We had just arrived back at the Comfort Inn in Hollywood, Florida after seven days at sea aboard the Ruby Princess. This hotel is a major ‘staging area’ for cruisers. While waiting for our room to be ready, I fell into a conversation with an older lady while sitting around the pool. The only natural…Continue reading Holiday in Haiti, Anyone?
Category: Caribbean
Images of Grand Turk Island
Grand Turk Island is the largest of the Turks Islands in Turks and Caicos. Despite that designation, Grand Turk is just 18 square kilometres, or just under seven square miles in area. As seen in some of the pictures below, from Deck 16 on the Ruby Princess, you can see clear across this flat Caribbean island. Grand Turk Island…Continue reading Images of Grand Turk Island
Magens Bay: A World Top 10 Beach?
Word on the street was that the beach at Magens Bay on the island of St. Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands was one of the top beaches in the world. In fact, the claim was that Magens Bay was among the top ten according to National Geographic. When we arrived at this unique Caribbean…Continue reading Magens Bay: A World Top 10 Beach?
Philipsburg, Sint Maarten: Images And Video From The Popular Cruise Destination
It’s been a week since we stepped off the Ruby Princess after our first cruise and I’m still trying to figure out how to place a cruise in the world of travel. Although we visited five different destinations, including the originating port of Ft. Lauderdale, I believe the ‘real’ destination is the actual cruise ship. Why do I say this?…Continue reading Philipsburg, Sint Maarten: Images And Video From The Popular Cruise Destination