If you’re going on a cruise ship to the Western Caribbean, you’re going to Cozumel. If you’ve been to Cozumel before, you’re looking for something different to do. If you’re looking for something different, find Margarita and Santiago. Fortunately, we did. It wasn’t the first time we’d met a Margarita in Cozumel, but the others… Continue reading Something Different in Cozumel
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The Long and Short of Short Cruises
Having just completed a 4-day cruise on the Norwegian Sky, we thought it would be worth providing some insight on such “short” cruises. Everybody has different reasons for squeezing a cruising experience into three or four days: 1. It’s an introduction for anyone professing to dislike cruising without ever having been on a cruise. 2.… Continue reading The Long and Short of Short Cruises
Sapphire no Jewel in Santa Barbara?
Admittedly, we know Santa Claus better than we know Santa Barbara. Been there once. Had a great dinner, saw a great concert. It seemed like a nice place, and it probably is a nice place, populated with nice people. One of them is getting a little heat from cruisers. On a website called Santa Barbara… Continue reading Sapphire no Jewel in Santa Barbara?
A Reason to Celebrate in San Diego
Much is made of the inaugural voyages by cruise ships, anywhere and everywhere in the world. There are parties, and confetti, and dignitaries, and broken champagne bottles, and toasts. What about cruise ship terminals? Tomorrow in San Diego is the inaugural arrival for a new terminal that was officially opened on the weekend. It’s called… Continue reading A Reason to Celebrate in San Diego
Norwegian's Tropical Bahamian Island
GREAT STIRRUP CAY — Until we met Kent Albury, we thought “Bad Billy” was the kid down the street that terrorized the neighborhood. Other kids were afraid of what he’d do to them. Parents were afraid their kids would be like him. In Kent’s vocabulary, “Bad Billy” is the wind. When it blows from the… Continue reading Norwegian's Tropical Bahamian Island