Category: World Trip 2024-25
A 42-day adventure visiting eight countries; USA, Ecuador, Haiti, Puerto Rico, Sint Maarten, Antigua, St Lucia, St Kitts and Nevis, from 29 November 2024 to 9 January 2025.
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Saturday 04 January 2025Highlights: All Access tour of Explorer of the Seas, Laughing and having fun at the Farewell Showtime: Steve Mazan show All good things must come to an end and today was my last full day on the Explorer of the Seas. I had booked an All Access tour to learn about how…
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Friday 03 January 2025Highlights: A Titanic Movie moment, Captain’s Corner Q&A, Enjoying Showtime Production – Wild, Cool & Swingin’ A Sea Day was ahead of me as the Explorer of the Seas set course for Maimi. I started with breakfast in the Main Dining Room (MDR). If it lines up with my activities I prefer…
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Thursday 02 January 2025Highlights: The St Kitts coastline, The rustic and enjoyable St Kitts Railway, The singing of The Nashville Tenors The last country to visit on this World Trip 2024-25 was today’s visit to St Kitts. Whenever a trip gets close to the end I start recalling everything I’ve done and want to ensure…
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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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