They sleep at least 20 hours a day Have no body fat as they eat a low calorie diet They pee & poo once a week Mating takes a maximum of 15 seconds That’s all your sloth facts from Costa Rica, where we learned that they aren’t really lazy just more energy efficient! We took…
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Proper Preparation…..
The ship sailed on We sailed on. Flights were tricky, flying here there and everywhere to get home or flying through America we had no visa. We didn’t want to put added pressure on our family at home having to wait for us to have the funeral so we stayed. And in Belize our lack…
Sea Days and Sways
Today went like this Up early sending random messages to Keith. Random even by my standards 😂😂 Crawled out of bed assisted by tea and Bex who helped prep today’s class – a busy class but a rough one! Some smarty pants thought she was fine & didn’t need to take anything, bad move Suzanne!…
Jonny’s Gang!
Nobody puts baby (or anybody) in the corner in Jonny’s gang! Got asked yesterday to write about what made CMV Columbus stand out from the crowd Well I’ve cruised with most of the mainstream lines and I think they are all really good. Each does what they do brilliantly so if you want ice skating…
Lubeck, weird & wonderful
Docked in Travemunde, Germany, took the train to the pretty Medieval town of Lubeck and discovered the weirdest Church I’ve ever been to The devil has been cast outside, legend says he’s lurking there to pick up lost souls from the wine bar opposite…. I adore stained glass windows. Most of the original Church windows…
Hello Helsinki
Apparently you can go to Helsinki and behave sensibly… We didn’t! Every statue seemed to have its own seagull And you get the best photos of the trams if you stand in front of them Not all the sculptures were pretty, but none as weird as Lubeck Other highlights were the Frazer Chocolate Cafe and…
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…
Santiago de Cuba – morning
Somehow I was persuaded to set my alarm for 6am to watch the sail into port! I’m not a morning person, so arriving on deck, wrapped up in a fleece, in the pitch black, let’s just say I was not a happy bunny! Like someone flicked a switch, the sky cleared and we were treated…
Havana Nights
We had almost 2 nights in Havana and they were made for partying! We’d just got back on board, hot & sticky and perhaps a little tipsy from the Hemingway tour when another new friend suggested we get off the ship and experience some real Cuban food so that’s how a short while later I…
Suzanne’s Arty Travel 