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Sint Maartin
November 28-29th Day one in Sint Maartin is also American Thanksgiving, so I am so thankful that I have lived the life I have, in a way that allows me to do all of this amazing traveling this year, and grateful for all the fabulous people I’ve met along the way. I managed to drag
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Sun and Sand in Antigua & St. Kitts
November 24 – 27 All right, I feel slightly lazy about my writing this week, but to be honest, I feel like the islands are rinse and repeat. They are so close together and share similar histories and geography that writing about one is a little like writing about the next one. Sorry, Caribbean, but
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Sainte Anne & Pointe a Pitre, Guadeloupe
November 22- 23rd Dawn arrived as we slipped into port at Pointe a Pitre in Guadeloupe. I was back to euros and French as Guadeloupe is under France’s domain. At 8 a.m., the Odyssey received the all-clear to head into town, but Angela had done some research and figured out that we should leave town
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Visiting Dominica
November 20 & 21 Our entrance into Dominica was quiet and calm as we arrived in the early morning hours as usual. I find that I am typically one of only two or three passengers up and around at 6 am. If the sun is rising in the rear (aft) of the ship, I typically
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Martinique
November 18 & 19th Monday morning, we headed to Fort-de-France, Martinique, for two days. After the sleepy towns on our previous islands, Fort-de-France looked more modern at first glance. The Odyssey had put out a notice about our visit to Martinique and advised caution in our visit. I do think that it wasn’t needed. Everyone
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Castries & Soufriere, Saint Lucia
November 16 & 17 Soufriere was the Odysey’s first stop on Saint Lucia Island. Pulling into the adorable fishing village, the Gros Piton mountains dominate the landscape. This was an interesting spot because the water is shallower and is a tender port, so many cruises don’t stop here. This was our first time trying out
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St. George’s, Grenada
November 15th What can I say? My day started out just like yesterday. I got up at 5:30 and stretched while waiting for the sun to rise by 6:00 a.m.. After watching the sunrise, I went and had breakfast and waited for the all-clear to go ashore. This morning, we were a little late getting
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Bridgetown, Barbados
November 14th After 7 days at sea crossing the Atlantic, I was thrilled to be able to get off the ship and onto land. Not as excited as Paul, who kissed the ground upon debarkation but excited nonetheless. I had made it a personal challenge to get a picture of all the sunrises on the
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Following the Pirates’ Path : Cape Verde
November 5 & 6 Back in the 1600 & 1700s, explorers and pirates would leave Europe to head to the new world, but they wouldn’t go straight across the Atlantic from Europe to the Caribean. No, first they would head south, stopping at the Canary Islands, and then make one last stop for supplies in
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Visiting the Most Western Point of Continental Africa, Dakar.
November 2-3, Two days in Dakar can be too much or not enough depending on what you’d like to do. There are some interesting things to see, but they are spread out, and negotiating a taxi price can be challenging. On Saturday, everything is open, so I decided to go on a walk close to
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