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Tag: cruise

  • Puerto Rico

    The devastation of Puerto Rico was still evident.  Our cabbie refused to take us father than the closest beach and commented that only 10% of the city had power.  We stayed for a bit at the first beach and then ventured further.  

    Boarded windows could be seen in the major hotels.  About 20% of the businesses were closed.  Cracked glass windows hadn’t been fixed and no tourists were anywhere despite it being a week before Christmas.  There were debris piles that had been gathered but not yet picked up.  

     

  • Dominican Republic 2

    Too many photos from our day at the Dominican Republic for just 1 post.  BTW – that sea lion coughed / sneezed / snorted and it went all over Skylar – who now has super hero powers.  Guess it would be better to be bitten by a spider.

  • Dominican Republic

    Our stop at the Dominican Repulic consisted of going to their version of Sea World – which by the way is awesome! We swam with Dolphins and got kisses and hugs from a giant Sea Lion (800 pounds).

  • St. Kitts

    We went to St. Kitts and there are monkeys everywhere. They’re cute, wear diapers, and if they aren’t being carried by the locals near the tourist spots you can find them scurrying across the roads and settling in for the evening in trees.

    We visited Cockleshell beach – a white sand beach at the tip of the Southeast part of the island. St. Kitts was much larger than Grand Turk (40,000 people). The kids had a fun day on the cruise ship with a day at sea in between destinations.

  • First stop: Grand Turk

    Grand Turk was the smallest of the islands we visited – they should have called it Tiny Turk. Both geographically small and with a population of only 4,000 what it lacked for in size was made up with via sting-ray massages. The belly of a sting ray is the softest thing I have ever felt in my entire life.

    I bought some wine duty-free, which for some strange reason people think is a deal. The prices didn’t seem that great, but my goal was to drink it on the ship, however, the alcohol patrol caught me bringing it on and I was told I couldn’t have it back until the last night. Ugghhh…

    After our departure from Grand Turk, we had an emergency medical event by one of the passengers that required a helicopter landing. That’s not something you see every day!

  • Christmas Vacation

    For our Christmas vacation this year we went on a cruise and then visited Disney World in Orlando. We almost missed our flight as it started snowing around 7:00 AM the morning of our departure. Our take off time was 8:30, so we were just early enough to only suffer a mild delay.

    We had bought the kids wetsuits which came in handy as we had a couple cruise days that weren’t that warm. The kids were able to use the pool and slides with almost no one else around. Daddy shivered…

    The boat had a lot to do including a breakfast with Dr. Seuss and a holiday show for kids.