Today we set off at the bridgetown cruise terminal in Barbados at around 6.30am. With us there were three other ships in the port: the TUI Discovery, a ship of the Costa shipping company and the Christina O., originally a ship of the rich shipping family Onassis. Our captain told us in his morning address (usually around 8 o’clock) that Christina O. is now a charter yacht and can be rented for up to 450,000 € PER WEEK. So if …
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Our world is so incredibly beautiful and versatile and we want to explore & experience as much of it together as possible. We are Sandra and Michael from Darmstadt – commuters between full-time jobs and 30 days of vacation per year. There is a lot of wanderlust in between. And that’s why we keep pulling out into the wide or near world. Since 2012, we have been on our smaller and larger holidays by 78 Countries On travelled to all 5 continents and blog with a lot of passion about our countless adventures and experiences in our travel blog – be it from dreamlike islands, in cities of millions, on mountain peaks, in the pure wilderness or even in the depths of the oceans. Travel is our great passion and we love to get to know and write about new countries, places and cultures.
Saint Vincent – Kingstown & Hiking La Soufriére Volcano (St. Vincent)
Our destination today was the Caribbean island of St. Vincent, a small island with just 117,000 inhabitants. The AIDA docked at the port terminal in the capital Kingstown at around 8am, having travelled about 84 nautical miles since our last stop at St George’s.
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This morning we had already done 3 dives at the wreck of Veronica L and the underwater sculpture park. For us no reason to take a pee, because the capital of Grenada – St. George’s – had to be visited. So after a short shower we went straight on.
» Read the full blog postMolinere Bay – Diving at the Underwater Sculpture Park (Grenada)
After the two dives at Boss Reef this morning, our dive trip with the AIDA would have ended. But since we originally thought when booking the trip that we would go diving this morning at the famous underwater sculpture park of Jason de Caires Taylor, the AIDA crew had a great suggestion for both of us: in the afternoon we should make a trip with snorkelers and taster divers to the underwater sculpture park and they asked us if we …
» Read the full blog postDiving on the wreck of the cargo ship Veronica L. (Grenada)
After our sea day yesterday we arrived in Grenada this morning.
» Read the full blog postKralendijk – Travel Guide & Things to Do (Bonaire)
After our two dives in Bonaire in the morning and short lunch on the ship, we had some time to look at the capital Kralendijk.
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Today we arrived at the port of Kralendijk in Bonaire at about 7 a.m. with the AIDAdiva.
» Read the full blog postOcean Encounters Curacao – Diving with Dolphins (Curacao)
After our visit to the flamingos in Sint Willibrordus and the colourful cottages of the commercial cade in Willemstad in the morning we should be at 1 p.m. at the diving center Ocean Encounters east of Curacao.
» Read the full blog postCuracao – Island Tour, Attractions & the best Photo spots (Curacao)
This morning we arrived at the port of Willemstad, the capital of Curacao, at around 7.30 a.m. Curacao, like Aruba and Bonaire, is one of the so-called ABC Islands,with Curacao being the largest of these. The island is located about 65 km off the north coast of Venezuela and thus belongs geographically to South America.
» Read the full blog postOranjestad – Tourist Attractions & Things to Do by your own (Aruba)
After our plane wreckdiving in the morning, we had a few hours to explore the city of Oranjestad on foot before leaving the AIDA.
» Read the full blog postABC Islands – Diving at the Renaissance Plane Wreck (Aruba)
After the start of our cruise in La Romana (Dominican Republic) and a day at sea was today our first stop on the island of Aruba.
» Read the full blog postAIDAdiva – Our 14-Day Cruise in the Caribbean Sea (Travel Report)
After our short stay in Punta Cana and the transfer to La Romana we were able to check in at the AIDAdiva today.
» Read the full blog postPunta Cana – Short stopover before our cruise (Dominican Republic)
Today was the start of our 14-day Caribbean cruise with AIDA – away from the cold in Germany and the pre-Christmas stress. Fantastic beaches, great underwater worlds, delicious food and many new adventures are waiting for us. We are looking forward to it! 🙂
» Read the full blog postMarsa Alam – Diving in Marsa Shouna & Umm El Ros (Egypt)
For today we had booked a full day trip to the spots Marsa Shouna and Umm El Ros via the diving center Coraya Divers. The information about the two dive sites that hung out at the diving school on the information board sounded promising, which is why we decided on this tour.
» Read the full blog postMarsa Alam – Swim with dolphins in Shaab Marsa Alam (Egypt)
For today we had booked a diving trip to the spot Shaab Marsa Alam via the diving center Coraya Divers. In addition to our two dives, we had the great opportunity to swim in the crystal clear waters of the Red Sea with a large group of dolphins 🙂
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