Sunday, March 12

We opted to sleep in the first full day of the cruise – the time difference from San Diego to the Caribbean was 4 hours prior to Daylight Savings time. Because of our Alaska cruise, we had realized it made more sense to pick afternoon activities so we could sleep in a little later (and we had the anytime dining package).

After breakfast we made our way to our first excursion, snorkeling at Norman Island. We’ve been to the US Virgin Islands previously – New Year’s Eve 2021 with our friends that are a part of the Traveling Wood and we loved it! We had snorkeled a few times when we were there – this was our first time in the British Virgin Islands.

Our first stop brought us to the “Indians” – folklore told the story that these rocks rise up from the water and during summer time birds nest there. When they nest, they also poop – a lot! Hence the name, the rocks turn white and they begin to look like feathers. The snorkeling there is very popular – we saw a ton of coral and fish.

Unfortunately, our gear wasn’t stellar – both of our goggles kept fogging up. I tried hard to take some pictures of our snorkel – they turned out terrible. But for what it’s worth, I’ll post a few pictures here.

The group also made a second stop at Norman Island – which the book Treasure Island is based off of. Because of the shoddy equipment, we weren’t necessarily feeling it – so we decided to stay on the boat and relax. There are three sea caves there – which I wish they would have started at this location. That way we could have seen the caves, but regardless, we heard that they were incredible. People even saw an octopus!

After our excursion wrapped up, we made our way to dinner. Our new friends, Mario and Jill had a beautiful veranda to watch the sun set at. We did a quick detour to their room and took a few pictures.

After dinner, we made our way to the casino and then on to the silent disco. It wasn’t quite as good as the one we attended in Alaska due to the sheer number of children and the fact it wasn’t three different DJs trying to win your vote!

Up Next

• St. Maarten
• America’s Cup Sailing Regatta