Jamaica

The second island we visited with the Oasis of the Seas was Jamaica. After a small security check on land we were in an enclose shopping area were you could shop, eat, drink or just browse the shops.

Here we had booked a shore excursion taking us to the Good Hope Great House were we were shown the house, learned a bit about his history and had lunch.

Unfortunatly, I forgot a lot what we were told.  What stayed on my mind is that the Good Hope Estate was a sugar plantation and that the owner had build the house for his wife. Unfortunately, his wife died very young and was buried beneath the ground floor. Sad story.

The lunch they offered was fine. It was a bit from everything what the jamaican kitchen had to offer.

XO, Tamy

First stop: Labadee

Our first stop was Labadee, Haiti.

Labadee is a private beach on the north coast of the island.

We didn´t book any tour with Royal Caribbeans shore excursion but decided to have a look around the island on our own.

It turned out, the place we stayed wasn´t that big and was an enclosed resort. A lot of haitiens have small shops were they sell some of their craft.

We took a walk around the resort, did some snorkeling and spend some time on the beach.

XO, Tamy

Oasis of the Seas

Neither hubby nor I have ever been on a cruise ship before. In 2012 I saw an article about the worlds biggest cruise ship on the internet. It was always my wish to go on cruise but it was impossible to convince the hubs, B., to do one. I showed him photos of the Oasis and he was convinced to try out this cruise thing.

He immediately booked a cruise to the caribbean, followed by a road trip through Florida.

After this, we both were hooked on cruises. In a few days we are going on our 5th one in 3 years. Can you believe?

Here some facts about the ship:

The ship weights 225000 gross tons, is 1187 feet long and 208 feet wide. It can hold up to 6296 and 2196 crew members.

As I said, in 2012 it was the biggest cruise ship, now the Harmony of the Seas and the Allure of the Seas are even bigger.

Have you ever been on a cruise? If so, which one was our favorite?

XO, Tamy

First post

Hi, my name is Tamy, I am a 30 something woman with a boring 9 to 5.

In the late 2000 I found the love of my life and since then our main hobby is to travel the world. I created this space to share our travels with you, show you where we have been and where we would love to go.

I hope you enjoy following our adventures.

XO, Tamy

Photo: Labadee, Haiti