By John Denny

Observer Reporter

(Charlestown, Nevis) – Two small cruise ships made a port of call in Nevis on Monday bringing an even 300 tourists between the pair.

The 10,000-ton Sea Bourne Legend arrived from St. Thomas, USVI with 193 passengers, while the 4,260-ton Sea Dream with 107 passengers arrived from Virgin Gorda, B.V.I. Both passenger ships were docked at 8:00 am and departed from Charlestown at 6:00p.m. The Sea Bourne Legend headed for St. Lucia and the Sea Dream’s next destination was Saba.

One couple from Canada said they do cruises to shop for future destinations.

“We retired early and we go on cruises to see which islands we like,” said the wife.

The couple will go on a cruise and spend a day or two at different ports of call. When they find a place they like, they book a vacation back at that spot. After about six hours of touring Nevis, the couple said they were definitely considering Nevis for one of their return vacations.

“Beautiful beaches and it is unspoiled from development,” she said. “Nevis is definitely on the possible list for our next vacation and if we come back we will probably spend at least a week here. There is plenty to do, even though we were so busy trying to see the whole place and didn’t get to do all those things, we will when we come back.”

The couple have cruised a number of times in the Caribbean as well as the Mediterranean and although they said the Greece was their favorite, the Caribbean was more affordable.

The couple’s next stop on their current cruise was to be St. Lucia.