The lovely lovelyIsland of Grand Turk.  I think we were bothlooking forward to visiting the island of Grand Turk because we knew it was oneof the smaller islands on the trip. WhenI say small, I mean tiny. From top tobottom, Grand Turk is only about 6 miles long and one mile wide. (6 miles square for all you math buffs andteachers). In comparison to the islandswe have visited on the last two days, this place is a teeny weeny gem. It is very dry, similar to ...

St Thomas:- the good the bad and the not at all ugly. We were up at thecrack of dawn this morning and off the ship at just after 7am. I think we must have been one of the firstpeople out because the port itself was very quiet as we walked away from theCrown Princess. We decided to walk intothe town of Charlotte Amalie and our plan was do the walk, look around, thenget a taxi back because it was quite a long stroll. None of the port shops were open but wefigu...

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...