Starting Our Cruise In Miami It was a bitterly cold Christmas season in Toronto. We were so happy that we had a cruise to the Southern Caribbean booked for right after the holidays. Flying out of Toronto in the winter is a long process. Luckily the snow had ended the […]
A Return Visit To Grenada We were excited to return to Grenada on our cruise to the southern Caribbean. On our first visit, we did a very long tour of the island. We learned why Grenada is called the Spice Island and also marvelled at the colours on the island. […]
Water Fun In Bahamas Bahamas is a great year round destination. Whether you choose to fly to one of the islands or land there by cruise ship, you will find lots of water fun in Bahamas: beaches, snorkelling, scuba diving, playing with nurse sharks or marvelling at swimming pigs. You […]
Planning For Two Days in the Seychelles After our fun ceremony for crossing the equator, we headed for the Seychelles. The seas had been incredibly calm since we left Athens. On this leg, the winds picked up a bit and put the ship’s schedule in trouble. After much discussion with […]
Arriving in the Maldives We made the most of our short 24 hours in the Maldives. On the first day we toured the main island of Male. But we were most excited about snorkelling in the Maldives! On our transit through the islands of the Maldives, we got a glimpses […]
It Is Great Fun To Snorkel or Scuba the Great Barrier Reef If you travel to Australia, one of the first things that people ask is “Did you snorkel or scuba the Great Barrier Reef?” Other than the Sydney Opera House, this may be the other thing that immediately comes […]
Snorkelling Out The Back Door on Cable Beach In Nassau We were back in sunny and hot Bahamas in July. We are fortunate to have a great friend with a condo on Cable Beach that has a pool at the back and a wide expanse of white sand beach. The waters […]
The Hills of Colourful St Lucia On the second half of our 26 day cruise, we were looking for adventure, so we booked a 4×4 tour of the colourful St Lucia island. While I had thought the jeep would be something we would drive ourselves, it turned out to be […]
Antigua Caribbean and Atlantic Beaches – For Each Day of the Year! We travelled down the west side of the Caribbean as far as Cartagena on the first half of our cruise. This would be our first port on the second half of our 26 day cruise and we had picked […]
Build It And They Will Come To The Cable Beach Eco Reef! Guest Blog by David Holland (Scuba Instructor and Photographer) Beneath the clear Caribbean waters off Cable Beach in Nassau, Bahamas you will find the Cable Beach eco reef …. Behind the newly created breakwater …. just off the beautiful […]
Bahamas Bound From Toronto In February We are amongst the large number of Canadians who can’t make it through the full cold Canadian winter without a trip south to warm our bones. This year, Toronto experienced the coldest February we have ever had. We were so lucky to be Bahamas […]
Reflecting On The Weight Of Water When You Snorkel The “Ocean Atlas” Sculpture Guest Blog by David Holland (retired Canadian Navy Lieutenant) Over coffee one morning during our month in Bahamas, we found something to do that nobody had talked about yet. Hidden in the Bahamas Clifton Heritage National Park […]
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