We arrived to dark clouds and rain in this beautiful tropical island. As with all the other islands the rain comes and goes so after breakfast we had some beautiful blue skies to explore in. We didn’t plan an excursion here mainly due to the fact not much was offered and the ones that were, … More St. Georges, Grenada
Today in Bridgetown Barbados we spent a great deal of time walking through the streets and exploring the British history of this southern caribbean town. The British arrived in 1627 to create a colony that would grow cotton and tobacco, the sugar industry was added in the 1640s. It still has the British history recognized … More Barbados
Welcome to Kralendijk which is pronounced either “craw-len-dake” or “craw-len-dike” depending on who you listen to, the locals just call it “Playa” Whichever way you want to say it the name means “coral dike” so appropriate since the main attraction here is the reef surrounding Bonaire. Some of our friends are divers so they will … More Bonaire
Definitely a quick trip from Aruba to get to this largest of the ABC’s, Willemstad, Cruaçao, much shorter than the voyage that brought the first cruise ship here in 1901, the SS Prinzessin Victoria Luise with her 200 passengers from Germany. There’s some pretty interesting history on Curaçao where inhabitants go back millennia with pre-Columbian … More Curacau
ABC, it’s easy as 1, 2, 3…. yep, that’s where we’ve arrived, the three westernmost islands of the Leeward Antilles in the Caribbean Sea, also known as the ABC Islands, and where we’ll spend the next three days exploring. The first of these is Aruba, the smallest one, whose capital Oranjestad, is on the southern … More Aruba!
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