Paradise in Guandaloupe 

I can only describe Isle de Gosier as a little piece of Paradise! Not the simplest place to get to, especially as we went the scenic route as we’d hoped to do some snorkelling at a marine reserve but murky waters, rickety boats & lack of proper equipment hire put us off There was a…

Santo Domingo

One of the best bits of small ship cruising is you reach the smaller ports where the big ships are just too, well, big!  And so we arrived right in the centre of Santo Domingo. Our Seargent Major, as we nicknamed her,  Had done her research and four of us headed out to Los Tres…

Jamaica, up the falls

A girl from Belfast goes up the falls, nothing special there, except this was Dunns River Falls in Ocho Rios, Jamaica! I’d wanted to climb the falls, since I first visited Jamaica when my children were young, my son didn’t want to climb so I stayed with him while my daughter climbed, so for me…

Santiago de Cuba beach & dancing

Out with the girls for the afternoon, let’s go to the beach! The closest beach was 20 miles away so we needed a taxi and there was only one driver left at the port but we still managed to negotiate a deal.  Only a black lada car remained in the car park & I was…