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The Norwegian Epic seen from a hill in St. LuciaCaribbean
9 min read2022

Dateline January 30, 2022, Cruising the Caribbean from Puerto Rico

One of the first cruises after COVID nearly sank the whole industry, which made for a comedy of dos and don'ts: three negative tests just to board, a ship built for forty-two hundred carrying a thousand, and islands where you couldn't step off the boat without a chaperone. From Old San Juan and its great Spanish fort out to St. Thomas, St. Maarten, Antigua, Barbados, St. Lucia, and St. Kitts, with monkeys, a water slide, an America's Cup memory, and a lot of shuttered shops we hope reopen soon.

#Puerto Rico#Norwegian Epic#St. Thomas
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The Norwegian Epic, almost 1,100 feet long with eighteen levels above the waterlineCaribbean
6 min read2014

Dateline November 23, 2014, Norwegian Epic and the Western Caribbean

After a weekend at the Fort Lauderdale Country Club catching up with old friends from our South Florida days, we drove the forty miles down the coast to the Port of Miami and boarded the Norwegian Epic for Thanksgiving week. Almost 1,100 feet of ship and eighteen levels above the waterline. Out of Miami at 5:30 in the evening, South Beach lit up to our right as we left the harbor. Two days at sea to Ocho Rios, Jamaica, then heavy seas forced us to bypass Grand Cayman (their port requires tenders rather than dockside mooring), so on to Cozumel, where the wind made us drop our planned round of golf and walk the town instead. Cozumel turned out to be the gem of the trip: the Mestizo Monument and the story of Gonzalo Guerrero, the shipwrecked Spaniard who chose to stay with the Maya. We bought a small metal Christmas tree off a street vendor and walked it back through ship security. Friday's last steak at Cagney's, Saturday at sea on the balcony, and Sunday morning back at Miami. Next stop in January: New Zealand and Australia.

#caribbean#norwegian-cruise-line#norwegian-epic
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