It’s not Barbuda, it’s Antigua. The Off Exploring app strikes again! Today Barb, Rob, Lin and I took an island tour with a lobster lunch. We visited Block Fort and then Shirley Heights before going to Nelson’s Dockyard for lunch. Although I’ve been to Antigua at least three times before, it was my first time at Shirley Heights. It has a stunning view of English Bay. We were supposed to have one drink with dinner and we all chose rum punch. Howev...

My third visit to this island, I had a fortnight here in the 90’s and a Cruise visit last November. Yesterday we were told that our P&O excursion had been been put back an hour to 14:00. Because of this Barbara and I went into town in the morning. As Britannia and Adventure of the Seas were docked in Port Zante, we were moored further along in the cargo port. We had to take a shuttle ride of about 10 minutes to Port Zante. Once in town, we had a ...

Our second day in Martinique. It was supposed to be our first day and it’s a Sunday. Everything is closed, everything! The six of us wandered into town in case a supermarket was open. It wasn’t, so we sat in the small square outside and used the free Wi-Fi that I’d used yesterday. It wasn’t as fast for some reason. We then walked to the sea front and joined the queue for the €7 return trip to Les Trois-Ilets. An island (so we thought) abo...

Today was supposed to be a sea day but instead we had an extra day in Martinique. I was here last November and only strolled around the town for a couple of hours because I knew I’d be back with friends. After leaving the ship we agreed an island tour for €10 per person per hour. We had a couple of people join the six of us. We first drove to see the Sacre Coeur church at Balata. Then past the Alma River and up some steep hills. We could see the...

We woke up and were ready for breakfast at 7:30. Then we checked the time again and realised we were actually an hour early! Doh! I think this is my fourth visit to this particular island. This time around Rob, Linda, Barbara and I had booked a hotel day at the Bay Gardens Hotel in Rodney Bay. The taxi picked us up from the cruise port and drove us to the hotel. We passed the hotel I stayed in way back in the 90's. It had been raining before the ship arri...