Article: A CULINARY TOUR OF CARIBBEAN PORTS

'll be honest. There are definite drawbacks to luxury cruises -- chief among them that the ship waits for no one.

Capt. Jakob Lothe of the Royal Viking Sky has no idea how many times he almost pulled out of port without me.

The most frustrating part of our 17-day Rio de Janiero-to-Fort Lauderdale trip -- all 5,004 nautical miles (5,755 statute miles) of it -- began on the 10th day when we docked at Bridgetown in Barbados, the easternmost island of the West Indies.

It was high noon on Easter Sunday and the town was literally locked up. Aside from the taxis waiting to pick up those of us who wanted to explore the island, there was no traffic; few people were visible, and no downtown ...

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