Cruise Day 3
I woke up around 8:30 am again this morning. I heard dad rustling about. He said he’d been up for about 20 minutes before I woke up. I got to sleep a lot later than he did last night. I just hope I can last through the day. It’s going to be a long one.
We went up to breakfast and realized we were to Bermuda. We had a short and small breakfast so we could head up to deck 10 to take pictures of the shoreline. We actually came in on the other side of the island and made our way back west.
After taking some pictures, we went downstairs and I changed into shorts and the Royal Caribbean tank top I bought yesterday. We went back up to deck 10 and took more pictures as we docked. It’s really pretty. The area around the dockyard is small, but has everything we need to get around.
We decided to head to the mall and it took awhile getting off the ship. It seems like everyone wanted to get off at the same time. It really only took about 15-20 minutes but it seemed like a lot longer. There were so many people and they were checking everyone’s SeaPass before we got off.
We walked over to the shopping mall and took pictures on the way. There was a little “train” that we could have taken, but we wanted to walk in order to get the pictures. We thought about taking the “train” on the way back but didn’t.
We went to the mall and I bought some postcards. I thought about buying some shirts as well but didn’t want to until I saw what else Bermuda had. I decided to wait until after I got back from Hamilton today and if I didn’t find any shirts there, I’d buy them from the mall tomorrow.
After the mall, we walked back to the ship and on the way stopped and asked about the ferry and bus schedule. The lady we talked to had a schedule for the ferries and gave it to us. It looks like we’ll be going to Hamilton after I get back from the Glass Bottom Boat tour. Dad wanted me to go instead of him and since my excursion got canceled, I can go.
I had dad take up the postcards I bought while I went out on the tour. It was really pretty. It was a great day for it. It wasn’t quite what I was expecting. There were four “windows” on the bottom of the boat from which we could see the reef. I took some pictures and hopefully they came out. We also got to see part of a ship that was sunken, on purpose, the Vixen.
On the way out to the reef, we passed under a bridge and the bridge was so low, they had to put down part of the boat that was sticking up and even then the boat was really close to the bridge, less than two feet probably.
Our captain, Cookie, told us all sorts of interesting tidbits about the island. Prices are outrages here, gas $8 a gallon, half gallon of milk $6, loaf of bread $5, and so on. He also made jokes about tourists being fed so much on cruise ships. He said that Bermuda was the third highest in alcohol consumption and that this year they were going for number one. He was really funny.
On the way back I text dad and told him I was coming back and to go on one of the top decks. I saw him and took pictures of him from the boat. When I got off, I motioned to him that I was going to come up. I met him in the our room.
We got our things together and we went back out and caught the “train” over to the ferry stop. We took the ferry to Hamilton. The schedule said it wold take and hour but it only took around 30 minutes. We walked and looked in some stores. I didn’t see anything I wanted until we got to the Carol Holding store. I knew I wanted things here. I bought some pink sand.
When we left, we made our way, uphill, to the bus station. We took bus number 7 to Horseshoe Bay Beach. We didn’t stay long. The water was cold and I didn’t really want to get in. I didn’t have a towel anyway. We got some great pictures though.
We took another bus back to the dockyard. The bus drivers here are CRAZY and drive way to fast given the number of blind turns there are. They also whip the bus into the bus stops when they realize someone is waiting instead of slowing down to see if there is anyone there. Hopefully I won’t have to take a bus tomorrow. How scary.
I hadn’t realized how red I was until I took off my tank top. I am REALLY red! It’ll probably be tan tomorrow but right now, it’s RED!!! I don’t think I’ve ever been so red before. I guess being out on the boat for around 2 hours this afternoon gave me a sunburn/tan.
Dad and I are both exhausted. We did manage to get to deck 6 and buy the formal picture we had taken last night. It looks really good. It was about $20. I guess it’s worth it. I don’t have any other pictures of us from that night.
When we got back to the room, I tried to organize things but was just too tired. I wrote out two postcards though. I’m so tired I’m spacey and just not thinking clearly. I wish I could have napped but we were going to go on a nighttime glass bottom boat tour so I couldn’t.
The second glass bottom boat was the same as the first, only at night. There were a lot of alcohol related comments. They must REALLY like alcohol here. It was neat seeing the reef at night though because the light really brings it out at night.
By the time we got back, I just wanted to collapse. I was so tired I had even forgotten to take my camera with me on the glass bottom boat. Dad had his so we do have pictures but I don’t know how they turned out. I’ll find out eventually.
The Adventure Hike and Swim is canceled, AGAIN. Now we have nothing to do tomorrow. I don’t know what we’re going to do. I guess just go across to the mall and shop. I might try to do the hiking thing by myself. I know what park it’s in so if I can find the right trail. I don’t know. We’ll see.