grandmaR Posted January 15, 2019 #1 Share Posted January 15, 2019 (edited) I generally write a journal when I am on a trip, and when I get home I put pictures to it (I take photos of all the food) and post it on the internet. We did the Caribbean Connoisseur cruise on the Pacific Princess over Christmas and New Years. I am halfway through writing up the ports. We do cemetery documentation - we visit cemeteries and take photos of the gravestones and post them on the internet, so you can skip that part of these posts without missing much. Checking In and Checking Out the Pacific Princess Two Days at Sea Christmas in St. Barts Boxing Day in Antigua Tiny Terre-de-Haut Five Cemeteries and a Hot Dog in Martinique All the Hairpin Turns in Tobago I'm working on Barbados and still have Bequia (The Grenadines), Dominica and Virgin Gorda to do. Edited January 15, 2019 by grandmaR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AF-1 Posted January 15, 2019 #2 Share Posted January 15, 2019 Looks great so far; keep em coming. Thanks for sharing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colo Cruiser Posted January 15, 2019 #3 Share Posted January 15, 2019 Excellent!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrivesLikeMario Posted January 15, 2019 #4 Share Posted January 15, 2019 Looking forward to your links, thanks! From someone who is an amateur genealogist, I truly appreciate your contribution to the gravestones! I've had people go out in hurricane warnings to get cemetery pics for me so I know how dedicated you all can be. They really do help so many people that you may never know of! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grandmaR Posted January 16, 2019 Author #5 Share Posted January 16, 2019 6 hours ago, DrivesLikeMario said: Looking forward to your links, thanks! From someone who is an amateur genealogist, I truly appreciate your contribution to the gravestones! I've had people go out in hurricane warnings to get cemetery pics for me so I know how dedicated you all can be. They really do help so many people that you may never know of! Thank you. The first page of the narrative is on the drive down to the port, but I figured most people on CC would be more interested in the cruise ship stuff. We stopped on the way down and took about 350 photo in a cemetery in Selma NC which I was working on until we got to St. Barts. I still have over 100 of those photos to process. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fletch1 Posted January 16, 2019 #6 Share Posted January 16, 2019 Nine ports in nine days.....that's exhausting! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fuzzyape Posted January 16, 2019 #7 Share Posted January 16, 2019 Great shares, Grandma. Was great to see everyone, and had a great time on this cruise! Thanks for sharing your insights. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grandmaR Posted January 16, 2019 Author #8 Share Posted January 16, 2019 I,m not finish yet - Working on Barbados Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grandmaR Posted January 17, 2019 Author #9 Share Posted January 17, 2019 Barbados - Revisiting St. Nicholas Abbey next is Bequia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grandmaR Posted January 17, 2019 Author #10 Share Posted January 17, 2019 A Quick Trip to Bequia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grandmaR Posted January 17, 2019 Author #11 Share Posted January 17, 2019 15 hours ago, grandmaR said: A Quick Trip to Bequia New Years Day in Dominica Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AF-1 Posted January 17, 2019 #12 Share Posted January 17, 2019 Very nice cruise blog; your pictures tell a lot about the islands you visited. Thanks for sharing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CTGirl Posted January 17, 2019 #13 Share Posted January 17, 2019 Thanks for posting your pictures. We had booked this cruise but unfortunately we had to cancel. It's nice to see what we missed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grandmaR Posted January 18, 2019 Author #14 Share Posted January 18, 2019 I am glad you are enjoying it. This is the last port Virgin Gorda Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJSailors Posted January 18, 2019 #15 Share Posted January 18, 2019 I am curious as to why you visit cemeteries in the ports and why you and your DH take so many photos in the cemeteries that you visit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grandmaR Posted January 18, 2019 Author #16 Share Posted January 18, 2019 (edited) 12 hours ago, MJSailors said: I am curious as to why you visit cemeteries in the ports and why you and your DH take so many photos in the cemeteries that you visit. I started doing cemetery documentation back in 2002. I go to cemeteries and take photos of the gravestones and post them into a database. This allows people who can't visit all the cemeteries where their relatives are buried to see what the grave looks like. (It is a source for genealogists). My interest is primarily in the photography part of the site. My husband decided to get himself a camera and join me in taking photos. So when I travel, especially to places where I have already seen most of the sights of the area, I will go to the cemeteries and take photos. It gives me a different insight into the culture of the people. Some people do this by eating at cafes where local people eat or by staying in the homes of the local people. I do it by taking photos in cemeteries. Also in the case of the Caribbean, both my husband and I have had melanomas, and so while the goal of many people is the beach, we avoid beaches except maybe to look at from an air conditioned car as we drive by. I love to swim and in the past I did scuba dive, but my lungs have been scarred by asthma, bronchitis and pneumonia and I don't think diving would be a good idea as it takes me two minutes to get my breath back when I have walked 400 feet. So snorkeling is possible but it is a big effort. And I really have never cared to sit on the beach and get hot and sweaty and have sand stick to me. I've finished the last two sea days and disembarkation https://grandmaxmascruise.travellerspoint.com/21/ Edited January 18, 2019 by grandmaR 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Coral Posted January 18, 2019 #17 Share Posted January 18, 2019 Great photos and blog. Nice format. Some trips I have created a blog and others I haven't. I went back to search for a blog recently from a trip 10 years ago and was glad I did it. I wish I had done it on other trips so I can re-live those trips as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJSailors Posted January 18, 2019 #18 Share Posted January 18, 2019 Thank you for your reply, GrandmaR. Visiting cemeteries in other countries/states is a way to understand the culture and history of a place. You are also providing a service for genealogists and for people searching for information about relatives who have passed away. I wish you and your hubby continued good travels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grandmaR Posted January 29, 2019 Author #19 Share Posted January 29, 2019 (edited) My Review of the Cruise I didn't include in the review (because I didn't find out until after I wrote it) Bob said that the reason he had to charge his razor in the cabin was that the plug in the bathroom did not work. He also said that on Italian night, the only Italian thing in the buffet was pizza Edited January 29, 2019 by grandmaR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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