Blog 716 Making the most of The Last Day in the Caribbean… The Best of Tortola.

Lunch in the Britannia Restaurant, again at a window seat, consisted of a kind of beef soup, followed by a strange but delicious chicken dish for which a soup spoon was required for the sauce which I was unfamiliar with. Fruit plate and a decaff latte left me with plenty of time to collect my things for this afternoon’s shore excursion.

It seems that Road Town is the unlikely name of the settlement where its port can, nevertheless, accept at least two major cruise ships, without the need to tender from an anchored position outside.  The final shore excursion The Best of Tortola more or less delivered “what it said on the tin,” and provided participants with a decent tour of the island, including a one hour break at a marina/restaurant complex which was very pleasant.

So endeth, obviously sadly, our all too brief time in the North Atlantic and Caribbean.  Yesterday, I was very enthusiastic about doing this all over again, four days after we arrive in Southampton.    (We have just set off!  18.23hrs).  Theoretically, it’s possible. I just have to work out how practical this might actually be. At least, I now have year-round travel insurance to cover any world-wide travel completed in under thirty-two days. The lights of the Virgin Isles fade into the horizon as R.M.S. Queen Mary 2 steams west towards Tenerife.

Many thanks for reading, David, on the open decks of Queen Mary 2, 19.10hrs. The Thos would be “quite amused!”