St Lucia – Caribbean Jewel

St Lucia – there are sometimes when expectations cause disappointment and this is one of those times. In my imaginings and years of dreaming and romanticizing about the Caribbean, I imagined St Lucia to be one of the most idyllic islands in the world. Don’t misunderstand me, I am not saying it isn’t, for to […]

Swimming with turtles..

Barbados – Finally after years and years of planning, dreaming and waiting, we are finally approaching its shores, this destination is, after all, the motivation and goal for building our own “yacht Karibu” almost 20 years ago. In the early hours of this morning our ship passed between the Islands of Martinique and St Lucia […]

Serenity in St Kitts…

St Kitts – Caribbean Yesterday evening we passed to the east of St Croix before altering our course to east heading for St Kitts, where we docked at Port Zante, a brand new 27 acre cruise-ship/pier-marina in Basseterre. Originally called St Christopher, St Kitts Island, together with Nevis, comprises the Republic of St Kitts and […]

Silver anniversary-Golden beach

Our Silver Anniversary – a day to remember St Thomas, US Virgin Islands – If anyone had have told me 25 years ago that we would spend this milestone day in the exquisite island of St Thomas, I probably would not have believed them; but here we are. Early today the ship transited the Virgin […]

A Caribbean Princess encounter…

My hubby and I decided to celebrate our 25th anniversary onboard a cruiseship in the Caribbean sea – the next few blogs is an account of that wonderful interlude. Communicating en-route to Fort Lauderdale has been impossible – I am trying to send emails from airports along the way and not having great success. Wolf, […]