Hello all,
I just got back from Caribbean Princess 16 day (9 sea days) August 14- Aug 30.
The cruise was nice, seas calm, weather cool, one day and 1 half day, cold and rainy. Otherwise the weather was good. We went from NYC to halifax, Sydney NS, Nuuk Greenland, and nanortalik and Qarqortoc (sp) then St John's Newfoundland. St John's is really Awesome, however the day was short, being back on board at 3:30, Greenland ports are not touristy and the infrastructure is not good. However, you are in places rarely visited by tourists, and few locals speak any English. The locals are native and everything is real --- No diamonds international yet. Princess excursions are few and extremely $$$, however you can find local excursions... NOTE: Stay away from GUIDETOGREENLAND tours. They took our money, didn't show up with the boat for our excursion, said the boat was broken the day before, have not issued any refund. WE ARE DISPUTING.
Legend tours in St. Johns VERY GOOD, Tour booth in Nanortalik was $100 US for a one hour iceberg tour. Less than princess. It was a very nice trip, but they say only 10% make all three greenland ports,
We did, Nuuk has a port, the other 2 villages require a long shuttle
Thanks,
Karen
