Day 65 Antigua and Barbuda

Antigua- the island of 365 beaches. At least it is said that there is one beach for every day of the year. Antigua is a pretty little island and its so carribean. Lots of beaches, very lush and green and turquois water. As the island is not very big we booked a taxi to take...

Day 64 Guadeloupe

Day 64 of our sabbatical was dedicated to Guadeloupe, a French départment in the Carribean. Guadeloupe are actually a couple of islands with two islands, Basse Terre and Grand Terre being the main islands. Our ship anchored in Pointe-a-Pietre. Pointe-a-Pietre is not really pretty and its weird to drive through town as it feels like...

Day 63 St. Kitts and Nevis

The next stop on our cruise was Basseterre on St. Kitts. The island is rather small so it is pretty easy to see a lot in only a couple of hours. We booked a tour in the harbour for 20$ which took us to an old sugar plantation, around Basseterre and to a very cool...

Day 62 Samana- Dominican Rep.

After the passenger change in Jamaika we had a sea day which was pretty windy. The day after we reached the Dominican Republic again. This time we were in the north on the peninsula Samaná, in the Bay of Samaná. This area of the Dominican Republic is not very touristy. With only a few all...

Day 60 Jamaika 🇯🇲- Yeah Mon 😎

Yeah Mon, Smile Mon, Thanks Mon....I do not know how many times we heard that in Montego Bay, Jamaika 🇯🇲! In Jamaika we arrived at around 7:30am and did not leave until 9pm so we had a lot of time. We choose to explore individually together with two other girls from the ship. We just...

Day 59 Grand Cayman

Our fourth stop was our first island in the Carribean, Grand Cayman. The port is tiny so we had to use tender boats to get to shore. We had booked a bike tour around the island. Cycling was fun but the wind was so strong you really had to hold on to your bike at...

Day 57 Costa Rica

Our third stop in Latin America was Coata Rica. Costs Rica is beautiful and so lush! Already from the ship it was possible to see the mountains. That day we went kayaking through mangroves. We saw sloths  turtles and all kinds of other animals.

Day 56 Panamá Canal + Panamá City

Oh Panamá.... what a country. Nowhere we travelled so far we experienced the gap  between rich and poor so badly like in Panamá. Especially Colon was a sad town. Run down and dirty. The traffic is also horrible. Too many cars and lots of construction. We headed to the miraflores locks of the Panamá Canal....

Day 55 Cartagena, Colombia

Our first stop on our cruise was on Cartagena, Colombia. The distance from the Dominican Republic was about 650 nautic miles which are about 1100km. It took 36 hours to get there. The captain told us that the passage into Cartagena is very impressive and that we will be there at around sunrise. It was...

Day 51 Next stop: Carribean

I should have listed to John Lennon and his famous quote: "Life is what happens while you are busy making other plans." We had planned to fly from Frankfurt to Dallas last Saturday. We wanted to spend Thanksgiving with dear friends of us in Arkansas. We drove to Frankfurt to spend the night there as...