Great cruise, interesting islands!

My husband and I really enjoyed the 6 island stops we made in 6 days.  We took tours of the islands or went to beaches and snorkeled.  Our favorite tour was on St. Lucia.  We booked with Cosol Tours on the Internet (the full day St. Lucia Tour) and couldn't have been happier with all the wonderful things we did that day which included snorkeling between the volcanic Pitons, mud baths, standing under the Toraille Waterfall,  high speed boat rides, all the food and drink you could take in and glorious site-seeing.  Our driver/guide was personable and knowledgeable.  The cost was $75 pp, but worth every penny.

We also had a good tour on Antigua, "Scenic Tours Antigua" with very professional, Sean Beazer, our driver and guide. 

In Barbados, we took a cab ($3.00 each) to the Brown's Facility beach and snorkeled with sea turtles.  It was the same area where boat excursions come to snorkel with the turtles.  We just went in from the beach and shared the sea with the other snorkelers.  Saw at least 4 sea turtles and watched the handlers feeding them, too.

In Bonaire, we took a $2.50 cab to Spice Beach.  There was a pier to allow us to drop into the water with our snorkel gear.  We rented chaise lounge chairs for $5 and snorkeled there for a while.  The water and waves were rough that day.  There weren't a lot of structure or coral reefs there.  But we did see a lot of fish and watched as people fed them bread.  We expected better snorkeling.  Next time, we'll have to choose a better site if we want to see the great reefs Bonaire's reputation offers.

We really enjoyed Grenada, too.  It is very hilly, and since we docked on a Sunday, we walked up a very steep hill to the Catholic Church and the 8AM mass.  After, we walked to Fort Georges, then got picked up by a private van driver who offered to give us an island tour.  It was very nice and only cost us $15 pp after some negotiation.  Went to the spice factory, Carenage Harbor, thru the Sendall tunnel, to Grand Etang Lake, Annandale Waterfall, and Fort Frederick.

Aruba was one of our favorite islands on the cruise.  It is very desert-like with lots of cactus.  Again, we got off the ship and got a tour from a local person off the street.  We passed the first, closer tours, went a block over, and got our island tour for only $15pp again.  We had a wonderful time going to the Natural Bridge, Ayo Rocks, California Lighthouse, past the beaches and saw the resorts.  Had fun shopping there in the open air markets, too.  There was a nice "feel" to this island and with gorgeous beaches and resorts, we want to go back again.

Our ship had good food, good shows and good activities.  Our interior cabin was spacious enough for 2 people to be comfortable there.  All-in-all, we really enjoyed our cruise very much!!