Subject: FW: Report # 9 Sailing Towards Puerto Limon January 8, 2016 Friday Partly cloudy & 80 degrees
Report # 9 Sailing Towards Puerto Limon January 8, 2016 Friday Partly cloudy & 80 degrees
The islands of the Caribbean have been sailed around as we head towards the east coast of Costa Rica. Would have been nice to have stopped at one of them, but this time of year, the area is flooded with many cruise ships. Last year we had two stops. One at Santa Marta, Colombia, and San Blas Islands, not your typical island stop for sure. Puerto Limon in Costa Rica will be a nice place to spend our first day in port. We have always taken tours there, so tomorrow we plan to walk the nearby town and tour the sites on our own. And perhaps shop for a small wooden bowl for our pillow chocolates. Costa Rica produces some of the most beautiful products made from local hard woods. And they are not overly expensive.
It was much warmer today, and humid as well. Knew that was coming. There were many more folks out and about on the lower promenade deck this morning. We were treated to a display of boobys as they hunted the flying fish the ship had stirred up. The only other life we have spotted is the occasional cargo ship on the horizon.
Despite the many activities happening on the ship today, we decided it was time to claim our space at the aft pool for the early afternoon. Normally, it is not busy back there, but today we were surprised to see many sunbathers lounging on the chairs poolside. Guess we will have to start coming earlier, although we did secure two lounges by the back railing. Sure was nice to kick back and enjoy the warm sun after spending a couple of days busy in the room. Fresh air has to be better for us.
We had a call waiting for us after lunch from the guest relations manager, Christel. She wanted to know what she could do to catch us up on the President's Club perks. Someone new was assigned to this job for all of the members, but somehow we seemed to have slipped through the cracks. She kindly printed a copy of our welcome onboard letter, then brought up our shipboard account to give us the detailed info on where our credits had come from. Everything made much more sense after she explained the details. Unfortunately, the statements we are given do not break down the credits, so it is difficult to calculate them correctly. Anyway, we are back on track.
Sometime around 6pm, we had a surprise delivery of four tasty chocolate-covered strawberries given to us from our travel hosts. Very thoughtful.
Our tablemates agreed that the show in the Queens Lounge last night was very good. Assuming the Finkel family would be leaving the ship tomorrow, we were happy to see they are scheduled to perform once again tomorrow evening. Guess they may debark in Panama instead. Anyway, their group was eating in the dining room near us once again. They had a fine time, like us.
The entertainer this evening was an internationally known singer and double platinum recording artist by the name of Bobbie Eakes. Doubt we will make it up that late tonight, but someone we know will, and give us their opinion.
Bill & Mary Ann
