Day 17 on Explora Journeys’ Explora I and we’re spending it at sea, pointing the bow back toward Miami and officially sticking a fork in this adventure. We’re done. After almost two full weeks bouncing around the Caribbean, this cruise was about as port-heavy as they come. Outside of the…
Day 16 on Explora Journeys, and we’re officially in wind-down mode. We’ve got two full sea days ahead of us as we make our way back to PortMiami on Monday morning. This has been a very port-heavy itinerary. Outside of the first two full sea days at the very beginning…
Day 15 on Explora Journeys’ Explora I brought us to our final port of call on this 17-day adventure, and we wrapped things up in Road Town, Tortola, in the British Virgin Islands. Explora I was anchored out in the harbor this morning since the pier was already occupied by…
Day 14 on Explora Journeys’ Explora I landed us in one of my personal Caribbean favorites - Philipsburg, St. Maarten. We docked around 7:30am and guests were cleared to go ashore at 8:00am. Joining us in port today were two Princess ships plus, once again, Oceania Insignia. [caption id="attachment_88221" align="aligncenter"…
Day 13 on Explora Journeys Explora I and… yep… it just happens to be Christmas Eve. And also day 13. Yikes. An unlucky number landing on an already questionable port of call. Honestly, kind of fitting. Today we’re in St. John’s, Antigua - a port that nobody has ever said,…
Day 12 and today Explora Journeys Explora I pulled into Fort-de-France, Martinique, which is yet another new-to-me port and one I’ve been looking forward to ever since our stop just a few days ago across the bay in Les Trois-Îlets. If you’ve been following along, you know that stop turned…
Day 11 on Explora Journeys and we are, once again, pulling into another port. If you’ve been following along from the beginning, you already know this cruise has been very port-heavy. In fact, since we left PortMiami on December 12, we’ve had exactly two sea days - both right at…
Day 10 on Explora Journeys Explora I, and today we’re in Bridgetown, Barbados. For all but roughly 200 of us, this is the end of the line. Yes, for the vast majority of guests who have been onboard up until now, today is debarkation day. Meanwhile, a much smaller group…
Day 9 already, which honestly feels a little crazy considering how many stops we’ve made since leaving Miami, on this very port-intensive cruiseon Explora Journeys, Explora I. At this point we’ve hit La Romana, San Juan, St. Kitts, Les Trois-Îlets in Martinique, Bequia yesterday, and today we’re still in St.…
It's hard to believe it’s already Day 8 of this Explora Journeys sailing, but here we are. In just over a week we’ve gone from embarkation in Miami, to our first Caribbean stop in La Romana, followed by San Juan (when Mother Nature decided she hated us), then St. Kitts,…
