When my nephew asked me if we would like to go to East Caribbean Cruise with them, I hesitated. Although Wei and I like the convenience of having-our-hotel-room-follow-us-wherever-we-go, but we don’t watch a lot of cruise shows, we don’t gamble, and we definitely don’t like the possibility of gaining weight. However, I miss seeing my nephew’s family, so at the end I decided to go.
Other than the day getting on and off the ship, it was a 6-day trip: 3 days at the sea and one day each at Grand Turk, Half Moon Cay and Freeport. The beaches at the first two ports were beautiful: water was super clean in turquoise color, and white sands were unbelievably fine and smooth. Freeport was a disappointment. We heard there was a beach, but most people, including us, didn’t bother to find out where it was.
Grand Turk
Half Moon Cay
Freeport day was a shopping day. That was it. ;-).
I had a lot of fun. Endless entertainment from my grandniece and grandnephew, definitely, was the best part!
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it must be worth every for spending some wonderful time with your family!
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Yes. Precious time indeed! The older we get… 😉
Good night. (I think it’s night there.)
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Wow… Helen.. how neat.. It sounds like you are glad that you changed your mind. Great photos!
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Yes, I am so glad that I changed my mind. Nice to spend a lot of time with those two lovely kids, and still had some quiet time when I needed it. Ha.
Have a wonderful evening.
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It looked like such a wonderful trip with the family, Helen. Lovely weather, great views and great company. Doesn’t get better than that 🙂
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Thanks, Mabel. You are right — it can’t be better than that! Felt a little guilty though, because I do like to spoil kids, and I like to make a lot of noise (laughing) when playing with them. Ha.
Have a great day.
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Beautiful you!
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Thanks, Rupali. Applied a little Photoshop… Ha.
Have a great day.
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🙂 HAve a great Sunday Helen.
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Glad you had a good time – lovely picture at the end there.
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Thank you, Anabel. The more I think about this… it’s easy to have a good time when you don’t have a lot of stress from work 😉
Have a great day!
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So, so true!
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Beautiful photos, Helen. I think the cruise industry has changed the way how people travel.
Good to see you and you grandniece and grandnephew!
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Thanks, Amy. I still like road trips better. I think.
Hope you feel better now. Have a wonderful evening.
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Sounds like a lovely trip! Lovely shots as well!
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Thank you, Anne-Christine. It was fun. I feel like a 10 year old when I am with these two kids 😉
Have a great day.
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Wonderful photos … such a lovely pic of you and your grandniece and grandnephew 🙂
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Thanks, Julie. They love my iPhone… that’s one way to get their attention! 😉
Have a great day.
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kids smile is the best reward. I miss you ,too!
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Thanks, Lady Oscar. I miss you, too. Is it possible you will go back to Taiwan in early next year? We are still thinking. Hard to decide…
Have a wonderful evening.
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Yes. I am going to Taiwan either in February or March. Not sure yet, but soon I will find out the schedule.
hope to see you again soon.
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We haven’t decided. Getting too old to fly long distance ;-( I will let you know when we decide. Take care.
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Lovely grandniece and grandnephew. I do see some resemblance to you.
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Thanks, Hien. We plan to bring our 500 mm lens to Blackwater national wildlife refuge at the end of July to take some photos. Last time we were there, we didn’t see too many birds or animals. I wonder if it is because we didn’t know where to look 😉 Hope we will have a better luck this time.
Good night.
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