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Cruising at Christmas (and the New Year) – Part 3

7th February 2020 Going Postal 4107 Comments

Wednesday – St Maarten (New Years Day) I woke this morning feeling pretty good, somewhat surprisingly considering the volume of champagne consumed last night. Sensibly the restaurant was open for breakfast an hour later than [more…]

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Cruising at Christmas (and the New Year) – Part 2

24th January 2020 Going Postal 3818 Comments

Thursday – St Vincent and the Grenadines (Boxing Day) I woke just as we were docking, no mad rush to get moving as I was on an afternoon trip. However I was peckish so I [more…]

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Cruising at Christmas (and the New Year) – Part 1

17th January 2020 Going Postal 4474 Comments

Pre Cruise I have been on a number of cruises on a number of different cruise lines but this is my first Christmas Cruise so I thought I might document it. Some time ago my [more…]

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