WorldWide Cruise Line Caribbean Cruise Day 123 During ss Mayan Sun’s stopover in Kingston, Jamaica, you take your mountain bike up to

Strawberry Hill in the Blue Mountains and ride the trails through the clouds and mists with a riot of greenery everywhere around you; all the while listening and singing along to Mr Marley’s songs of freedom. ~  Island Card (visiting Island F-48)  Continue reading →

WorldWide Cruise Line Caribbean Cruise Day 91 After ssc Island Dancer docks in Kingston Harbour in Jamaica, you visit Port Royal which was

called the “wickedest city on earth” when it was a buccaneer headquarters in the late 1600s. In the year 1720, two female pirates, Anne Bonney and Mary Read, were tried here and sentenced to hang; right now, returning to Kingston town, night has fallen, and you should not be here alone at night … Lose … Continue reading →

WorldWide Cruise Line Caribbean Cruise Day 14 Some of the finest art in the Caribbean has come from Jamaica: “Bird Man” ~ a fabulous, over

five hundred-year-old, Taino Indian woodcarving of a part bird, part human creature: Sketches of the Jamaican Jonkonnu masquerade from the 1830s, parodying European culture: Political sculptures such as “Negro Aroused” by Edna Manley. A modern example is Eddie Chambers “Untitled” in which the colors of the British Union Jack flag have been replaced with the … Continue reading →

When ss Neptune docks at Ochos Rios, Jamaica, you have a choice of two Shore

Excursions ~ the first, a 600 feet climb and clamber up a stepped series of waterfalls formed amid natural limestone terraces and basins; or, go horse back riding, firstly on a mountain trail, learning about the different species of flora and fauna of this island, then down to the beach where you can take your … Continue reading →

During ss Mayan Sun’s stopover in Kingston, Jamaica, you take your mountain bike up

to Strawberry Hill in the Blue Mountains and ride the trails through the clouds and mists with a riot of greenery everywhere around you; all the while listening and singing along to Mr Marley’s songs of freedom. ~ Island Card (visiting Island F-48) Continue reading →

Arriving in Miami Beach’s Art Deco district before sailing on board ss Neptune, you

visit the Midem Latin America and Caribbean Music Festival where you see Soca singers from Trinidad; a Garifuna band from Livingston, Guatemala, playing Punta Rock; a band from Cuba playing Jazz, Danzon, Son and Bolero; and a group of veteran Jamaican Reggae All-Stars. ~ Ship Card (visiting Islands A-2, F-48, F-49, P-105 & W-143) Continue reading →

After ssc Island Dancer docks in Kingston Harbour in Jamaica, you

visit Port Royal which was called the “wickedest city on earth” when it was a buccaneer headquarters in the late 1600s. In the year 1720, two female pirates, Anne Bonney and Mary Read, were tried here and sentenced to hang; right now, returning to Kingston town, night has fallen, and you should not be here … Continue reading →