11:29am Nov.26, 05 Sat.
11:29am Nov.26, 05 Sat.
Allright, now this is my idea of a vacation. We are currently aboard a boat in the Carribean sea, off the coast of Barbados. It's free booze hour, so after they ran out of rum punch I grabbed the beer I'm currently drinking. A nice Barbados lager (Banks) suprisingly similar to Session from FullSail (Afternote: most likely similar because I so rarely drink this style of beer and because Session was the last lager I'd had prior to this tasting of Banks...). This is the most relaxing day of the trip so far, we were up at 6:30 as usual, with the ship as it docks. Our cabin is at the front of the boat, level four, on the left side (I still haven't mastered "port" and "starboard"). Whenever we dock we are woken up to the sound of winches and pulleys and engines. It sounds as if we've fallen asleep next to heavy equipment and are in the way. The days we dock at ten instead of seen are great! In any case today we were up at seven, ready for the coffee and pasteries that room service was bringing. Due to a fortuetious turn of fate room service came two minutes after our "alarm" went off. We grabbed juice, coffee, sugar and our bags, then headed off to the dock. After standing in line for ten minutes we made shore. We wandered roughly in the direction of town since there were no signs or indicators as to where our tour would start from. Oh yes, a tour. Most days so far we have hoofed it by ourselves, but today was a special day. Not to take anything away from the rest of our adventures, but today had sea turtles in it! And rum punch, but I digress. Cheryl had said before we left that one thing she wanted to do on our vacation was snorkel. Neither one of us had snorkeled before, so it seemed like a good plan.But today, unlike every other snorkel trip during our cruise, went out to see sea turtles. And that got my webbed toes tingling. So we boarded a bus this morning at 8 am which tool us to the boat we are currently on. I can't tell types of boats from adam, but this one has pontoon thingies and sails. A decent sized ship, with seperate restrooms for each gender. THe first stop was the turtles! Yeah! We got a brief safety bit from our captain, on how to inflate our lifevests and how to breathe properly through the snorkel. Now in Cheryls' case it was an easy thing. She took right to it and snorkeled like a pro. I on the other hand had a harder time of it. I could do it. I did do it. But I've spent so long breathing through my nose that it was almost imposible not to attempt to do so, snorkel or no snorkel. Between musical instruments, relaxation techniques and overall better airflow, breathing through my nose is second nature. I don't think about it, I just do it. So to not breathe through my nose took a mental command and effort. A focus that is hard to keep when you're looking down at three sea turtles less than a foot away from you. All my thoughts are on the sea turtles, not breathing properly. After a few solid attempts I decided I'd have a better time with the snorkel and mask off. I could still see into the water. I could still swim. I could still pet the sea turtles. I could even see them when they surfaced, unlike everyone else. But mostly I could breathe easily and without effort. I enjoyed myself. And that's what it was all about. After the turtles we sailed to some shipwrecks. Cheryl snorkeled again but this time I just swam. I think we both enjoyed ourselves best the way we each did it. For me swiming in the Carribean sea was more calming and fun than anyhting else. When we finshed at the shipwrecks we sailed into shore, about 50 yards off. And that's where we are now, drinking and loving the sun!
Allright, now this is my idea of a vacation. We are currently aboard a boat in the Carribean sea, off the coast of Barbados. It's free booze hour, so after they ran out of rum punch I grabbed the beer I'm currently drinking. A nice Barbados lager (Banks) suprisingly similar to Session from FullSail (Afternote: most likely similar because I so rarely drink this style of beer and because Session was the last lager I'd had prior to this tasting of Banks...). This is the most relaxing day of the trip so far, we were up at 6:30 as usual, with the ship as it docks. Our cabin is at the front of the boat, level four, on the left side (I still haven't mastered "port" and "starboard"). Whenever we dock we are woken up to the sound of winches and pulleys and engines. It sounds as if we've fallen asleep next to heavy equipment and are in the way. The days we dock at ten instead of seen are great! In any case today we were up at seven, ready for the coffee and pasteries that room service was bringing. Due to a fortuetious turn of fate room service came two minutes after our "alarm" went off. We grabbed juice, coffee, sugar and our bags, then headed off to the dock. After standing in line for ten minutes we made shore. We wandered roughly in the direction of town since there were no signs or indicators as to where our tour would start from. Oh yes, a tour. Most days so far we have hoofed it by ourselves, but today was a special day. Not to take anything away from the rest of our adventures, but today had sea turtles in it! And rum punch, but I digress. Cheryl had said before we left that one thing she wanted to do on our vacation was snorkel. Neither one of us had snorkeled before, so it seemed like a good plan.But today, unlike every other snorkel trip during our cruise, went out to see sea turtles. And that got my webbed toes tingling. So we boarded a bus this morning at 8 am which tool us to the boat we are currently on. I can't tell types of boats from adam, but this one has pontoon thingies and sails. A decent sized ship, with seperate restrooms for each gender. THe first stop was the turtles! Yeah! We got a brief safety bit from our captain, on how to inflate our lifevests and how to breathe properly through the snorkel. Now in Cheryls' case it was an easy thing. She took right to it and snorkeled like a pro. I on the other hand had a harder time of it. I could do it. I did do it. But I've spent so long breathing through my nose that it was almost imposible not to attempt to do so, snorkel or no snorkel. Between musical instruments, relaxation techniques and overall better airflow, breathing through my nose is second nature. I don't think about it, I just do it. So to not breathe through my nose took a mental command and effort. A focus that is hard to keep when you're looking down at three sea turtles less than a foot away from you. All my thoughts are on the sea turtles, not breathing properly. After a few solid attempts I decided I'd have a better time with the snorkel and mask off. I could still see into the water. I could still swim. I could still pet the sea turtles. I could even see them when they surfaced, unlike everyone else. But mostly I could breathe easily and without effort. I enjoyed myself. And that's what it was all about. After the turtles we sailed to some shipwrecks. Cheryl snorkeled again but this time I just swam. I think we both enjoyed ourselves best the way we each did it. For me swiming in the Carribean sea was more calming and fun than anyhting else. When we finshed at the shipwrecks we sailed into shore, about 50 yards off. And that's where we are now, drinking and loving the sun!
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