Following our lovely day on Princess Cays we had a sea day, during which we participated in a few quizzes, played card and had a siesta. It was American Thanks giving so we dressed up for the formal evening and basically just chilled out.
Day 15 of our Caribbean holiday saw us once again in St Thomas. We were hoping we would be able to take the gondola up to the view point, after we had abandoned the idea due to the searing heat the week before. Alas this was our view from the cabin when we woke up …..
We couldn’t even see the mountains let alone the gondola…so we decided a day onboard ship was once again required. It did brighten later in the day but by that time we’d lost the desire to go ashore.
We enjoyed the day, playing cards, reading and catching up with a few bits of communication.
The evening was once again an enjoyable experience with Ernesto spoiling us in his usual manner.
Yes that is Johns dessert and his usual two scoops of ice cream on the side. I have been very restrained and usually have the sugar free option for dessert. A couple of times I’ve had ice- cream but Ernesto has very kindly gone a fetched me the sugar free one which isn’t readily available.
Day 16 and we are determined to go out today. We arrive in Dominica to the usual rain. This island is one of the least developed, it is known as the Nature Island, due to 2/3rds of it being rainforest. We left the ship well prepared with waterproof ponchos…..I bought a job lot several years ago when we were in East Asia and we still have loads left !!!!. Walking onto the dockside several offers were made for tours at a price of $30 per person. We agreed and got on a mini bus. We waited over 30 minutes and were joined by an American couple and 4 rather loud elderly Spanish speaking Mexicans. Our driver was wanting to put 4 more people on but I made it clear that if we were going to have to wait any longer and be crammed in then we would get off, the American couple agreed so Beno, our driver set off. I was quick to hush our Spanish speaking group up so that we could hear the commentary the driver gave us. We visited Trafalgar Falls. Because it was still raining John and I decided not to pay to walk up to the falls which past experience told us it could be very slippery. We then went on to the Sulphur springs. These were quite interesting and I don’t remember being there before. The guide put a leaf in the springs and it instantly curled up in the boiling water.
We proceeded to the view point. Strangely enough we met the pleasant Welch couple we had quizzed with a couple of nights before, they were just starting a similar tour. Costa cruise ship was clearly visible and our Enchanted Princess was just peeking out from around the bay….we were anchored in the cargo port. The cricket ground was very visible as was the town of Roseau.
Returning to the ship we rested and I buried my head in my book for a few hours before supper. After supper we listened to the second auditions for the “voice of the ocean”…….. no Dad I didn’t audition although the standard wasn’t as high as the first part of our cruise and I think I could have growled my way into the final !!!!!!!
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