I skipped breakfast in the dining room today and instead picked up a decaf Americano in the Calypso Bar by the MUTS pool and then joined G to watch from the Promenade Deck as we arrived in Roatan. Afterward, I had a very light breakfast in the Horizon Court Buffet. That's not a common occurrence for me, but I was kept very happy with plain yogurt and dry cereal, and a few pieces of fruit.
This is such an easy port for us, like Princess Cays or Grand Turk in many ways, with a beach right next to the ship. More accurately, it's easier than Princess Cays (no tender) and not as easy as Grand Turk (there's more of a walk to get to the beach), but all these ports allow us to be low energy and relaxed, and that was just what I needed today. (Of course, Princess Cays when we do the Eleuthera Death March is neither relaxed nor low energy).
We walked through the 'Enter Through The' gift shop and up the hill and down the hill and across the bridge to the little island where the beach is located at Mahogany Bay and set ourselves up on two loungers on the beach, imbibing in just one drink each and swimming and floating and immensely enjoying people watching (the Carnival Glory arrived just before the Emerald Princess did). Sorry, no pictures of this. We wanted to both use our floats at the same time and didn't want to leave our iPhones on the beach while we did.
This was our first really stinking hot day of the winter, and humid to boot, so we spent most of the day in the water. But there were ample loungers available despite there being two cruise ships in port (though the Glory is not a large ship by today's standards). Ambrish and his buddies got some time off today and we enjoyed visiting with them for a short time on the beach. I think Ambrish ranks right up there with Cristian from Romania as our two best cabin stewards ever. We will miss him!
We didn't reboard the ship until almost 4:30pm and raced through showers to get to Skywalkers to watch the beautiful sailaway from Roatan. We both decided today that this is one of our favorite ports in the Caribbean, and no one is more surprised by that than we are. It was Stilton night in Skywalkers, and we had skipped lunch today, so I happily indulged. There is no next cruise any more this winter, and many Stilton-less months in my future.
However, the Stilton at 5pm left me not especially hungry for dinner at 5:30pm. But it was Italian night, and the last penne arribiata for me, too, so, of course, I had some with two glasses of merlot. We skipped dessert tonight, because this cruise's Most Traveled Passengers cocktail party started at 7:15pm in the Adagio Lounge. After my wine with dinner (Dr. Bronwyn had approved) I was abstemious at the party and just drank a couple of Perrriers...and had two of the fancy tiny desserts that are served.
G is heading back out to listen to some live music around the ship and then go to the Love Boat Disco Deck Party. I am passing on it tonight; I am feeling better but still need to see some improvement before I choose parties over sleep. Besides, I really want to watch all the exploding heads on TV reporting on today's Super Tuesday results. ;-)
