It was everything you read about in books. We saw low mountains covered with green that dropped steeply down to the sea.
No beaches and few houses or other buildings. One small inlet dotted with white sailboats. The water gradually changed from lighter blue/green to a deep blue as we moved into deeper water.
We sailed quite a distance to find an opening in the reef. There was a small orange boat also exiting the reef at the same time which gave scale to the pictures.
To top it off there were 5 or 6 dolphins leaping away from the ship. They must have been hired by the cruise line. I tried to get a picture of the dolphins but all I captured was the splash.
The tech expert taught us how to do panoramic pictures at the digital classes. Yesterday was the perfect opportunity to practice. I got one good one.
I got a second one but I didn’t overlap the pictures enough so it has a stutter. Everyone was out on the aft deck jostling for position at the rail so it was hard to take pictures.
The sun is turning out to be almost as annoying as it was during our trip to Alaska. It rises about 5:45 a.m. But it starts getting light out at 4:45. It gets dark after 7 p.m. And it is dark out here.
They dim the ship lights and our room is quiet except when they lower the anchor. We tried pinning the curtains together but the light leaks in under the curtains and right into our eyes.
Bill never wakes up early at home but he woke up before 5 this morning.
Mark asked if we know about the Costa cruise liner. Unfortunately, we are getting good coverage of that disaster. I’m surprised that so many survived.
I can’t form a picture in my mind of Bill and I sliding five stories down the side of the ship. We have many handicapped and doddering people on board, including vision impaired and Alzheimer’s patients. It’s hard to get us in and out of the elevator let alone down the outside of the ship.
