World Traveller: 7 Continents, 90 Countries, 871 Days Overseas
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Thursday 02 January 2025
Highlights: 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 the few days remaining bring create more memories.
Tuesday 31 December 2024
Highlights: 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 Lucia.
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Monday 30 December 2024
Highlights: 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 I hoped my selection of a chairlift to view Sint Maarten from its highest point would be a good replacement.
(more…)Sunday 29 December 2024
Highlights: 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 1.00 pm arrival on Maimi time).
Tour Title: Galápagos – Central and East Islands aboard the Reina Silvia Voyager
Tour Company: G Adventures
Tour 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 Island
Countries Visited: Ecuador
Dates: Friday 13 December 2024 to Sunday 22 December 2024 (Duration 10 days)
Meals Included: 9 breakfasts, 7 lunches, 7 dinners
Tour Type: Marine Upgraded (Galápagos Cruises)
Tour Itinerary (PDF) and Journal Entries
Saturday 28 December 2024
Highlights: 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.
(more…)Friday 27 December 2024
Highlights: 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 Volcanoes
Tour Company: G Adventures
Tour Leader: Angeles Valencia
Cities Visited: Quito, Otavalo, Papallacta, Banos
Countries Visited: Ecuador
Dates: Friday 06 December 2024 to Saturday 14 December 2024
Duration: 09 days
Tour Type: National Geographic
Tour Itinerary (PDF) and Journal Entries
Thursday 26 December 2024
Highlights: 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 had a bit of free time.
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