2nd day: Princess Cays, Eleuthera,
Bahamas
Instead of making Princess Cays the last stop, it is our first port-of-call. After a nice breakfast, I decide to take the tender on my own, as Justin was still asleep. The weather didn’t seem promising (cloudy) but the sun peeked out quite a few times. As I was amongst the first ones to go ashore, I quickly found a chair by a palm tree on the quieter side of the Cay and started to read. The weather was warm but not hot, in between dips in the water, a good book and a drink, I hardly noticed time go by. The barbecue was good (but you know, the sea breeze will make you hungry. Finally, some people decided to have a game of beach volleyball. Just what I was waiting for. The weather, however, didn’t seem to want to cooperate. All of a sudden, we had a tropical shower falling on us. It was funny to see everybody running to get shelter while we carried on playing. It was a nice sensation as it was a warm rain. It was exhilarating! There was so much rain and it |
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falling so hard at a point, it began to hurt. But those tropical storms
don’t last long. In 20 minutes, it was all over. We were just finished
playing and Justin joined me and we found another group playing beach
volleyball. But shortly, it was time to leave the island. We were the
last to leave *lol*. As we were about to get into the tender, a table
sets with “fruits arts” (animals made with different kind
of fruits) caught my eyes and one of the guys told me to pick one I liked.
So, I got a birds with a body made of cantaloupe, a neck of pineapple,
a beak made of carrot, wings made of pepper bell…It was so cute!
Unfortunately, perishable. We had to throw it away after 2 days. 3rd day: At sea I
just love sea days…I was able to read some more about our destinations
(my first stop was the library), read a good sci-fi book while soaking
up the sun by the Neptune pool. Usually, the morning passes by so quickly,
it’s hard to figure out how come. Around 11, we got really close
to Cuba. So close you could see towns along the sea. It was so strange
to think that this island is forbidden land for a lot of passengers. I
couldn’t help but mumble “Hasta siempre” and "Guantanamera"
as I was watching the coast go by. I spent the afternoon playing monopoly
with Justin (and getting beat real bad by this greedy shark *lol*) in
the cards room. It was also formal night so, I put on my gown and went
to dinner. Which was delicious as usual. Justin was relieved to see he
was not the only one without a tuxedo. He doesn’t have one, didn’t
want to rent one (he hates to dress up) but still brought his fancy suit
to please me. As soon as dinner was over, he rushed to put a polo shirt
on while I remained in my ball gown *lol*. |
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