We overstayed in Belize. (The Belize blog will come soon). Per-Ove got an ear infection and need to recover 100% in order to dive in world famous spots. Tomorrow we are traveling by bus to Guatemala (this wasn't on our itinerary) for a couple of weeks, to see the great Tikal and few other places and then most likely Costa Rica.
Cruise
20-27 April
On the 20th April we flew from Cancun to Puerto Rico and embarked SeaDream 1 boat. The Norwegian yacht takes only 100 passengers. It's luxurious, but casual with perfect service and delicious food (the chef is Polish
).
It was nice to finally meet family after 5 months. Arvid (Per-Ove's father) took good care of us and we had the chance to spend some time together even though he was at work.
We visited following places:
San Juan (Puerto Rico)
20 April
Embarked. Walked around the streets of San Juan and watched kites flying in the sunset.
Cruz Bay (St. John)
21 April
The cars here were driving on the left side of the road, but they had the steering wheel on the left side too - that was weird...
Gustavia (St. Barthelemy)
22-23 April
We met our friends Harald and Hilde for the second time on their sailing boat, since February in St. Lucia.
Iles des Saintes (Guadeloupe)
24 April
Enjoyed the SeaDream 1 facilities.
Charlestown (Nevis)
25 April
Walked around the streets of Charlestown (looking for hair wax for Per-Ove).
Jost van *** (British Virgin Islands)
26 April
We met Harald and Hilde for the third time and we relaxed on a beautiful beach with BBQ and champagne. They supposedly have started the crossing over Atlantic 1st May. WE WISH THEM SAFE JOURNEY!
Farewell dinner with Captain Valter Berg and Norwegian guests and employees.
San Juan (Puerto Rico)
27th April
Disembarked.
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Cruise photo collection: http://www.flickr.com/photos/perove/collections/72157605237463045/
Returning to Mexico
Cancun (Mexico)
27 - 30 April
It was hard to return to everyday life. The luxury of towels has been changed and room has been cleaned twice a day, was replaced with hostel with smelly shower and invasions of ants and lack of 24h room-service. And on top of this, our luggage come delayed with 2 days (stuck in St. Kitts), thus we needed to go out (again) and do some shopping...
Chetumal (Mexico)
30 April - 1 May
We took a bus (6hr) from Cancun to Chetumal in Mexico, near the Belizean boarder. It looked like we've arrived to a ghost city - it was covered in silenced and there were just a few people on the streets... The day after we continued by bus (3hr) to Belize City.