ship you can see right up round the island to the high rise where Palm and Eagle Beaches are and the holiday hotels. As we’ve been here a few times we decided not to do the beach again but to just walk round Orangstead and head off in t...