There are many reasons to visit the Caribbean - the sea, sand, sun, and seafood along with a cosmopolitan culture influenced by France, Africa, England and East India. However, I visited Saint Lucia this time, for its infamous Jazz Festival, where the likes of pop rock legends Air Supply, Davido, Samara Joy, Jon Secada and Chloe Bailey performed.
“Have you cruised before?” Four words, one question on a constant loop inside the mind, even now we’ve been back in the UK long enough to celebrate Christmas and New Year, and recover from both.
For two first time shipmates the answer was simple enough, ensuring the constant repetition never became too painful. “No”, we would respond, and then wait, either for genuinely useful advice or another verbal love letter about how this is the finest thing to happen to international travel since the birth of international travel.
