St Lucia is in my top three best Caribbean islands to visit. St Lucia has it all. Gorgeous beaches, clear waters, green leafy palm trees and red hot Caribbean days. The weather in St Lucia is hot hot hot! The highs reach over 30 degrees and the most rainfall happens between June and October. The […]
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Curaçao, Willemstad
Curaçao, the Dutch Caribbean island in the sun. What a treat it was to explore the capital, Willemstad. The currency in Curaçao is Antillean Guilder. However, US Dollars are widely accepted. The weather is hot and sunny all year round. Although, the highest rainfall happens between the months of October to February. My first glimpse […]
A Day in Grand Cayman
Who doesn’t love the Caribbean? The sun, sea and white sandy beaches. Grand Cayman definitely has it all. We spent the day here back in December 2016. Grand Cayman is the biggest out of the Cayman Islands. The currency is the Grand Cayman Dollar. However, US Dollars are widely accepted. The weather is the usual […]
Aruba – One Happy Island
December 2015 Aruba is definitely ‘one happy island’. I certainly had a smile on my face on this caribbean gem. Our trip to the island was part of a cruise destination with TUI (now Marella Cruises). The currency in Aruba is Aruban Florin. However, US Dollars are widely accepted. The weather is fantastic in Aruba. […]
Bonaire
December 2015 Bonaire is a very small island. The population is just under 20,000. The currency used is US Dollars (very similar to other Caribbean islands) and the weather is sunny and hot all year round. My first glimpse of Bonaire was from being sat on the back of a truck taking us on an […]
Jamaica – A Trip to Rose Hall
Travelling back in time to December 2016. Montego Bay was on the destination list for our Caribbean Cruise. We sailed with TUI (now Marella Cruises) my favourite cruise company and headed around the Caribbean before stopping in Jamaica. The currency used in Jamaica is Jamaican Dollars. However, US Dollars are accepted in most tourist areas. […]
Cuba (Havana)
Welcome to Havana! The fun, vibrant and exciting city of Cuba. We did two days in Havana as part of a cruise destination. We expected music, dancing and drinking. However, just before our trip, Fidel Castro had died and the country was in mourning for 7 days. Which meant music and dancing was banned. A […]
Christmas Caribbean Cruise – St Lucia, St Martin, Grenada, Antigua and The British Virgin Islands
December 2017 https://www.tui.co.uk/cruise/ This was the third Thomson (TUI) Caribbean Cruise I’ve been on and it was the same as the others…brilliant. For those of you who have never been on a cruise before, what more could you want than all you can eat food and travelling to all these beautiful islands. Cruising is for […]
Grenada ‘The Spice Island’
Grenada is one of my favourite islands in the Caribbean (West Indies). It’s nicknamed the ‘Spice Isle’ and you can see why if you visit a spice hut. I’ve been to Grenada twice now as part of a Caribbean Cruise and I would love to go back for longer than a day to explore the […]