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We have arrived at Cococay, Bahamas (which T, they DO pronounce Coco-Kay) and are getting our stuff together to go out… yeah…. More later…
20.31
So, maybe assuming I wouldn't burn too badly was a bad mistake, I did. As you can tell, it's been more than 12 hours since my last update… I've managed to still have a good $10 on my internet ($5 for Friday, $10 for today, $10 for tomorrow is how I had it planned) time, which is shocking… I've talked to several folksies.
The entire BACK of my body is tomato red. I have pictures of my back to show just HOW bad. It's bad enough that I went to the gift shop and spent $10 on aloe… but desperate times call for desperate measures right?
Okay, so talking about Cococay, and the rest of today… so we wake up at 8am, and I think, man, it's dark outside for being 8am… then I recall that we have no window, but that's okay. Our room is small, but that's fine too. We're not in it much… there's a ton to do around here…
I think it's time for a small tour of my stateroom.
When you walk in the door immediately to your left is my closet… it's small, but it holds our crap… to your right is a door to the bathroom, but watch your step… it's a cute little bathroom, not as small as it could be. Back in the main part of the stateroom there is a desk, that has a telephone on the wall, three or four drawers, and a chair… there's a mirror and a small cabinet running alongside the cabinet. On the desk there are the glasses and the canister of ice, that is filled several times a day. My bed is the bed next to it. It's a twin bed, but comfortable considering… Next to my bed there's a table that folds down and if you want you can combine the beds and make a queen… Then there's another bed… at the head of both beds is a mirror with a two part light and there's two rows of a little tiny places that you can put things… there's a television that is on the wall completely diagonal from my bed. There's life jackets under the bed… they're clearly marked with room number (4505) and our Muster station. Our muster station just happens to be 4. A muster station is where you go to board the lifeboats in case of an emergency. Women and children first…
Okay, so we went to the Windjammer Café for a buffet breakfast… If you go hungry on the ship, it's your own fault. There's always food SOMEWHERE aboard. It's great. So we find a table on Deck 12… which is the highest deck on the ship (although, there is a Deck 14 which is actually at the same level as 12). We see a ship from Princess cruises arriving over at their private island, which is right next to Cococay, which is Royal Caribbean's private island.
Upon picking up our snorkeling gear we went to the beach for our orientation and then it was off. Immediately, I swam out to the sunken ship, where there were several different kinds of fish. I'll look up and let you know what kind when we get back and I can find them on the Internet. I also caught a fish here--- it was easy… let me tell you folks, I'm DESTINED for Survivor… next up was the sunken planes… there were two Cessinas… surrounding the Cessinas were many many different fish.. and eagle rays. It was SO beautiful. Then I headed to the coral reef, where I saw sting rays, puffer fish, these clear things that I thought were jelly fish. I ran into a few and didn't get stung, so I guess not… when we got to the reef, I saw the most spectacular sight I've ever seen. I saw none other than an octopus. It's nothing like what you see on Discovery… it's so MAGICAL. It was too cloudy and he blended in too well to photograph him, but it was WONDERFUL. The octopus was terrified of us, but who can blame it, I'd be fearful if I saw me in a swimsuit as well.
Dinner tonight was interesting. Last night's theme was Italian… tonight, not so much. Tonight I had Shrimp Cocktail Royale as my appetizer; however, the people at our table convinced me to try another appetizer, one that I wasn't keen on the concept of. I tried it though… escargot. It wasn't bad, but I will not go out of my way to have it again… My main course was grilled steak… Dessert was Soufflé.
Came back to my room and am watching TV… however, I'm exhausted, and I feel I'll go to sleep… wakeup call at 6am… it's 10 now… until tomorrow…
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