Category: South America

Today, we arrived at our final Caribbean port-of-call, Bridgetown, on the island of Barbados. The plan for the day was very simple… find a beach… swim… relax… repeat… …and that’s exactly what we did. Having used up all our remaining dollars yesterday, in Grenada, we changed some money at Reception, and then went for a walk into Bridgetown. The port...

Today, we arrived in St. Georges, on the ‘Spice Isle’ of Grenada. It is a beautiful island, famed for its cocoa, bananas, nutmeg and mace. First sighted in 1498 by Christopher Columbus, and named after the Granada in Andalucia, it bounced between the French and British until it was granted independence in 1974. Having done tours in Grenada before, we’ve...

Today, at midday-ish, we arrived at our first Caribbean port, Kingstown, on the island of St Vincent, in the Grenadines. What was originally going to be a morning visit followed by an afternoon tender in Bequia, was changed to an afternoon and evening in Kingstown, with Bequia being cancelled. As we arrived, a further announcement was made, with regards to...