2 days at Sea and Guatemala

 

We had 2 days at sea between Puerto Vallarta and Guatemala.  During that time we dodged a category 4 hurricane.  Hurricane Hillary was heading straight for Acapulco and our ship was heading right for it, so our captain decided he would go around it and he landed up going around it by 200 miles.  The seas were a little rough but not really too bad.  We did get some thunder and lightening, but who doesn’t love a good storm? 

Most of our time on days at sea is spent relaxing on the pool deck.  We try to find some shade and then just plant ourselves there for the day.  We found that the grill has some great salads and some even better fruit, so we land up eating there for lunch most of the time.  The AquaSpa Cafe has some great healthy alternatives for lunch too.   They have some great poached fruit and some low sugar items.  Breakfast still usually consists of eggs benedict and waffles… life is good and the food selection is awesome.

Our dinner is at 6, so we usually go to our cabin around 5ish and get ourselves ready.  Dinner is usually until 8 and then we go back to the cabin and get a few things and head up to the theatre to watch the entertainment which starts at 9pm.  We get there early so we can get a good wheel chair seat for Doug.  After the show we either go to bed and relax a bit, or stay up a little later for some late night entertainment.  For example right now I am typing this in the dance lounge waiting for the Newly Wed, Not so Newlywed show to start at 10:45pm.  Tomorrow is a sea day so I can sleep in until 8am. 

The picture is us all dressed for formal night.  I usually push him in the wheel chair to the dining room.  Thankfully Dad  helps me with that every so often because the carpet in the hallways makes it hard to push.

We have gone to most of the shows in the evening and during these shows have been 2 amazing interpreters.  There is a group of deaf people on board and they hire them to come with them to interpret for the show.  I did not know you could interpret musicals and comedians, but you can and they do it with finesse.  I figured Mickey needed to have a picture with them and I also told them how amazing they were.

 

Today was our port stop in Guatemala.  I decided to book a shore excursion with the cruiseship with Conny.  We went to see Lake Atitlan which was a 2 1/2 hour trip drive each way.  It was beautiful scenery though and we also had a great authentic lunch.  This port had the worst case of people wanting to sell you stuff.  They followed us around everywhere and even started touching me wanting to buy their stuff.  I had Mickey with me and they kept asking if the Mickey was for them… i said NO!!  I didn’t buy anything though.  Doug didn’t go on the tour though.  It was too expensive for both of us to go and i don’t think he could have managed such a long drive and all the bumps on the road.  Turns out the walk to the pier for the boat ride around the lake was steep.  We did a lookout point, a 45 minute boat ride on the lake, a lunch at a hotel and a bit of walking around the hotel area which had lots of flowers and other scenery.  Yes, I took some pictures of flowers for Doug as he loves that kind of things.  I preferred pictures of houses and cool buildings.

Doug stayed at the port along with Eleanor and my parents.  They went out into the port for awhile and bought a few souvenirs (including coffee).  They got to enjoy the very quiet ship while everyone else was out doing some type of tour.  Here is a port that it might be a good idea to stick with a tour through the ship. 

We have a sea day again and then off to Costco Rica on Tuesday… we can’t wait.  I am doing zipline and maybe my dad is going too.