Sun, sand, sea andnumpties.  We arrived in SintMaarten or St. Maarten or St. Martin at about 10am our time, roughly three pmyour time. When we arrived it wasraining but this did not bother us at all because we knew that rain on thislittle island does not last long and the sun usually shines all day. By the time we disembarked from the ship, itwas blazing hot with clear blue skies. St. Maarten is almost completely opposite in landscape to Aruba. It is very mo...

Hi everyone! Little Little calling from the Caribbeansea! I was informed that people wereconcerned as to my welfare because, as usual, Cannon is hogging the laptop andnot allowing me to use any of her precious internet minutes to update you. Well, I have managed to prize the computeroff of her and here is my first (and probably only) solo update of the cruise. I have included some photos to help set thescene. I have had a wonderful holidayand, so far, have n...

Energetic day atsea. Well, after prizingLittle Little's paws off of the laptop, I can update the blog for today. As you all know, this was an At Sea day and,like all of these days, they are in no way dull or lacking in things to do. We began with the Trivia with our two newBritish pals Julie and Julia and we managed joint first which wasn’t at allbad. We were told that today was goingto be overcast and cloudy with a chance of rain but, thankfully, t...

Dolphin Day. Today we have beenback in the resort of princess cays on the island of Eleuthera in theBahamas. It has been a day for me toindulge in my favourite pass-time of replicating a dolphin. I have been in the water pretty much allday. David joined me initially and weboth enjoyed the warm water and gentle waves before the masses from the shiparrived. (we got off the ship quiteearly). There isn't a great deal more tothe resort than beach, beach shop...

See ya lateralligator. Today marks thehalfway point in our trip as we docked in Fort Lauderdale Florida at PortEverglades. Most of the people weredisembarking and going home but we, along with 600 or so others, werecontinuing aboard for the second leg. Wetook a tour in Florida today visiting the Everglades and experiencing abrilliant airboat ride around the river system. Many people incorrectly believe the Everglades to be a marsh or abog. It is, in fact, a ...