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Between February 17th and 28th we visited Florida 4 days, followed by a 7 day cruise through the eastern Caribbean. 

• We arrived in Fort Lauderdale (#1) on the 17th and from there we drove just south of Miami (#2) where we stayed for the next 4 nights 
• From our base in South Miami we visited the Everglades (#3); Key Largo (#4) and Naples (#5)
• On the 21st we returned to Fort Lauderdale, dropped off our car and boarded the Nieuw Amsterdam (#1) at Port Everglades for a 4:00 PM departure
• The next day was at Sea
• On our third day we arrived at Grand Turk Island (#6). The site was limited to a beach, many shops and a pool.  The excitement came in the form of a health emergency; a passenger fell ill and needed to be taken to the hospital.  The result was a 4 hour delay in the departure time, which corresponded to a delay in arrival at our next port of call, San Juan (#7). This in turn meant that the excursion we planned had to be cancelled.
• The following day we arrived in San Juan. As our excursion had to be cancelled, we ended up walking up to the Fort.  This turned out to be quite a happy surprise.
• The following morning we arrived in Philipsburg, St. Maarten.  Here our excursion was a road trip on what can be best described as three-wheel motorcycles, however they did have a body.  They were reminiscent of the old three-wheel BMW from the 1950’s / 60’s except there was no top (more like a convertible).
• The sixth day was at sea; the seventh we arrived at Half Moon Cay in the Bahamas. Here I took a bicycle tour of the island, which lasted just about 2 hours.  
• We arrived in Fort Lauderdale on the 28th at 7:00 AM. and disembarked around 9:30 and then took ground transportation to the airport.

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