I learned two things about the Caribbean yesterday: The "Carib" were a tribe that ate their enemies. Columbus reported that and thru time some scribe did a typo and wrote "canib", which is where the word "cannibal" comes from. Columbus was naming every island he "discovered" after saints. A subordiante told him there were thousands … Continue reading USVI

I still have my Canon EOS 80D from my 2019 World Cruise. Canon has issued updated DSLR bodies, but none have anything I consider worth spending money on. But I did change my lens. In the past I had two zoom lenses: a 24-70mm and a 70-300. I use the smaller for day-to-day pictures and … Continue reading Technical Post – Camera

We are anchored just off of Gustavia, capital of St. Barthelemy - also known as "St. Barts". Most of the excursions were of the snorkel-here and jet-ski-there types, which I didn't care about. In addition, there is a big grand voyage party in the evening, so I decided to just relax on the ship. Which … Continue reading Curry

We docked in St. John's, the capital of Antigua and Barbuda. For my "Antigua Highlights" tour we boarded a kind-of-crappy bus and drove on kind-of-crappy roads to the other side of the island, passing a very nice cricket stadium, to get to a kind-of-crappy ruined fort. There may be great places in Antigua and Barbuda, … Continue reading St. John’s

This morning we dropped anchor just outside of Deshaies, of the lovely French-controlled island of Guadeloupe. After a five-minute tender ride followed by a five-minute bus ride landed us at the Jardin Botonique botanical gardens. It was just up the hill from the port. Don't believe me? View from the Gardens The gardens are great. … Continue reading Guadeloupe