Day 95 of 111 (4/25/19) – Day 1 of 2 at sea towards Ft. Lauderdale after St. Martin


Day 92 – Barbados

Beautiful independent British Commonwealth nation. We had a lovely day snorkeling from a sleek catamaran. The fantastic lunch, great fellow cruisers, and rum punch helped make the day one of our most favorite. We will probably return some day to this lovely spot.


Day 93 – Guadeloupe


Guadeloupe was an interesting stop. Our bus ride through lush jungle included a stop at a beautiful waterfall, but the tropical rain put a little damper on this stop. The sun shown through as we arrived for the glass-bottomed boat ride for snorkeling in the Jacques Cousteau’s Underwater Reserve. After the glass-bottomed tour we decided to skip the 20-minute snorkeling and just enjoy the rum punch. This seemed to be a theme in the Caribbean!




Day 94 – St. Martin


While Ingrid, Jan and George were shopping at Grand Jewelers I took a walk to see how close I could get to one of the largest cruise ships in the world – Allure of the Seas. She was also stopped at St. Martin for the day and we could see her from where our taxi driver dropped us off in Philipsburg. What an amazing engineering feat to create this floating island. George and I talked with a few of the passengers from the Allure and all were duly impressed and loved the ship.  I think one of our future cruises will be on an “Oasis-class” ship just for the experience.

LINK - Allure of the Seas is an Oasis-class cruise ship owned and operated by Royal Caribbean International. As of 2018 the Oasis class were the largest passenger ships ever in service, and Allure is 50 millimetres longer than her sister ship Oasis of the Seas, though both were built to the same specifications.






Ingrid - after a well-deserved shopping spree with Jan and George at Grand Jewelers.

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