Today, Arvia has been cruising between the islands of Saint Vincent and Saint Lucia on an eastward course, aiming to dock in Bridgetown, Barbados tomorrow morning. Our Captain, Robert Camby (below), is also leaving the ship tomorrow, for a well-earned break. We have just placed our luggage outside the cabin this evening and according to…

When we docked this morning, it quickly became clear that today’s weather was not going to play ball. Our Captain came over the tannoy to warn us of thunderstorms across the island today. With that in mind, we sat and had a lovely leisurely breakfast in Epicurean, starting with melon and Greek yoghurt, followed by…

We docked early morning in Saint George’s, Grenada’s capital. This cruise port is flanked by two forts, with colourful French Colonial style buildings. It is the perfect entrance to one of the Caribbean’s most scenic islands. At the entrance to the pier we were welcomed by a steel band, playing a very familiar Cuban tune.…

Well, there’s very little to report back on today. We’ve been cruising south down the inner channel of the Lesser Antilles, heading towards our next stop tomorrow, the island of Grenada. Thought you might like to see a couple of shots of the Epicurean restaurant and the Retreat before they opened this morning. We breakfast…

This morning, Lorna and I took our very first helicopter flight. Our flight took us from Calvin Air landing pad, back out over the port of Saint John and then south-west to the island of Montserrat. Nervous at the outset, it didn’t help when our Pilot, Raymond’s opening words over his radio to air traffic…

We woke early this morning, just in time to see our ship dock in Saint John’s, the capital of Antigua. If you play the video above with the volume up, you will hear the dawn chorus of cockerels – it was a right cock-off 🙂 We hired a grey jeep this morning and first stop…

This morning we arrived on the Dutch, southern side of this island, named Sint Maarten and docked in the capital Philipsburg. In comparison, the northern side of this island is French, known as Saint Martin and the harmonious dual nationality means we did not require passports to cross the border, effectively from the Netherlands into…

So, today was a day of cruising around the northern most islands of the Lesser Antilles. The blue circle in the image above shows our ship’s general position for most of today, approximately 70 nautical miles from Saint Maarten. The image above is our view from the upper deck, looking out towards the island of…

Tortola is the largest and most populated island of the British Virgin Islands (BVI), a group of islands that forms part of the archipelago of the Virgin Islands. The population of Tortola is approaching 24000, the principal settlement being Road Town, which is also the capital of the BVI with almost 9500 inhabitants. We docked…

If you have ever dreamt of a classic Caribbean island, the chances are it looked a lot like Saint Kitts and Nevis. It is an island country consisting of two separate islands, both located in the West Indies. There is a mixture of deserted beaches, sleepy villages, lush rainforest, sugar cane fields and even a…