Start the Caribbean adventure

Hey All,

The Caribbean adventure begins...... So we flew into San Juan P.R. arriving late in the evening, we just walked to the Best Western airport, and crashed. Getting up the next day we stored our baggage and took a walking tour of Old San Juan. This old city is totally surrounded by the fort wall with cannons protecting the bay from several points. First built in the 14 th. century, the walls are 14 ft. thick, and in places 70 ft. high, hard to imagine this work being done by hand so long ago, but there it is. The view is fantastic with the blue of the water contrasted by the red blocks. We then checked out the shopping in old san Juan, just the start of many shopping trips we were gonna see on this trip. We ate at a small resturant and got good food at a real good price. We bought a few things and later figured that san Juan is the distribution point for many of the islands goods, making these the best buys on the whole trip, barring local crafts...At around 4 pm we gathered our baggage and boarded the cruise ship, Galaxy, for our 11 day trip through out the southern Caribbean. That night we had dinner on board with roast beef and crème brulie, the first of many great meals on this trip. We met our waiter Gani, who turned out to be the best waiter on board. The meal was fowlled by cigars and drinks on the fan tail, as we sailed for Aruba, and our first day at sea. Our state room was really nice and seemed big compared to our last cruise. Rather than give you all the photos at once I will do one day at a time following our steps on this trip.... to be continued..............A&K