OUR CRUISE - DAY 3

So before our trip, we had planned that our Day 3 would be an exciting 7 hour excursion to chitza itza myan ruins. As we got closer to coming down, we began to rethink the fact that spending 7 hours in the hot sun might not be all that it is cracked up to be. We ended up deciding that we would not do the ruins … and it was probably one of the best decisions of the trip.

What we did instead was a lot of rest, relaxation, and recuperation. John started the day with an upset stomach where kept him inside most of the morning. It was a really different experience from the previous day. Instead of packed areas with every pool chair taken, we found a ghost ship where we could pick any chair and then in five minutes pick another until we sat in every one.

In addition to relaxing, we finally found the serenity adult only area. It turns out that it was right by the food area we always ate at. The serenity area puts the rest of the ship to shame, as every chair has thick pads. There are two hot tubs to enjoy and the view is the right off the rear of the ship. Almost no wind, but it is a perfect location to sit and fall asleep reading.

My bad morning was fixed with a long nap, but ironically that lead to Kristy’s bad afternoon. As I was asleep, Kristy feel asleep by the pool side and got a little more sun then she intended. At least no one can say she didn’t get any tan. Right now, it’s a painful thing, but as the saying goes, “no pain, no tan gained”.

One of the exciting things that we did in the afternoon was watch the boat launch off of the Progresso port and head back into sea. It was neat to see the power, and yet ease of doing that. It felt as if the boat was merely floating above the water with easy and could go in any direction without much effort.

As we were back on the water, it was almost welcome to feel the waves again. While docked at port, there was no movement, which after getting used to it, made you feel a little weird. As soon as we were back on the water, back came the washing machine feeling.

With both Kristy and I feeling a bit under the weather, we took a nap, but least be honest, even if we were feeling great, we would have taken one. I mean isn’t that what vacation is about, long naps and relaxation.

We played it easy this evening, as we knew we had an exciting day coming up tomorrow. Our dinner was good, with the desert being Tiramisu. Its too bad that we were both still feeling a little under the weather, as if we wanted, we could have had unlimited helpings, and you know Kristy would have gotten more then 1 for sure.

This day came at the perfect time, as it would have been a shame to not feel good when you were gone from your ship for 7 hours. We’re excited for the rest of the trip, and ready for our excursion.