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You’re Going to Miss … Martinique, Saint Lucia & Guadeloupe

by Calvin Sun | January 20, 2022 | You're Going to Miss It... | 0 Comments

If the photo is really really professional looking, then the photography credit goes to Paul Woo.PRESS play and read the post with the music . . . “A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for.” – John A....

The Pointe-Á-Pitre is to Guade”loupe” You In

by Calvin Sun | January 10, 2022 | Guadeloupe, January 2022: Martinique, St. Lucia, & Guadeloupe, Serendipitous!, Way Way Off the Beaten Path | 0 Comments

If I’m in the photo or the photo is really really professional, then the photography credit goes to Paul Woo. After 7 days on the water, we settled back in readjusting our sea legs onto our first bed on land. After checking out and saying our goodbyes to...

Sainte-Anne-versary

by Calvin Sun | January 9, 2022 | January 2022: Martinique, St. Lucia, & Guadeloupe, Martinique | 0 Comments

If I’m in the photo or the photo is really really professional, then the photography credit goes to Paul Woo. It’s our last day but that doesn’t mean we can’t make the most of it! After a night off and following morning at Pigeon Island,...

Landed Like a Pigeon Island

by Calvin Sun | January 8, 2022 | January 2022: Martinique, St. Lucia, & Guadeloupe, Saint Lucia | 0 Comments

If I’m in the photo or the photo is really really professional, then the photography credit goes to Paul Woo. Today we rested up at Pigeon Island, an islet located in Gros Islet in the northern region of Saint Lucia. Once...

Find a Pot of “Marigot” At The End of the Rainbow

by Calvin Sun | January 7, 2022 | January 2022: Martinique, St. Lucia, & Guadeloupe, Saint Lucia | 0 Comments

After a day by the Pitons, we set sails later in the evening for Marigot Bay, often described as 'the most beautiful bay in the Caribbean'. A historic landmark, Marigot Bay has been the site of a number of battles between the French and the British...

No “Soufriere”-ing By The Pitons

by Calvin Sun | January 6, 2022 | January 2022: Martinique, St. Lucia, & Guadeloupe, Saint Lucia, What Dreams May Come | 0 Comments

If I’m in the photo or the photo is really really professional, then the photography credit goes to Paul Woo. Survivors of the reckoning. This morning we cruised down the west coast of St Lucia towards Soufriere, home to the famous...

Saint Lu”cia-l Away” to Rodney Bay

by Calvin Sun | January 5, 2022 | January 2022: Martinique, St. Lucia, & Guadeloupe, Saint Lucia | 0 Comments

If I’m in the photo or the photo is really really professional, then the photography credit goes to Paul Woo.Despite the shenanigans of our comedy of errors of traveling in the middle of Omicron, we still woke up to beautiful mornings. Even Umbi, who...

Ad-“Marin” du View

by Calvin Sun | January 3, 2022 | Crisis, Doctor in the House, January 2022: Martinique, St. Lucia, & Guadeloupe, Martinique | 0 Comments

If I'm in the photo or the photo is really really professional, then the photography credit goes to Paul Woo.We had expected that similar to our last time with them in Sardinia it would involve a frenzy of check-ins, security deposits, last minute provisional...

Getting Out of Omicron City to Fort-de-France, Martinique

by Calvin Sun | January 2, 2022 | Doctor in the House, Fail, January 2022: Martinique, St. Lucia, & Guadeloupe, Martinique | 0 Comments

If I'm in the photo or the photo is really really professional, then the photography credit goes to Paul Woo.It's time for another joint journey with The Yacht Week on our second collaboration together, this time for a much smaller excursion to visit Martinique...

“Cayman,” What Are You Waiting For?

by Calvin Sun | December 10, 2021 | Cayman Islands, December 2021: Cayman Islands | 0 Comments

I need to use the last of these before they expire! #firstworldproblems As the Cayman Islands were beginning to allow foreign visitors again for its Phase 4 of reopening during the pandemic, I wanted to get in before the high season began in mid...