Roatan is a long, skinny island about 40 miles off the coast of Honduras. We docked this morning in Coxen Hole, which is the island’s largest town and arranged for an independent, guided tour. We had to choices: heading to the resort beaches on the West End or getting more local flavor by heading east. […]
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Cruise Day #2: At Sea
Posted in Dawn on Dec 31st, 2013
Today was a relaxing day at sea. And, actually, after the hustle and bustle of Christmas week, it was a welcome respite of doing pretty much nothing. We took Emerson to the dinosaur-themed kids’ pool area, which she enjoyed (we thought it was a little too limited in space and yet spread over too many […]
We’re aboard the Norwegian Dawn in our home port of (not so sunny, today anyway) Tampa, Florida. We’re sailing to Central America via the Western Caribbean. On this journey we’ll add two new countries to our tally: Honduras (#87) and Belize (#88). I’ll blog along the way, but I may not update posts daily, preferring […]
Cruise Day #8: San Juan
Posted in JetBlue, Jewel of the Seas, Puerto Rico on Dec 1st, 2013
We docked in San Juan early this morning. Overall, this disembarkation process went well, especially after we got off of the ship. We seemed to be running a bit more than 30 minutes late and not knowing how long it would take to get from the pier through airport security, I opted to have us […]
Cruise Day #7: At Sea
Posted in Jewel of the Seas on Nov 30th, 2013
Not a lot to say about today… It was our only full “day at sea” punctuated with the usual activities that we’ve either done before numerous times or never cared to do in the first place. Upon reflection, I clearly like traveling via cruise ship and the “travel tapas” aspect of cruising. For certain destinations, […]