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MSC CRUISES – LESSER ANTILLES Saint Lucia is called the “Helen of the West Indies”, a popular destination due to its tropical weather, scenery and its numerous beaches and resorts. The twin Pitons (Gros Piton and Petit Piton) are striking cone-shaped … Continue reading →

MSC CRUISES – LESSER ANTILLES Saint Kitts and Nevis are a pair of tropical islands in the Caribbean, about one-third of the way from Puerto Rico to Trinidad and Tobago. It is called “The Mother Colony of the West Indies”. … Continue reading →

MSC CRUISES – LEEWARD ISLANDS Dominica is often known as “The Nature Island of the Caribbean” due to its spectacular, lush, and varied flora and fauna, which are protected by an extensive natural park system. The most mountainous island of the Lesser Antilles, … Continue reading →

MSC CRUISES – LESSER ANTILLES The British Virgin Islands are a self-governing British overseas territory just to the north-east of the US Virgin Islands. 60 islands and keys, 43 uninhabited, the islands fall into two types: the majority are steep volcanic islands (Tortola and Virgin Gorda), and … Continue reading →

MSC CRUISES – LESSER ANTILLES. Seen twice on cruise, day 2 and 8. See one island each time with maybe an excursion from each to an island. Guadeloupe. Butterfly Island (French: l’île Papillon) on account of the shape of two of … Continue reading →

MSC CRUISES – LESSER ANTILLES  Martinique is a Caribbean island that is an overseas department of France in the Caribbean Sea, north of St. Lucia and south of Dominica. Tourism comes mostly from France, with big jets flying in directly from Paris. North Americans, who have no direct … Continue reading →

CARIBBEAN – LESSER ANTILLES As a traveler in the quest to see all 193 United Nations countries, how to see the 14 Caribbean countries presents the greatest variety of options: cruise, fly between islands, local boats, crew on a sailboat? … Continue reading →

CARIBBEAN CRUISE December 5-19, 2020 MARTINIQUE – General, Rough Guide GUADELOUPE – General, Rough Guide BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS – General, Rough Guide ST MARTIN/SINT MAARTEN – General, Rough Guide, The Trip DOMINICA – General, Rough Guide ST KITTS & NEVIS – … Continue reading →

March 2021, MSC CRUISES – LESSER ANTILLES — St Vincent was the earliest country to drop out of the eight-country rotation on this cruise through the Lesser Antilles. As a result, it is the only country in the Western Hemisphere … Continue reading →

MSC CRUISES Lesser Antilles Grenada is a group of three larger islands (Grenada, Carriacou, and Petite Martinique) and several tiny islands in the Caribbean. It lies just north of Trinidad and Tobago, and southwest of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. It … Continue reading →