Category: Travel
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Tuesday 31 December 2024Highlights: Swimming in the Caribbean Sea, St Lucia coast, exploring the landscape of St Lucia, New Year’s celebration A big day was planned for the last day of 2024. I got an early breakfast at the Windjammer buffet restaurant and picked up a towel for today’s Jeep and Catamaran tour of St…
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Monday 30 December 2024Highlights: The views from Rockland Estate of Sint Maarten, The comedy and magic of Bill Cook My booked activity for a catamaran cruise around Sint Maarten and a snorkel in the Caribbean Sea was unfortunately cancelled today. There wasn’t much left to book by the time I knew of the cancellation but…
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Sunday 29 December 2024Highlights: Ghosts & Legends of Old San Juan Tour, Exploring Castillo San Cristobal (largest fortress built in the America) A morning on the ship meant time to relax, explore and enjoy the Atlantic Ocean rolling by. We didn’t arrive until 2.00 pm in Puerto Rico which had a one-hour time change (so…
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Tour Title: Galápagos – Central and East Islands aboard the Reina Silvia VoyagerTour Company: G AdventuresTour Leader: Omar Medina Cities and Islands Visited: Quito, Puerto Ayora, Española Island, San Cristobal Island, Santa Fé Island, South Plazas Island, Genovesa Island, Santiago Island, Rábida IslandCountries Visited: EcuadorDates: Friday 13 December 2024 to Sunday 22 December 2024 (Duration 10 days)Meals Included: 9 breakfasts, 7 lunches, 7 dinnersTour Type: Marine…
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Saturday 28 December 2024Highlights: The Labadee Coastline, Visiting Labadee local village Today was my first shore visit for this Caribbean Cruise. While this stop is for Haiti, basically a failed country at this point, it is in Labadee a very remote part of the country.
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Friday 27 December 2024Highlights: Mini Golf fun, Ice Spectacular: Spirits of the Season, Production Showtime: Invitation to Dance. My first full day on Explorer of the Seas. I slept well last night. The ship movements are very minimal, nothing like the catamaran I recently sailed on in the Galapagos Islands.
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Tour Title: National Geographic Journeys: Ecuador’s Amazon and VolcanoesTour Company: G AdventuresTour Leader: Angeles ValenciaCities Visited: Quito, Otavalo, Papallacta, BanosCountries Visited: EcuadorDates: Friday 06 December 2024 to Saturday 14 December 2024 Duration: 09 daysTour Type: National GeographicTour Itinerary (PDF) and Journal Entries
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Thursday 26 December 2024Highlights: Exploring the ‘Explore of the Seas’ cruise ship, The Welcome Aboard Show It was finally the day of my first leisure cruise. I woke up excited and went straight into research mode. My check-in time wasn’t until 11.30 am and I was only a 25-minute Uber from the Terminal so I…
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Wednesday 25 December 2024Highlights: Exploring Miami Beach at night A very relaxed day before my Caribbean Cruise commencing tomorrow as all I had planned for today.
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Tuesday 24 December 2024Highlights: Experiencing the Florida Keys chain of bridges, Conch Train Tour of Key West, Erin arriving in Melbourne, Talking to my family at their Christmas lunch Today I had organised a 15+ hour day trip down to Key West. I had been fascinated with this key of islands and bridge linking to…
