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| Mandy and I began this holiday in January 2001.We needed a place to stay overnight near Gatwick airport and we were lucky enough to find a delightful place at Wayside Manor Farm. |
| We flew from Gatwick (London) to Grantley Adams airport in Barbados, from the airport it was just a short drive to the cruise terminal to join our ship the S.S Emerald. |
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| Our first day aboard the "Emerald" was spent at sea, giving us time to relax and to settle in , explore the ship and try and find our way back to our cabin.In the evening we met the other people who were to share our dinning table, Steve and Lyn from Bath and Steve and Jenny from Liverpool. During dinner I annouced to our guests that it was Mandy's Birthday and then a waiter brought her a birthday cake, then the other waiters surrounded our table to serenade Mandy with several birthday songs. |
| After dinner we attended the Captain's cocktail party and were intoduced to the rest of the ships officers. Mandy and I then went onto the top deck to celebrate her birthday with a bottle of champagne under the stars. |
| Our first port of Call was St.Maarten, after a morning of shopping it was time for a lunch time drink at The Greenhouse and then we hit the beach for an afternoon of sunbathing and swimming in the gorgeous blue waters of the Caribbean. |
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| Our next port of call was Road Town, Tortola in the beautiful British Virgin Islands. We decided to use the morning to explore Road town by foot, the local people were so helpful. In the afternoon we took one of the ships organised tours of the Island by Jeep, we drove high above the island and saw wonderful Views of Tortola and the surrounding Virgin Islands We then drove onto the lovely beach at Cane Garden bay. |
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| Philipsburg, St.Maartin |
| Road Town,Tortola, British Virgin Islands |
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| After a long day in the hot Caribbean sunshine it was nice to get back to the air conditioning of the "Emerald" and relax before the Evening meal. |
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