Peter's Travel Blog

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...

Today, around lunchtime, we arrived at our first port-of-call since passing through the Panama Canal yesterday; Cartagena, in Columbia, where we were berthed alongside the ‘Disney Wonder’. We just had time for a quick lunch before heading out to the quayside. Today, we had escorting duties; Tracey’s was a carriage-ride through the old town; mine was billed as ‘Highlights of...

Today, we passed through the Panama Canal. This was us entering the canal, from the Pacific Ocean… This is inside the loch… And this was us in the final loch, waiting for the boat in front to vacate so that we can make the last descent to sea-level (it was an incredibly tight fit). The large orange ship in the...