Maria (sister) and I boarding the ship, San Juan, Puerto Rico. My first cruise. I got hooked. The cruise was 7 days and visited St. Maarten, Martinique, Barbados, St. Lucia, Antigua and St. Thomas. |
The Amerikanis, Chandris Line. The ship was old but the service was first class! This ship no longer exists. The line that now uses the X on its smoke stalks is known as Celebrity Cruise Line. |
A few passengers we hung out with. I think this is the last day of the cruise. We were all headed back to New York City. The true color of the photos has faded due to their age. |
03/8/06, 05/10/20 |
First Cruise, 1979 |
Both photos are of St. Lucia. The photo on the left was taken as we entered the port of the town of Soufriere. We took a tour of the island on a sailboat. From here we went to the sulfur springs. At right, you can see Les Pitons. A beautiful site! |
Currency of the Eastern Caribbean, British Islands. I think this was worth about $2.50 US back in 1979. ($2.60 in 2008.) Front and back views. |
The Amerikanis anchored, Martinique |
Walking around the volcano. In the photo at right, I can be seen shirtless, behind the lady in the center. The guide is the young man in the white t-shirt. He told us where it was safe to walk. (During the 2008 cruise, we would NOT be allowed to walk around the volcano in this manner. Also see 2008 D.) |
Left - Philipsburg, St. Maarten. Right - Marigot, St. Martin. One island two nationalities, Dutch & French. Years later, I would have dinner in La Vie en Rose, a restaurant on the second floor of the red roof building to the extreme left. La Vie en Rose was a popular hang out so the wait for a table was long! |
Martinique. Left photo - The men in the boat would dive for coins thrown into the sea! Right - Fort-de-France. |
Barbados |
St. Thomas, capital of the U.S. Virgin Islands and cruise ship capital of the Caribbean! Update, June 3, 2013 - The hotel on the hill, would be destroyed in 1989 by Hurricane Hugo. I think it was known as the Caribbean Hilton. Hotel can be seen in both photos. I stayed there once. |
On a cliff overlooking this beach, young men asked that coins be thrown into the water and they'd dive to get them |
Hotel |
Left - Don't we look great? One of the nights we had todress up for dinner. Back in 1979, the rules about dressing for dinner were stricter. Today we have ships that allow "resort casual" dress throughout the cruise with the option of dressing up if one wants! Right - Meeting the Captain. |
Information about our table |
Menu |
Young man jumping off a cliff to collect the coins thrown into th sea. |
We took a sailboat from Castries to Soufriere. This young man was trying to sell us conch shells. Someone bought one but since the meat was not completely extracted from the shell after a day or two it had to be discarded due to the stench. |
Waiting for coins to be thrown in the sea to dive for them. Whatever coins were retrieved were shown to us. |
Coral World Also see 2015C |
April 19, 2020 - I began cleaning out my closets a while back since I decided to rent the small room of my apartment to a friend. I had to shift things around which had been stored in the closets to make space. In so doing, I decided to get rid of the many photo albums I had stored in the foyer closet. Damn, I did not know I had that many photo albums. Before shredding the photos/postcards and souvenirs, I looked at them and decided to keep a few. I will post what I saved and scanned on various pages. Some photos and postcards may be posted on other pages. Everything posted will be as scanned without adjusting the photo for color, clarity, etc. What you see is what you get. Watermark will not be added. No kallaloo here, just simplicity. Below are the photos/postcards/souvenirs being added. Keep in mind, some may be duplicates. Enjoy!!! |
Astral Graphics (c) Ron Montanino |
Caribe Tourist Promotions |
s.s. Amerikanis Greek Registry. 16,485 gross tons Length 576 feet. Speed 16 knots Chandris Line |
St. Maarten - The Great Salt Pond & Philipsburg from Guana Bay Road. (c) Reinier Heere |
Martinique: Fort-de-France by night. (c) Hachette Antilles |
Pique-nique sur la plage. Week-end on the beach. (c) Dessin d'Emilie |
Le marche aux fruits. (c) Dessin d'Emilie |
Retour de peche. (c) Catherine Gallian Saint-Clair |
Castries, Capital city of St. Lucia. (c) Herbert E. Miller |
Jim Tillett Gallery and Boutique By Mrs. Marion J. Head |
Distributor: V.I. Cards, Inc. Photo by Emily Plantz |
Photo by Don Hebert. Published by Virgin Islands Postcard Co. |
You will also find this on 1989C page. |
View of Trafalgar Square and Downtown of Bridgetown. (c) Herbert E. Miller |
Sunset over English Harbour. Published for the Friends of English Harbour. (c) Michael Hannau Enterprises |