WeÔÇÖll loop the Caribbean loop then head north on this cruise, departing San Juan in Puerto Rico. A sequence of small islands maps a charming route for us, first to the French-speaking side of Saint Martin at Marigot, with its gingerbread-style houses. The natural highs of Dominica beckon, a little island clad in rainforest, when we call at Roseau. Then buzzy Bridgetown delivers us to powder sands that celebrities love to bask upon. The soaring twin volcanic cones, the Pitons, signal we are approaching Saint Lucia, where we will overnight at Castries. St JohnÔÇÖs, Antigua, comes next ÔÇô don't miss the carefully preserved Georgian dockyard that tended Admiral NelsonÔÇÖs ships. Time to beach-bar hop in Jost Van Dyke, in the British Virgin Islands, before discovering more about the Dominican Republic in the museum at Samana. White sands melt into turquoise seas at Grand Turk on Turks and Caicos, just time to wiggle your toes in the surf before we spend two days sailing to our final port, New York City.