Category: Amazon, Caribbean and Azores

The good news is; the cough has been much better today. Unfortunately, there seems to be an emergence of other cold symptoms – like the blasted lurgy has been all around the ship and finally made it back to me. Between a runny nose and a hacking cough, though, I know which I prefer; overall, you’ll be pleased to hear...

Just miserable…..   The cough has persisted, and made me extremely grumpy all day. I managed to get through the classes, but after having had a bad night last night, where I hardly slept at all because of said cough, all I’ve wanted to do all day is curl up and sleep.   The bad day was made harder by...

This is the first of five sea-days that will bring us to Horta, in the Azores, on Friday. It was back to work today, with me teaching A and B groups all about painting summer trees.   After breakfast, before all that, we sat out on the back deck drinking our morning tea and coffee, and gazing out into the...

Today, we arrived in Castries, on the beautiful island of St Lucia.   We started out no clear itinerary. One of the island’s natural highlights are The Pitons; two large, distinctively shaped mountains on the coast, South of Castries. It’s a long drive there, and organising an independent taxi can be expensive, unless you club together with 4 or 5...

Today, we arrived in Kingstown, on the Island of St. Vincent.   This morning, we took a meander into town. It’s not quite such an attractive place as St Georges, but it does still have a certain charm. The area around the port is a tad scruffy, but as you leave that behind and walk further into the town, things...