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Cruising The Caribbean

By Don Kiselewski, MCC, ports in Grand Cayman, Jamaica, Belize and Mexico. To Because of the close proximity of ports on a Western
D.S., Palm Beach Gardens the east, typical ports reached on a seven-night cruise are Caribbean cruise, there are usually more stops on the
Travel Leaders Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands and others close to that itineraries. Unfortunately, with the exception of Jamaica,
Living here in South area. Therefore, everything south of the Eastern Caribbean which is mountainous, most of the other ports of call have
Florida has provided some is referred to as the Southern or Lower Caribbean. Often the same basic typography as we do here in South Florida
unique travel opportunities. the location of the Bahamas and Bermuda are mistakenly (flat land, palm trees and sand beaches). Only the cultures
Perhaps the greatest of identified as being located in the Caribbean. In fact, the of these ports differ, which is reason enough to take a
these is our proximity to Bahamas are in the Atlantic Ocean and Bermuda is in the Western Caribbean cruise.
the world’s finest cruise Sargasso Sea in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. Plan on spending several days at sea when you sail to the
ports. The Port of Miami, One point often overlooked in our speed-oriented world ports of the Eastern Caribbean. Again, because of the speed of
Port Everglades and Port is the time it takes to sail to various ports of call that are cruise ships, and the distances involved, it takes two nights to
Canaveral are the most incorporated into cruise itineraries. At speeds of 20 knots, get to the ports. As a result, there are usually only three ports
widely used, and there are times when we have cruise ships very few ports can be reached in a three-night cruise: The of call on these seven-night Eastern Caribbean cruises. These
(other than the gambling cruises) that call here at the Port Bahamas or the end of our Florida peninsula becomes the
of Palm Beach. It’s easy to drive to a port and hop on a ship destination ports of call. Cruising The Caribbean on page 14
to the Eastern, Western and Southern Caribbean, without
all the hassle of an airplane and transfer to get us there.
The cruising community divides the Caribbean into
three of the four compass points. These designations were
established in the early days of cruising. Using Miami
as the hub, ships sail basically in three directions: west,
east and south. Sailing to the west, cruises typically visit

Cruising the Caribbean

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