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Yesterday morning, the day before arriving here, I was woken early; the ship was vibrating like crazy for 20 seconds. No problem mechanically and we were miles out to sea.  What on earth??  Then I go to my email and lo and behold, “Tsunami warning.  A 6.0 magnitude earthquake has been measured off the western end of Puerto Rico”  Actually, no tsunami, however we we 90 miles from the epicentre and we experienced the generated sonic waves.  It’s happened to me before, in Alaska’s Chatham Straits, same scenario, an earthquake north of Skagway.  I wouldn’t have believed a ship at sea would be affected, but it is.

Here are some photos of our day in Port Everglades

Stores and luggage being loaded

The Nieuw Amsterdam and Eurodam

The remainder of our passage was uneventful.  Having taken a route south through the Florida Straits, we sailed through the Old Bahama Channel, (between Cuba and the south-Bahama banks); north of Haiti and Dominican Republic and thence through the Mona Passage before taking a direct route to Roseau, Dominica.  Early morning and a time-lapse of our arrival.

We berthed on a pier, only 49 meters long, right off the town itself.

Some of our crew relax after shopping

The first (of no doubt many), market stalls.