CRUISE *February 2012*

Russ and I took a fabulous weeklong cruise out of Miami to the Eastern Caribbean.  We decided to go all out and book ourselves a Haven suite.  We were on the second level from the top.  That whole upper level was private.  Only those who had rooms on the top two levels were permitted to use the Haven decks.  Can we just say it was AWESOME!!!!! One night Russ and I were on the back deck at sunset and there was no one else around.  PERFECT!!!

Each night we were welcomed back to our cabin by a friend.....

 One reason we chose this ship was for all of the fun activities
 available.  We gave the rock wall a try.

 It was raining when we arrived in St Maarten. No problem, we just got our ponchos and headed for the bus to take us on a city tour and then to the butterfly farm.

 The butterflies were amazing.  We enjoyed walking around having them land on us periodically.  We had some nectar to feed them with.

 The next day we arrived at St. Thomas.  We took a cab up to Bluebeard's castle. It was fun to walk around the city and see all of the old buildings and homes.

 We walked the "99 steps".  Afterwards we took a cab to a beach called Meghan's Bay.  We were shocked to see pelicans diving into the water for fish all around the people playing in the water.

As we pulled in to Nassau we fondly remembered our trip there a few years ago when we stayed at the Atlantis resort. This time we were just in Nassau for the day so we decided to go on a paddleboard/snorkling adventure. We had a great day!