Peter's Travel Blog

Our return journey took six days. Christmas Day fell upon our first sea-day, and was, essentially, a working day, with a class in the morning and the afternoon, as per any other day not in port. As such, it didn’t really feel that Christmassy. Christmas Dinner had been planned out like a military campaign, with guests being allocated seats at...

Today we arrived at our final Caribbean port-of-call for this trip; Castries on the island of St. Lucia. We’ve been here many times before, but the final stop was always going to be a beach day, so that’s what we did. The walk to Vigie Beach takes about 30 minutes, tops; it’s an easy walk from the cruise terminal, along...

Today, we arrived at our penultimate Caribbean port, Bridgetown, in Barbados. I have to say that, since we were the only ship in, the port has never looked so quiet. Almost spookily so. We had originally planned for this to be another beach day but instead we changed our minds in favour of a walk. But where to walk to?...

Today we arrived at St George’s in Grenada, and it was a designated sea day. We were the only ship in port so it was quiet. A short walk away from the quayside and port entrance is a small pier from which the water taxis run. For $5 per person each way (so $20 total) we were taken to Great...