Peter's Travel Blog

Today was our last full sea day of the cruise, and I gave my last watercolour class, which was ‘Seaspray and Sandpaper’. It all seemd to go well, and was positively received, which is, naturally, what I always hope for. I thanked my group for turning up each sea-day and for persevering with what is one of the hardest of...

Today, we arrived in Santa Domingo in the Dominican Republic, and we were escorting a tour again. Surprise surprise! It was to see another botanical garden… It perhaps should be said at this point that there is a reason why there may seem to be are a large number of gardens featured in the excursions list. One of our lectures...

Today has been another sea day, and I had them painting a waterfall in the watercolour class. There isn’t really a lot more to tell about the day; much of it was spent updating blogs, drinking tea on the back deck and watching the ocean go silently by. I suspect that the captain has been putting his foot down overnight,...

Today, we arrived in Ochos Rios on the island of Jamaica. Along with most of the other lecturers, we were drafted in to escort a tour to the Koyoba River Gardens (oh Goodee… more gardens…). To be fair, the gardens were quite impressive, with water features galore and humming birds darting around all over the place. I wasn’t overkeen on...

Today, we arrived at our second Cuban port-of-call, Santiago de Cuba. Our tour escorting duties today took us up the highest mountain range in the region, known as Sierra Maestra. Four small minibuses took the long, windy road into the hills, stopping just briefly on the way up for a photo stop and then for about an hour at a...