Day 320, 20 May 2013, Cozumel, Mexico. Dive - Dive - Dive !!! Nope, not on a submarine, we arrived at the island of Cozumel first thing and whilst not the first off the boat... we were close. We accomplished a great deal of "Pre-shopping" in the hour before we met our dive excursion. Excellent shopping scoped out, we headed off for our first taste of Caribbean diving... Fabulous coral and fish life, excellent visibility and a well run and efficient operation -...

Day 319, 19 May 2013, Well.... Not actually in Havana, Cuba - but we waved on the way past. Today was a "Sea Day". Just when you thought you could relax and amuse yourself for 5 minutes... Welcome to cruising! The day has so many options to amuse people who flat out can't read / amuse themselves! Seemed rude not to partake. I went to a Shopping Show! Cozumel, Mexico is apparently renowned for it's shopping opportunities and everything your little heart coul...

Day 318, 18 May 2013, Port of Miami, Florida - Embarkation on "Carnival Liberty" for 7 days Exotic Western Caribbean cruise. What can we say, we got a deal. Mind you, if we win the US$612 million Florida Lottery tonight, we'll be doing this a bit more often! Wow! The ship is huge - over 2500 passengers. Embarkation was, all things considered a breeze and we were very happy to find the stateroom was right in the centre of the ship... way down on Deck 1 - perfe...

Day 317, 17 May 2013, South Beach, Miami (Florida). Spent a couple of hours down on the beach watching the beautiful (and not so beautiful) people frolic in the waves. Have come to the conclusion that Miami Vice, CSI Miami, etc etc are a load of bunk. Have seen many policemen in South Beach. They all wear knee length shorts, ride bicycles and have not been witnessed solving crimes in exactly one hour or racing across the bay in cigarette boats. Highly disappo...

Day 316, 16 May 2013, South Beach, Miami (Florida). We cruised up and down Collins Avenue looking in the shops this morning. Our bags are at capacity (or at about 120% if you were to listen to the bags...) so need nothing and bought nothing, but fun never the less. Lunchtime was an extravaganza of tasty treats at David's Cafe on Collins - for $8.95 each (+ tax and tip of course) we had an all you can eat Cuban buffet. Turns out Cuban food does not differ in a...