Stayed on the ship today. We’ve done Jamaica before, plus it’s a fair drive to most of the tourism areas, and neither of us was up for that. Here’s a snap from the aft: Or there would be a pic here, but Dreamhost is throttling uploads or something. Whatever. Imagine an island setting. Ocean. Low buildings….
Grand Cayman Snorkeling
Last time we took a cruise that was supposed to stop at Grand Cayman, the weather was against us. The seas were too high to berth safely at the George Town port, and the other port was full, so we ended up skipping the place. Which was sad, because we really wanted to do something…
Fallout Carpet
This would not be out of place in a vault.
Snorkeling and sunburn
Today’s stop was Cozumel. We booked a private snorkel tour with Cozumel H2O, by which we got a boat and a private guide to take us to 4 different reefs to snorkel. I am not a strong swimmer, and the guide was perfectly happy to tie a floatie around my waist and have me hold…
Inadequate Helipad Is Inadequate
4.5kg load, yet it held my weight. Clearly the diet and exercise are working. Strange they gave the load to the nearest gram. #helipadforants #stupidnumberjokes
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Is this thing on? 😁
BACK IN TEXAS
Despite the best efforts of O’Hare Airport, we did actually make it back to Texas at more or less the scheduled time. More later, after about a million hours of sleep. In a bed with actual SHEETS and not a DUVET.
This is a foul time of the morning
I’m sure there are worse, but getting up at 5am just to deal with airports and sit on planes is not something I’d wish on most people. On the plus side, we’ll land at home around 5pm local, barring another delay like we had on the way out. If that happens, we’re paying for one…
Pink Floyd and Pac-Man
Today was our day-long trip to Pompeii and Herculaneum. 2hrs in a car each way, and an actual Ph.D lecturing us about the details of the sites as we walked around. I’m pretty sure I remember which of these pictures are from which, but like the art and sculpture, it all runs together after a…