Tuesday, December 13, 2011: Castries, St. Lucia See all 138 pictures from our 2nd week in the Southern Caribbean Today’s shore excursion of St. Lucia takes us along the west coast of the island, from our arrival port and captial city of Castries, down to the gateway of the Pitons in Soufriere, and everywhere in between. Disembarking our ship in the capital...
Monday, December 12, 2011: Bridgetown, Barbados See all 138 pictures from our 2nd week in the Southern Caribbean We’ve added one more passenger to our traveling team this week and we’re off for another week of Caribbean ports onboard the amazing Celebrity Summit. As we left San Juan, Puerto Rico, we headed south and east, enjoying a relaxing day at sea...
Friday, December 9, 2011: St. John, USVI See all 123 pictures from our 1st week in the Southern Caribbean Like a wonderful reunion, waking up to the sights of the Charlotte Amalie harbor brought back all sorts of great memories. Nine years ago, almost to the day, Natalie and I had woken up with much the same view, spent an amazing day snorkeling and just laying on...
Wednesday, December 7, 2011: St. George, Grenada See all 123 pictures from our 1st week in the Southern Caribbean As the steel drum bands played, we arrived into St. George, the captial city of Grenada, the next stop on our Southern Caribbean itinerary. Today, our plan is to take the Spice Plantation tour route with Mandoo Seales, our superguide for the island. As...
Tuesday, December 6, 2011: Roseau, Dominica See all 123 pictures from our 1st week in the Southern Caribbean Arriving into the capital city of Roseau, the island of Dominica, we knew that today would be about green, lush, rainforests and all of the jewels that come from that amazing tropical environment. Today, we will be spending the day with Bumpiing Tours and...
Monday, December 5, 2011: Basseterre, St. Kitts See all 123 pictures from our 1st week in the Southern Caribbean The gray skies continued to dominate the horizon as we arrived into our next port of call, Basseterre, St. Kitts. There was no dampening of the spirits, however, as we knew that the sun wouldn’t be too terribly far behind. Disembarking the ship...
Sunday, December 4, 2011: St. Croix, USVI See all 123 pictures from our 1st week in the Southern Caribbean After 100 days of international travel, one would think that it might be time to take a little bit of a rest. Not so! The Next Journey takes us for 14 days onboard the Celebrity Summit on two back-to-back week long itineraries in the Southern Caribbean. And...
What a ride… 100 Days… 42,000+ Miles… 50+ TheNextJourney Posts… 1325 Pictures Posted Online… 6 Countries… 9 Rental Cars… 55 Days Onboard Ship… 20 Hotels, Motels, Hostels, and B&Bs… 24 Cruise Ports Of Call… 30+ Methods of Transportation (including Gondola, Jet Boat, Camel, Segway, & Bamboo...
Monday – Wednesday, November 14 – 16, 2011: Katoomba, Australia We had a very early morning on Monday, waking at 3:30am, getting to the airport by 4:15am, and boarding our plane at 5am for our flight from Cairns to Sydney. Thankfully, all of the above events didn’t require too much brain power as we were probably half asleep most of that time, but...
Thursday – Sunday, November 10 – 13, 2011: Cairns, Australia (Part 2) The time was already flying by in Northern Queensland as we entered our third and final day of our visit to the region. Our itinerary today includes a visit to the Aboriginal Tjapukai cultural centre, a ride soaring over the forests of the area on the Skyrail, a visit to the sleepy...
Thursday – Sunday, November 10 – 13, 2011: Cairns, Australia (Part 1) Arriving into Cairns early in the evening, we were amazed at how quickly we had crisscrossed the country as the weather had changed from a dry, hot, desert climate at Uluru, to a thick, humid, and sauna like rain forest climate of Northern Queensland. Securing our rental car at the...
Tuesday – Thursday, November 8 – 10, 2011: Uluru, Australia (Part 2) Following the early morning sunrise at Uluru (Ayers Rock), we had a few hours remaining before the sun turned intense and the temperatures began to rise, so we jumped in our rental car and headed over to our first walk of the day at the base of Uluru. The Kuniya Walk gave us our first...
Tuesday – Thursday, November 8 – 10, 2011: Uluru, Australia (Part 1) Throwing ourselves out of bed at 4am hurt a bit, but it was more than worth it as we were headed to the airport this morning to take the necessary two flights to Uluru (Ayers Rock) in the southwest corner of the Northern Territories. The massive stone monolith would be our home base...