Returning from a walk at -9 C and south wind at 26 km/hr., then
we went back inside to finish packing for an early morning start tomorrow (3:30
a.m. to leave for the airport).
Friday, 30 January 2015
Thursday, 29 January 2015
January 29, 2015
Less
than two days until we head for our Southern Caribbean cruise.
February 2015 Ports: Miami, Florida; Oranjestad, Aruba; Willemstad, Curaçao;
St. George's, Grenada; Bridgetown,
Barbados;
Castries, St. Lucia; St. Johns, Antigua;
Basseterre, St. Kitts; Philipsburg, St. Maarten; Miami, Florida
Date
|
Port
|
Arrive
|
Depart
|
Day
1 Day 2
|
Depart home to Miami, Florida Depart Miami, Florida
|
--
|
5:30AM-5:00PM
4:30
PM
|
Day
3
|
At
Sea
|
--
|
--
|
Day
4
|
At
Sea
|
--
|
--
|
Day
5
|
Oranjestad, Aruba
|
8:00
AM
|
8:00
PM
|
Day
6
|
Willemstad, Curaçao
|
7:00
AM
|
5:00
PM
|
Day
7
|
At
Sea
|
--
|
--
|
Day
8
|
St. George's, Grenada
|
8:00
AM
|
5:00
PM
|
Day
9
|
Bridgetown, Barbados
|
8:00
AM
|
5:00
PM
|
Day
10
|
Castries, St. Lucia
|
8:00
AM
|
5:00
PM
|
Day
11
|
St. Johns, Antigua
|
8:00
AM
|
5:00
PM
|
Day
12
|
Basseterre, St. Kitts
|
8:00
AM
|
5:00
PM
|
Day
13
|
Philipsburg, St. Maarten
|
8:00
AM
|
5:00
PM
|
Day
14
|
At
Sea
|
--
|
--
|
Day
15
|
At
Sea
|
--
|
--
|
Day
16
|
Miami, Florida return home
|
7:00
AM
|
--
|
A short history of the
exploration of the Lesser Antilles (south eastern Caribbean islands)
The first Caribbeans
arrived on the islands closest to South America around 4000 BC. These nomadic
hunter-gatherers were followed by waves of Arawaks (a collective term for the
Amerindian people believed to be from the Orinoco River Delta around Venezuela
and Guyana) who moved north and west, beginning the great tradition of
Caribbean island-hopping. Indeed, one of the Caribbean’s recurrent themes, from
pre-Columbian times until right now, has been movement of peoples.
Around AD 1200 the peaceable Arawaks were happily farming, fishing and
minding their own business when the Caribs from South America started fanning out over the Caribbean. The Caribs killed the
Arawak men and enslaved the women, triggering another wave of migration that
sent the Arawaks fleeing as far west as Cuba and as far north as the Bahamas.
When the Spanish explorers arrived, they dubbed the warfaring people they
encountered ‘cannibals’ (a derivation of the word ‘caribal’ or Carib), for
their reputed penchant for eating their victims. Since the Arawaks had no
written language, little of their culture survived, except – thankfully for
weary travelers – the hammock.
Except for mineral-rich Trinidad, taken early by the Spanish, the Eastern Caribbean
was left largely to its own devices until the English washed up on St.
Kitts in 1623, sparking domino-effect
colonization of Barbados, Nevis, Antigua and Montserrat. Not to be outdone, the French followed, settling Martinique and Guadeloupe, while the Dutch laid claim to Saba, Sint
Eustatius and St-Martin/Sint
Maarten. Over the next 200 years the
Europeans fought like children over these islands, and possession changed hands
so often that a sort of hybridized culture developed; some islands, like St-Martin/Sint
Maarten and St.
Kitts, were split between two colonial
powers.
Read more: http://www.lonelyplanet.com/caribbean/history#ixzz3HI8tNlNK
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