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Cast away - part 1
I didn’t have a really good
night as my head cold was keeping a tight grip on me and I guess my
cough kept Tom up as well.
Nevertheless we were up by 7am
and while one of us took a shower the other waited for our breakfast
to be delivered. We were both showered and dressed when our room
service breakfast arrived.
We usually have it out on the
balcony, but today we just stayed inside as I didn’t want to get any
more sick than I already was. We put everything on the little table
and Tom had his
coffee while I brewed myself a
lot of tea, which made me feel a lot better. Tom had ordered some
bagels of which I forgot to take a photo and I had asked for some
cornflakes and
croissants. We had also ordered
two
fruit-bowls and were now
exchanging fruit, as I do not eat anything melon and Tom can’t eat
pineapple, which gives him heartburn. So we swapped fruit, had a
leisurely breakfast and enjoyed the morning.
Around 9am we had docked at
Castaway Cay and we were off the ship within a few minutes. We had
gotten another Fish Extender gift that morning, a lovely big Mickey
bag,
which was perfect for the day
at Castaway Cay as everything we needed fit in there perfectly. We
had not even forgotten to put on our Cabana wristbands and so when
we got off the ship, we were not even offered a towel.
We slowly made our way to the
tram
and when we got closer we saw
that they were ready to leave and they just left as we walked up.
What to do, walk or wait. Well, with me not feeling 100% well, we
decided to wait it out and take the next tram. It took quite some
time for one to come, and we were lucky to get on it, as people were
pushing and shoving to get on.
When we got to the end of the
line we took some time to peek into the shop, but there was nothing
that really interested us, so we went back outside and a tram to
Serenity Bay was just arriving, so we hopped on and off we went.
The Cabana hosts must have eyes
like hawks, because we were not quite off the tram when he walked
towards us to greet us and introduce himself. We got onto the golf
cart and off we went to our Cabana. We were lucky to score one in
the first place and today we were really happy as I was not sure if
I would have made it through the day without it.
Our host explained everything
to us, told us to page him if we needed him and then he was gone.
We enjoyed the view, took some
photos of the Cabana
and then applied some sunscreen
as we wanted to head into the ocean right away. A few minutes later
we were on our way into the nice warm waters. It was way deeper than
the last time we had been there and it was just fun to drift around
a bit.
After some time we swam through
the deeper part and soon were able to sit on the little bank. I
think we were out there for about 40 minutes, before we returned to
our Cabana.
We had now gotten neighbours as
well and once we were back we used the towels which we had hung into
the sun to dry ourselves off after taking a quick shower. I sat out
in the sun wrapped in my towel for a while, but I had developed a
headache and had to take a headache pill. I had to lie down on the
sofa in the back of the Cabana for a while for it to kick in, but we
did not want to cut our beach day short.
We snacked on the fruit in the
fridge, had some water and soda out of the fridge and Tom even had
brought some cans of beer
which we had taken onto the
ship in the beginning of the cruise. Around midday we talked about
going up to the buffet, but I didn’t have a huge appetite and Tom
wasn’t too keen on it either, so we just stayed and had some chips
before we wanted to brave the ocean again. My headache had gone, but
I was still coughing and I had used a lot of meds on my eyes.
But before we wanted to drift
around in the warm waters of Castaway Cay there was one more thing
Tom wanted to do, searching for the Geocache on the island.
We knew it wasn’t too far off,
so we decided against picking up bikes that were included in the
cabana rental and just walked along the dirt road. We walked for
about 5 minutes until we found the spot where the cache was hidden.
I am not very good at finding them, but it did not take Tom very
long and he had the box in his hand, signed the logbook and we were
on our way back.
Once we were back in our cabana
we needed another drink and then it was time for the ocean. Before
we headed into the ocean we applied a lot more sunscreen, but Tom
always is sooo afraid to get too much on and was rather stingy with
it. Guess you know what’s coming. Again we played in the ocean for
quite some time,
before returning to our Cabana.
We had some more fruit and
chips and Tom called our Cabana host to get us some drinks.
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