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Trip to Negril in Jamaica
For our trip to Negril in Jamaica we once again decided to leave from Montreal, as the vacation package was a lot cheaper. This was Arthur’s first flight, and he did really well, sleeping for the most part. The girls are already used to it, but normally fight against sleeping, and only did towards the end. Of course they were exhausted when we arrived. The least cool part of the trip was the arrival at Montego Bay airport, that had a huge and slow customs queue. It was really hot without air conditioning, and too much for the three tired/restless children to handle. The Resort The resort was about 1:30…
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San Juan, Puerto Rico – Part II | Caribbean Cruise
On our last day before the return trip, we disembarked from the ship (which happens by an order of numbers – the landing started from 7 am, but our time arrived there by 10am – and yes, we were able to enjoy breakfast on board at least) , we took advantage of the day to get to know a little more of San Juan, since our flight home would only take place the next day. We left our bags in the hotel that was in the vicinity of the port and went to our first point which was the Fort San Cristóbal, also in Viejo San Juan, which is the…
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Maarten Sint | Caribbean Cruise
Anyway, on Saturday, we arrived in St. Maarten, considered the smallest oceanic island shared by two different nations. The population of about 78,000 inhabits the island which was divided by France and the Netherlands in 1648, 60% French and 40% Dutch. We landed in the Dutch part of the island Sint Maarten (in the French area call Saint Martin), soon we have already taken a Water Taxi, but it is possible to reach the beach and the Philipsburg area on foot, as we did on the way back. We found the Philipsburg area super friendly and say it’s great for shopping (we saw several stores there, some of well-known brands…
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St. Kitts | Caribbean Cruise
Guys, let me start by thanking you for the numerous comments from the previous post. I loved it – I loved it! Thank you for the affection and so beautiful wishes … And I don’t think I’m going to stop with the blog. 🙂 /// On Friday we landed at St. Kitts and Nevis, two islands that formerly (there by the ice age) formed a long single island. St. Kitts, whose formal name is Saint Christopher Island, was “discovered” by Christopher Columbus in 1493. St. Kitts or Portuguese, St. Kitts, is also part of the small antilles and has only about 35,000 inhabitants. We anchor in Basseterre, capital and largest…
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St. Lucia | Caribbean Cruise
On Thursday we landed in St.Lucia. I had great expectations about St. Lucia, because I had seen several natural beauties that are there. /// I just didn’t know that most of them weren’t visible from the port and required proper excursions. Due to the mountainous geography, St. Lucia offers several hiking, climbing tours, even the Sulphur Springs volcano (dormant) in the La Soufrière region, which is considered the only volcano in the world that can pass by car inside. In addition, St. Lucia has two large volcanic mountains called The Pitons, which are quite visited. St. Lucia is an independent island country, and like Barbados, it is also part of…
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Barbados | Caribbean Cruise
Barbados was our second destination on the trip, after a whole day at sea – Fun Day at the Sea – is what they call it. Barbados has been an independent island country since 1966 and is part of the small Antilles. She has a similarity to Canada, we have the same queen. The island, considered Atlantic and non-Caribbean, has about 284,000 inhabitants, is one of the most developed islands and is also considered one of the most popular destinations in the southern Caribbean (it is close to Venezuela and even Brazil…). Our ship docked early on at the cruise terminal in Bridgetown, capital of Barbados and soon we were…
