There's Nothing Like a Cruise

      Last week I had an amazing time in the Caribbean on our cruise. We went to Saint Thomas which is in the US Virgin Islands and we rented a car that had a left-side steering wheel but you had to drive on the left side of the road. We then drove to two amazing beaches, one was a warm bay, and the other we had to hike to and it was called Mermaid's Chair, the beach was a skinny strip of land, and on one side was the Caribbean ocean, and on the other side was the Atlantic ocean, then we went to Sint Maarten which is actually split into two countries owned by the French and the Dutch but we just went to the Dutch side and had a relaxing beach day. Then we went to Saint Lucia where we rented a car that had the steering wheel on the right so we drove on the left side of the road. We then drove around the island to a volcano where we got to hike right next to it and see boiling water coming out of the ground. The last island we went to was Barbados which was our favorite island because it was the most modern and least run down island but also because we went on an amazing snorkel tour where saw turtles and huge fish, we also got to snorkel over shipwrecks. Also, we were going to go to the Bahamas but the weather was so bad the ship couldn't doc because the winds were around 60 mph. But we did get some fun days at sea where we went to the pools on the ship or played basketball or ping pong or we went to the nightly shows which included magic shows, musicals, plays, and people from cirque de sole. The food was also really delicious on all of the islands but also on the cruise ship. On Saturday we arrived in Puerto Rico which was where our cruise ended.

-Soren Sawyer

Saint Lucia:



Off the coast of Barbados:

Off the coast of Barbados:

Off the coast of Barbados:

Off the coast of Barbados:

Off the coast of Barbados:

Off the coast of Barbados:

Overlooking a coastal town in St. Lucia:

A bay in Sint Maarten:

Mermaids Chair on St. Thomas:

Our rental car on St. Thomas:

Iguana overlooking Mermaids Chair:

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