5/19- on to Dominica 5/20

The boat takes off from St. Thomas around 5:00 pm with everyone sharing their stories and what they did. On the beach at Megan's Bay, I noticed some guys from the boat and I see them back on the boat, Ray and Glen from AZ. Through out the trip we meet up with them many times and with their wives. Fun people. Music is played each time we leave the ports by a live band, which just adds to the fun. We have our dinner at 8 pm every night with the same sever, Nilu. Get dinners steak, lobster, what ever you want and if you extra, just order another meal....! It's Casino night tonight...watch out....wake up in Domincia. Nothing like our last stop, more of the rain forest and not as built up. Actually, lots of poverty, and we get tired of the pan handlers, we take off for a drive up to the rain forest. Very beautiful and natural. We make it to the falls, and we decide to walk down to the pools..Shell dives in as I watch. Refreshing for sure. After a short hike up to the falls and back...hey we're hungry. So big Mama is cooking up chicken at the bottom of the falls with a killer sauce...so we buy the sauce...good stuff! So we hear all the stories about how you can't bring drinks back on board, I buy some beer at the local store (Cuz beers are $4.50-6.00 each on the ship) and put them in my back pack...no problem. They x-ray ever thing as you bring it on board, but they never say anything. SO that is my MO at each stop. We have no phone or computer contact while on the ship because it's very expensive (phone calls at $6 a min. etc).... so at some of the ports we buy phone cards and try to make our calls.
Michelle is still at work so she's on the phone when she's able to be. We didn't see a lot of this island but a good taste. We have a feeling that they want to get of the destination line with the other islands, but they have some work they need to do....on to Barbados.and Lola.....

5/18/08 On the Boat

After a fun time in Puerto Rico, it's time to board the ship. We all get our rooms , which at very nice and roomie. Drinks and food 24-7, except you pay later for the drinks. We met many new friends that we would see through out the trip, even though there was 1800 people on this ship. Our bartender and dinner service person were the best. Lola, our bartender, kept the drinks coming and the smiles all the time. Our first stop, 5/19, and we travel only at night, is the beautiful Island of St. Thomas USVI. All of the gals are excited because this is the shopping mecca of the Caribbean. Nothing like waking up each morning and you're at a new island...that's the plan. Every time you leave the boat, you get your picture taken, and the picture is for sale later that night (nothing is really for free, right?). So Michelle and I decide, lets walk to town...thinking it wasn't all that far...right! Let's try 3 miles away in 88 degree heat...fun! We get to town and chug down several waters...and shopping begins. We meet the Aunt's and Pat and Luann down there too and shop away. After a while we're done so we take this cab (Shell and I) over to the other side of the island to get some beach time in...great choice! Megans Bay...very pretty and now we're getting into the mood....and local eats.