Princesses of the Caribbean P&O Arvia February 2024. Day 11. St Kitts.

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St kitts today. The plan was for carabola beach resort.

We got up around 7am. The kids did not want to get up this morning when they had such a late night yesterday. As we usually do I shower while Scott goes get the muffins as he is much quicker than I am. It’s our own till routine now that we prefer.

After we got ready and had breakfast we were off the ship my 8.20am. We looked at the little shops and Scott got a light Caribbean t-shirt to wear for $10, I had told him to get one earlier in the cruise but never listens.

We found a lady driver called darleen. She was going to take us to the beach. We did have to share a taxi even though it was the same price for just us she explained that as there was a cap on it that this was the only way to make money. Which i understand but at the same time hate sharing. It cost us $56.

We got to the beach resort and got two sunbeds with an umbrella for $30. We had packed light today as the other days we hadn’t needed everything we brought like the swim shoes.

We had quite a long time in the sea today. It was very clear so you could snorkel. We kept feeling things next to our legs and when we looked there were quite a few very transparent fish. You’d have not been able to spot them if you hadn’t felt them there and you couldn’t see them from above the water either.

The water here was strange. The tide was going out and in at the same time so it was like a cool wave pool but it knocked you over if you weren’t paying attention.

We decided to have a wander down to the other bar we had looked at called shipwreck bar. As we walked we found so shells that looks like unicorn horns and the kids started to collect them in my bag for home. We also found a huge starfish.

I couldn’t get a good photo and I think it was dead but we all didn’t dare touch it as you don’t know if they could hurt you. We didn’t stay at the shipwreck bar but walked back.

Scott said he was glad I had ended up choosing the one we had. Walking through the waves were ok but the sand was really hot so you had to be careful of your feet. Now was the one time I was wishing we had fetched the water shoes, but being typical us this was the one time we didn’t fetch them.

We also found a crab. This one was alive and under our sunbed. The girls shooed it into the sea away from their feet. We got some cocktails. A dirty banana for Scott, a frozen lemonade for the girls and a strawberry smoothie for me for $30. Scott said it was the nicest drink.

It took ages at the bar and I struggled to carry the drinks back especially on the red hot sand. They were supposed to have waiters about but we didn’t see any where we sat. We also had an issue with our umbrella not being up and I had to go ask four times for someone to come and put it up as we really needed some shade for me and the kids to escape under. Unfortunately the pin was missing for it and I couldn’t just take another one as they were all tied to the umbrellas. They ended up putting a nail in it but I was a little annoyed that it took that long when we wanted to sit in the shade, it was a good 40 minutes of me asking.

We had a walk over to the right of the complex where there was a little inlet for snorkelling and saw a few fish there. We were burning our feet though it was so very hot that day. We had put more suncream on before each swim and after.

The kids and Scott went back to put more on while I ordered a beer bucket and a wrap. It was expensive though and the service was terrible and slow, I was stood there a good 30mins just trying to get served. The chicken wrap was $31 and the beer buckets plus a bottle of coke was $25.

The wrap was average at best. It definitely wasn’t worth what we paid but we didn’t have that much choice where we were. The taxi wasn’t coming till about 3.30pm so we had ages to play in the sand again.

The kids and Scott went back in the sea and as soon as he had finished his beers Georgia tipped the bucket of cold water onto Scarlett. She knew it was coming as they had agreed but I don’t think she thought about how cold it would be. It made for a good video.

After that they had an outdoor shower and got dressed ready for the taxi. Scott did want another dirty banana drink but after 10mins and no service we gave up. The taxi woman was already waiting for us outside anyway. We had to share the taxi back again which did annoy me slightly as it was fairly cramped this time with 8 people in it. Dread to think if two hadn’t been very slim children how we would have all fitted.

We got back to the port, bought a magnet for $5 and then some pop and snacks for $23. We were back on the ship for 4pm and then realised how much sun we had caught. I looked the worst as I’d had my sunglasses on and all my eyes were white while everything else was bright red. The kids decided it looked like a superhero mask, but not a very good one.

We had a quick shower and got dressed to catch the 5pm quiz. It wasn’t in Brodies though today but the, I want to say emerald bar but I think that’s Iona not Arvia and I’ve forgotten now, but it’s the one at the bottom of the atrium next to the coffee place. Kids had a coconut cocktail, Scott got a beer and bought me a Rossini cocktail even though I don’t drink I had said I liked the looks of it, didn’t mean I wanted to buy it but he thought he was being sweet. I didn’t like it so he ended up drinking it as well.

We went to chose the photos at the Photo Booth from the nights before and went to reception for something that I’ve forgotten.

Dinner was at 6.30pm in the main dining room.

I had halloumi with bacon and figs. It was quite nice.

Scott had pate, which I don’t think he has tried before.

Then me, Georgia and Scott had sea bass

while Scarlett had steak.

For some reason tonight it was taking Scarlett ages and ages to eat and we were getting quite annoyed at it by the time we got to deserts. I had creme brulee and Scott and Georgia had apple bread and butter pudding. Scarlett had carrot cake.
We were finished by 8pm so we went back to the cabin.

We had decided it would be a quiet time to do the washing so we put that on and had snacks while playing cards in the room. We went to bed around 10ish. We had been warned that tomorrows port was Mardi Gras and that a lot of things would be shut and that we might not get a taxi so we changed our plans around and decided to only do the town that we could walk to. I did email the ferry people to ask if they would be closed but never got a response so didn’t want to risk it.

Punk ipa £5.55
Cocktail £9.40
Mocktail £4.05
Punk ipa £5.55
Coke £3.55
Total £28.10

Carambola $30 2 chairs
South friars bay
$56 taxi to carambola
$30 cocktails and lemonade
$31 chicken wrap
$25 beer bucket and coke
$10 t-shirt
$5 magnet
$23 snacks