Caribbean on the Britannia

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- День 10
- понедельник, 23 декабря 2024 г., 09:30
- ⛅ 28 °C
- Высота: 36 м
- Антигуа и Барбуда St. John's 17.118242, -61.83221917°7’6” N 61°49’56” W
Parliament of Antigua and Barbuda
23 декабря 2024 г., Антигуа и Барбуда ⋅ ⛅ 28 °C
Much like St Lucia, everyone's in Antigua today - us, Aida Luna and Celebrity Summit. That's about 9,000 passengers (let alone crew) onto an island of 90,000 people.

But we only popped into St John's briefly this morning, to walk the 2km to Parliament. Leaving after breakfast before the sun really burnt through made for a more comfortable walk out. At the government complex, a lady in a guard hut asked if we were OK...clearly, tourists don't trek out to Parliament as a matter of course. We found the unassuming main door, and confused the only person inside the building by asking if we could see the chamber. As Parliament wasn't sitting, we were able to wander around the large chamber at leisure.

The sun beating down on the walk back made it much less comfortable. We weaved back via the Cathedral and then to the ship for lunch and then a tour this afternoon to Nelson's Dockyard.Читать далее
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- День 10
- понедельник, 23 декабря 2024 г., 15:17
- ⛅ 28 °C
- Высота: 23 м
- Антигуа и Барбуда Scotts Hill 17.1173, -61.81843317°7’2” N 61°49’6” W
A pothole tour of Antigua
23 декабря 2024 г., Антигуа и Барбуда ⋅ ⛅ 28 °C
Taking a tour this afternoon to see some more of the island. Our guide, Omega, was very good...although clearly an absolute advocate that "Antigua, nice...island life is the best life"!

The bus took us southeast across the island, apparently taking in a scenic tour of every pothole. The first stop was the Blockhouse, an old British fort with views out towards Guadeloupe and Montserrat on a clear day (and overlooking Eric Clapton's house). A short drive uphill from here took us to Shirley Heights, overlooking the English and Falmouth harbours, and Nelson's Dockyard, our final stop.

The dockyard is an impressively preserved 17th century national park, now containing yachts worth more money than we'd ever have, even if we won the lottery. So we enjoyed a rum punch, the beautiful views and a quick wander through the museum, before heading back out to greet every pothole on the way back to the ship!Читать далее
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- День 11
- вторник, 24 декабря 2024 г., 08:57
- 🌬 27 °C
- Высота: Уровень моря
- Синт-Мартен Back Bay 18.016599, -63.03023718°0’60” N 63°1’49” W
An early morning hike in St Maarten
24 декабря 2024 г., Синт-Мартен ⋅ 🌬 27 °C
An inauspicious journey from Antigua to Sint Maarten. In bed after dinner and a show, and about 11pm the cabin tannoy comes on...that is not normal. And happened the last time we were in Antigua. This time, a 'man overboard' call was given on the starboard side. As we were on the port side, we wandered up to deck 16 to see what we could. There were four lights in the water and a flare that must've been thrown in to mark the site, as we turned in a hard circle around them with the search lights on. On the other side of deck 16, someone was led away by security whilst the tannoy asked for a passenger to make themselves known to crew. Shortly thereafter, we had the general alarm sounded - the first time we've ever heard it in anger. But we were told life jackets were not needed - we were effectively heading to the muster station for a roll call. Our Muster Station is actually the pub! It took until after midnight to account for everyone, but a big cheer went up when the captain announced all guests were accounted for and clearly the call to the bridge had been a false alarm.

Into Sint Maarten today, we explored the shore excursions but the most interesting one - a hike - we were pretty sure we could do ourselves. We docked early despite the eventful night, alongside our sister ship the Enchanted Princess. We walked through factories and houses to the trail head to hike along the eastern coast of the island. It was a beautiful walk on a reasonably clear path that we had all to ourselves for the most part. We saw lizards, goats, cacti, and lots of butterflies, as the clouds did a reasonable job of hiding us from the sun. We walked back the way we came and by 10am, the sun was scorching so we were glad to be rounding off. We did see a hermit crab just as we finished the walk too!Читать далее
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- День 11
- вторник, 24 декабря 2024 г., 10:51
- 🌬 28 °C
- Высота: 10 м
- Синт-Мартен Captain Hodge Pier 18.02396, -63.045818°1’26” N 63°2’45” W
Parliament of St Maarten
24 декабря 2024 г., Синт-Мартен ⋅ 🌬 28 °C
Walking back past the cruise terminal and on town, the sun was scorching with little shade. Sint Maarten is apparently known for its shopping, which isn't of that much interest to us. So we walked along the front aiming for Parliament. Sadly we could get in, but we did find it! We could've stopped on the beach if we'd wanted but with three ships in port and more than 30° heat the town was so busy we decided to get back to ship and grab a shower.

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- День 12
- среда, 25 декабря 2024 г., 16:21
- 🌬 28 °C
- Высота: Уровень моря
- Caribbean Sea 13.595902, -61.56064713°35’45” N 61°33’38” W
Christmas Day at Sea
25 декабря 2024 г., Caribbean Sea ⋅ 🌬 28 °C
We had a quiet afternoon on board in Sint Maarten. After departing, we had a few games of crib in Brodie's and a delightful Christmas Eve dinner.

For Christmas Day, we had breakfast for the first time in the restaurant. The complementary bucks fizz was most welcome! The police detective gave a talk on cold cases, but to ensure we had a seat we arrived early and played crib, much to the interest of the chap next to us. There was rather a lot of roll on the ship today; interesting as we'd basically felt none so far. We sailed south past many of the islands we'd already visited. By about 4pm, we were only ten miles from the next stop but apparently we're actually going to sail another 160 miles as we were unable to take on fresh water in Sint Maarten so the ship needs to generate it. We're not due into St Vincent til morning anyway.

We decided to book a couple of final shore excursions over the coming days. We've really enjoyed the Caribbean again but think it'll be a while until we feel the need to come back. One island is rather similar to another, as is a rainforest! I think rather a lot of people on the ship are here for the beaches...which isn't really our thing. So we've some snorkelling, kayaking and museuming booked for St Vincent and Barbados, plus trying to see Parliament in Bridgetown; the St Vincent temporary Parliament is rather too far for us to get to, sadly.

A late dinner tonight and black tie. So cards in hand, we dressed up and headed out for a drink at the Glass House. Every table at dinner was treated to two bottles of wine, whether a table of eight or a table of two, which was a nice surprise...and as we'd managed to book a table for two, we had quite a lot of wine! Thankfully we could take them with us when we left.Читать далее
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- День 13
- четверг, 26 декабря 2024 г., 10:49
- ☀️ 28 °C
- Высота: Уровень моря
- Святой Винсент и Гренадины Buccament Bay 13.186314, -61.26988813°11’11” N 61°16’12” W
Kayaking & Snorkelling on St Vincent
26 декабря 2024 г., Святой Винсент и Гренадины ⋅ ☀️ 28 °C
First time visiting St Vincent. Last time we were here we visited Bequia, which is part of SVG but we never visited the main island. Porting in Kingstown, we were treated to a beautiful rainbow over the harbour for breakfast.

Picking up our bus in port and the fabulous driver, Kevin, we drove slowly through Kingstown as he gave us some island history, before winding up the northern hills to Buccament Bay. As a group of 30, some of the usual faff ensued on the beach, but we were soon kitted up and on a kayak on the sea. We kayaked around to the bat cave, a kayakable tunnel filled with fruit bats, before kayaking around to Byahaut bay where we could snorkel. The shallow reef was teeming with lots of different fish and colourful coral. It was also apparently the bay where Pirates of the Caribbean was filmed. Kayaking back past the massive Sandals resort, we headed for the free but seemingly obligatory rum punch before heading back to Kingstown.Читать далее
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- День 14
- пятница, 27 декабря 2024 г., 10:51
- ☀️ 29 °C
- Высота: 7 м
- Барбадос Lord Nelson Statue 13.09676, -59.61411713°5’48” N 59°36’51” W
Parliament in Bridgetown, Barbados
27 декабря 2024 г., Барбадос ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C
A lovely dinner last night, but still a bemusing one. When you book a table you can ask to share or not. We always select 'not'. Yet every time we've been seated at a bank of tables for two, the couples around us all talk to each other, often at excruciating volume! Why not just ask for a sharing table?!

Final port today, back to Barbados. We had to do immigration on board so couldn't get off too early. Once we'd been cleared and grabbed breakfast, we walked along the seafront to Bridgetown, aiming for Parliament. Sadly we couldn't go inside but we did at least get to see it.Читать далее
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- День 14
- пятница, 27 декабря 2024 г., 11:27
- ☀️ 29 °C
- Высота: 7 м
- Барбадос Carlisle Bay 13.091995, -59.61223413°5’31” N 59°36’44” W
Carlisle Bay, Barbados
27 декабря 2024 г., Барбадос ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C
With nothing else planned, we walked further on to Carlisle Bay and the beach. My goodness it was busy. The weather was fabulous, but the beach was teeming with people in the sea, on boats, and on sunbeds. We splodged along the front and back, before heading back to the ship in the sweltering heat. Suspect there'll be some very pink people returning to the ship later this afternoon.

Oh! And Ben saw a turtle in the water on the way back to the ship 🐢Читать далее
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- День 15
- суббота, 28 декабря 2024 г., 09:59
- ⛅ 28 °C
- Высота: 59 м
- Барбадос Sunbury Station 13.125922, -59.48273313°7’33” N 59°28’58” W
Best of Barbados
28 декабря 2024 г., Барбадос ⋅ ⛅ 28 °C
We had a pint at the Sunset Bar on Deck 16 last night (no lifts though) to finish our holiday as we'd begun it. A container ship next to us began unloading and it was really fascinating to watch the port at work.

To make the most of our last day in Barbados, we booked an excursion. We don't meet for the flight until 4pm, but had to be out of the cabin by 8am and didn't want to just be "waiting" all day. After a final breakfast on the balcony, a bit of organised chaos ensued in the port as we found our excursion, but were soon wending our way through the streets of Bridgetown and off into three of the eleven parishes of Barbados.

Sunbury Plantation was the first call, a restored plantation house full of antiques and carriages. As ever, we were treated to a complementary rum punch, which was a bit of a surprise given that it was before 10am.

Further north on the island, we stopped at Tropical Gardens, one of six botanical gardens. The fabulous orchids here hang on the trees but can effectively grow on anything. A little hummingbird fluttered about as we were given another rum punch too.

Final stop was Gun Signal Hill, one of six signal stations on Barbados fully restored. Not only was this an interesting historic stop, it also gave fabulous views out over the flat southern part of the island all the way down to our ship.

Our guide (Italian, but living on Barbados for 29 years, so quite a strange accent!) took us back to the port, so we could grab lunch and a drink on the ship before getting ready for our 4pm meet.

Post-lunch, we had an unexpected entertainment as the cargo ship we'd watched last night departed, only to get a few metres from the dock to be pushed back in by a tug. We never quite got to find out why as we had to leave. So we endured the chaos of people being oblivious as we got a bus to the airport where we now sit awaiting a flight. The Caribbean was great, and we think we did it justice, but also for that reason don't think we need to come back again soon. (That's not to say we're ready to go back to work though!).Читать далее
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