Sunday 25 January 2026 – Charlotte Amalie, St Thomas USVI: Roger We arrived at St Thomas, the capital of the US Virgin Islands, at around 0630. With a population of about 51,000, the island was originally settled around 1500BC and later occupied by various tribes from the America’s. It was sighted by Columbus in 1493. […]
Thursday 22 January 2026 – At Sea: Roger At around 0700 the captain came over the intercom: “We are very sorry but with 30 knot winds we have been unable to berth at Basseterre in St Kitts”. It looks like this bloody ship is using a very poor form of berth control!! This is the […]
Saturday 17 January 2026 – At Sea: Roger We woke early after a night of smooth sailing and went down to meet Debbie and Dave at the Grand Dining room for breakfast. Dave in particular enjoyed the large array of food with enthusiasm and we all tucked into a hearty breakfast. We sat and chatted […]
Monday 12 January 2026 – Montego Bay, Jamaica: Sylvia We arrived at Montego Bay in Jamaica at about 7am. Shortly after that we received a phone call in the cabin asking me to go down to reception with my passport, as the immigration authorities had a few questions. I hurried down wondering what could be […]
Wednesday 7 January 2026 – Costa Maya: Roger We were awake just after 0600, with breakfast being delivered by Franzer, our on the ball and very ready to help, butler. We left the ship around 0730 for the long walk down the pier to the small port town of Costa Maya. Originally a fishing village […]
Friday 2 January – Monday 4 January 2026 – In Transit: Sylvia This has been one of the more interesting transits we have had. We had a houseful staying on 1 January so it was a bit busy getting packed up and heading to the airport in Queenstown on the 2nd. As usual we had […]