Oceania (VISTA) journey from Miami to Buenos Aires: Jan 6 to Feb 7, 2026 - Days 1 - 17 - Updated
After a very delayed and near sleepless first 24 h trying to get from rainy San Francisco to our Oceania ship VISTA in Miami we then had a more relaxing 48 hrs at sea cruising at 18 knots down the windward eastern Caribbean past the Bahamas, Virgin Islands, and finally to the volcanic French West Indies, just past St. Maarten and into the protected cove of Gustavia, capital of St. Barts (St. Barthélemy). St. Barth is the undisputed most exclusive and high-end hideout of the world’s celebrities and billionaire super yacht owners. We tendered in, eager to explore this exclusive enclave and then hopped into a dive boat to go snorkeling off deserted rocks in a local marine reserve. Connie stayed on the boat as she was feeling a cold coming on. The water was very clear and wonderfully refreshing, and in addition to the usual colorful reef fish in the shallows, out further and deeper (20-30 ft) you could see schools of meter-long barracudas, and a little further out two mete...
