April 30, 2008 - Day 6: Come Sail Away, Come Sail Away, Come Sail Away With Me.......

Had another wonderful day in the Caribbean, specifically San Juan, Puerto Rico today. We docked fairly early, 7 am but never got off the ship until 10:30 am. Gary and I went up for breakfast around 9:30 and Brynna went up on her own around 10.

We were attacked by several different tour operators/cab drivers but it wasn’t until we’d crossed the street in front of the pier that we gave into one of the operators, he quoted a price of $10/pp for a 1.5 hour tour in an air-conditioned bus so we said sure. It was quite informative as well, found out lots we never knew about the city and saw quite a bit of it and took lots of good photos.

Javier dropped us off in the shopping district and so we poked in and out of shops just looking. Brynna bought a few things and I bought a cute t-shirt and some postcards. We got back to the ship around 2:30 pm and were set to sail off at 3:30 so I did some laundry and then we did the sailaway which is quite nice from SJ cause you sail by El Morro, a very old fort. Took lots of photos and then relaxed in the lobby bar while we used the internet.

Dinner was a little more lively tonight as everyone showed up. I had Fried Mozzarella, Won Ton Soup and Beef Wellington. Dessert was Bitter & Blanc, a chocolate bread pudding and I also shared some Tiramisu with Gary. They played the Ketchup Song tonight around dessert time and the waiters/waitresses got some of the people up, including Brynna, to teach them the dance. I even tried it, was lots of fun.

After dinner we meandered around the photo gallery, throwing out photos we disliked, we actually haven’t liked any so far but there are a few we haven’t located yet. Then we finally went to the casino for the first time and it took about an hour before we blew through our money. None of us won a red cent. Oh well. Then we went to see Game Show Mania which was quite fun and then we had a comic for showtime, he actually has CP and did an awesome job. Hopefully we’ll be awake enough to see his midnight show tomorrow. After that we headed up to the Lido Deck for the deck party which included a Mexican buffet, really good food too. It was probably the best deck party I’ve been to, lots of dancing and fun. I even got to do the Cha Cha Slide, finally! After some fun and games we did the Dollar Song and YMCA, of course. It’s now 1:50 am and time to get some sleep. We dock at Grand Turk at 11 am tomorrow and we’re hoping to roam the area and spend some time at Margaritaville. Aloha.