Thursday, May 27, 2010
May 24 San Juan/Newark/Halifax
We woke to our final morning in San Juan and it was beautiful outside. We left our room by 8am and went down the street to the same place we ate at yesterday (this was the only place we saw that offered breakfast). It was tasty and a great price. Went back to the hotel to look up an address of a bike store and off we went to try and find it. The area we walked through was kind of sketchy but not too bad but I didn't want to walk back through it. We walked for 1 ½ hours and still didn't find the store but we did find a beautiful beach. Just as we decided we had walked enough the sky darken and it looked like it may rain. We went into a gas station and had them call us a cab. We went back to our room to pack up our stuff and checked out at noon (check out time was 11am but I had asked for a late check out time of 12) and it was pouring out. We arrived at the airport at 12:30 for our 2pm flight. The flight was a little late leaving because the arriving flight was late but we ended up arriving on time in Newark. I am writing this as we wait for our flight to Halifax.
Great flight from Newark to home but when we finally made it through Customs and went to get our checked bag it wasn’t there! Off we head to the missing luggage desk to fill out a form.
We got the hotel shuttle back to where we had parked our car. Left for our drive home at 12:15am and arrived home at 1:30am and in bed by 2am.
Our missing bag was delivered on Tuesday May 25 at 5:30pm :)
We loved our vacation!! We will definitely cruise again but will probably not do another Caribbean cruise. We love to walk around and there is just not enough for us to see on the islands. We are not big beach people (but we did have a great time at Orient beach) we just prefer Europe and all the wonderful places there are to visit there.
Great flight from Newark to home but when we finally made it through Customs and went to get our checked bag it wasn’t there! Off we head to the missing luggage desk to fill out a form.
We got the hotel shuttle back to where we had parked our car. Left for our drive home at 12:15am and arrived home at 1:30am and in bed by 2am.
Our missing bag was delivered on Tuesday May 25 at 5:30pm :)
We loved our vacation!! We will definitely cruise again but will probably not do another Caribbean cruise. We love to walk around and there is just not enough for us to see on the islands. We are not big beach people (but we did have a great time at Orient beach) we just prefer Europe and all the wonderful places there are to visit there.
Sunday, May 23, 2010
May 23 San Juan, Puerto Rico
I woke at 5:30am and we were just pulling up to the dock. Our room service coffee arrived at 6:30 and we sat on the balcony and watched all the activity until the noise drove us inside (not relaxing like other mornings). We went up to the buffet for our final meal on board and then back to the cabin to get our stuff. We originally had tag #1 for our luggage but since we were in no hurry to get off and we knew some people had early flights we switched tag #'s – big mistake. There was a computer problem and it took an hour to go from tag 15 to 17 so we sat up by the back pool (and the ice cream machine) and waited and waited... Finally at 11:25am we were off the ship.
We grabbed a cab to our hotel. It was too early to check in so the hotel stored our luggage and gave us a pager (which only worked on their property) to let us know when we could get into our room. We went out to look at the pool and the beach. Just as we were going to walk on the beach there was a huge clap of thunder. We looked at the sky and saw a very dark cloud moving our way and I knew it was going to rain any second. We made it inside just as the rain started. So we sat in the lobby and waited and waited... Finally around 1:30pm our pager went off and we got our keys and went to our room. What a pretty room!! And the bed is soooo comfy.
The rain had let up so we went out for a walk. The street in front of our hotel was having a street fair so we walked around. Stopped for lunch; Puerto Rican sampler plate, empanadas and bread – yummy and a beer. We walked down to the rich area with Cartier, Gucci, and similar stores and then down to the beach. Then back to the fair which was great (and very busy).
Early days make for early nights.
Tomorrow Home!!
We grabbed a cab to our hotel. It was too early to check in so the hotel stored our luggage and gave us a pager (which only worked on their property) to let us know when we could get into our room. We went out to look at the pool and the beach. Just as we were going to walk on the beach there was a huge clap of thunder. We looked at the sky and saw a very dark cloud moving our way and I knew it was going to rain any second. We made it inside just as the rain started. So we sat in the lobby and waited and waited... Finally around 1:30pm our pager went off and we got our keys and went to our room. What a pretty room!! And the bed is soooo comfy.
The rain had let up so we went out for a walk. The street in front of our hotel was having a street fair so we walked around. Stopped for lunch; Puerto Rican sampler plate, empanadas and bread – yummy and a beer. We walked down to the rich area with Cartier, Gucci, and similar stores and then down to the beach. Then back to the fair which was great (and very busy).
Early days make for early nights.
Tomorrow Home!!
May 22 Phillipsburg, St Maarten
We had another tour booked for today so we were up early for coffee and breakfast.
We met the tour at 9am and headed off to see the island. This is a lovely island and we got to see a lot with stops for shopping along the way. We spent 2 hours at Orient Beach (my favorite beach in the world at least so far!) More shopping and a beer and then on to Maho Beach to watch the planes land and another beer. This beach is right at the end of the runway and the planes look like they are going to land right on the beach. Also when they take off, the engines blast the beach. Wayne stood there with another guy (Vince) from our tour and they both got sand blasted and Wayne's hat went flying into the water – lots of fun (at least to watch). On the drive back to the ship the driver had more beer for us (it's a good thing the beer here comes in a smaller size than at home or we would have been loaded) This was our favorite tour and our favorite island.
We were back from our tour by 3pm and went up to the buffet for a burger. Got back off for a quick walk around the port area and then back on board for the last time. We walked around the ship for a while and then I went back to the cabin to pack and Wayne went and grabbed a bite to eat (and brought me back an ice cream).
Tomorrow San Juan
We met the tour at 9am and headed off to see the island. This is a lovely island and we got to see a lot with stops for shopping along the way. We spent 2 hours at Orient Beach (my favorite beach in the world at least so far!) More shopping and a beer and then on to Maho Beach to watch the planes land and another beer. This beach is right at the end of the runway and the planes look like they are going to land right on the beach. Also when they take off, the engines blast the beach. Wayne stood there with another guy (Vince) from our tour and they both got sand blasted and Wayne's hat went flying into the water – lots of fun (at least to watch). On the drive back to the ship the driver had more beer for us (it's a good thing the beer here comes in a smaller size than at home or we would have been loaded) This was our favorite tour and our favorite island.
We were back from our tour by 3pm and went up to the buffet for a burger. Got back off for a quick walk around the port area and then back on board for the last time. We walked around the ship for a while and then I went back to the cabin to pack and Wayne went and grabbed a bite to eat (and brought me back an ice cream).
Tomorrow San Juan
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