Getting the Shore Excursions You Want
I mentioned in an earlier post that I had built a spreadsheet to track lots of things related to this long voyage. One of those things was to assess what shore excursions we wanted to take. Our goal was to…
Are You Intensely Curious?
Are You Intensely Curious?
Month January 2019
Les Îles du Salut, French Guiana
Two of the islands in the Les Îles du Salut were used as a French prison. Îlse Royale held the main prison complex, the guards. And the home of the prison warden. Îlse du Diable was for the most challenging prisoners, and those…
Grenada
St. George’s, Grenada Grenada and my high school friend, Mike, are forever linked in my mind. This is my first visit to Grenada, but when I was in college, Grenada was on the news. I walked into the student cafeteria…
US Government Shut Down — San Juan, Puerto Rico
San Juan City Wall, National Historic Site I was concerned about the effect of the US Government shut down on our tour of Puerto Rico. After all, one of their major tourist attractions is the San Juan National Historic Site. …
Epiphany in San Juan, Puerto Rico
Three Kings paying homage to the Baby Jesus in Mary’s Arm We arrived in San Juan in the morning of Epiphany, which is the Christian celebration of the Three Kings coming to pay homage to the birth of Jesus. According…