Friday, March 15, 2019

Scuba Diving in St. Kitts

One of the excursions we took on our 10-day cruise of the eastern Caribbean was a two tank scuba dive in St. Kitts.  The two dives were M.V. River Taw (a wreck) and Spanish Anchor.




Anna's underwater photography is found below.  Click on each image to see how it really looks.

Saturday, March 9, 2019

Ten-day Cruise in the Eastern Caribbean

Anna and I went on our first cruise with my sister, brother-in-law and some of their friends.  We went on a number of island excursions, ate and drank more than usual, and climbed the rock wall on the ship.

Serenade of the Seas:



https://youtu.be/42DCcOwsRRY

https://youtu.be/aoAC_mbnyhM

Our stateroom on Deck 9:



Balcony:



https://youtu.be/G6JjJBOWfJg

Midships:





https://youtu.be/33pfs_0CUOo

Sunrise as seen from our balcony:


While on board we hit the climbing wall every day. And Anna and I got medals from Sports Director Sergei for being the oldest guests ever to conquer the most difficult route (probably rated 9.0 or 9.0+).




We did excursions on CHARLOTTE AMALIE, ST. THOMAS; ST. CROIX, U.S.V.I.;                                                      
ST. JOHNS, ANTIGUA; BASSETERRE, ST KITTS & NEVIS; PHILIPSBURG, ST. MAARTEN

Island views:

https://youtu.be/gvxEvF3coaE

https://youtu.be/utA8rIe_gxA

Horseback riding on the beach at St. John's, Antigua:



Anna drove our Jeep all around St. Maarten in a seven Jeep convoy:




Sunset Beach on St. Maarten is famous because it's right next to an airport and people on the beach get blown away in a dust storm whenever a commercial jet lands or takes off.  The bar at this beach is a show in itself.



https://youtu.be/elGe-PvJMN4

https://youtu.be/faJ-w6yLuH4

Local color:





https://youtu.be/HfkE--mHel0

https://youtu.be/2wt-G4R7tyc

https://youtu.be/TX7I98FsBUg



Lest you believe we're done - we did scuba diving off St. Kitts and when Anna's underwater videos and images are ready we'll give them their own, separate post (as they deserve).