Caribbean Cruise

Why? We wanted the opposite of Vietnam. A vacation during which we did as little as possible and the destinations required no work to get to.

Where? "Western Caribbean" Jamaica's Montego Bay, Grand Cayman Island and Cozumel, Mexico. We also had three lazy days at sea.

When? Two weeks ago

Who? Megan and I and her parents.

Stories?

1) Charlie shut down a nightclub. Megan's parents had a room above a nightclub and her stepfather Charlie had trouble getting sleep because of the "thump-thump-thump" bass drum from the club. He got up in the middle of the night, got dressed, and went down to a nearly empty club with some people sitting in a corner attempting to talk loudly to each other over the music. The DJ was oblivious, head down at his booth. Charlie asked him "Can you turn the music down? I'm trying to sleep." The DJ responded "It's a nightclub!" Charlie waved his arms around, which demonstrated how empty the club was He then went upstairs and on his way up heard the volume go off.



2)We sailed into a storm. We could actually see it from miles away. It was a bright, sunny sailing day, the perfect day to lie out by the pool. However, when we looked forward we could see a discrete collection of dark clouds up ahead. There was a clear vertical border between the rainy area underneath the clouds and the sunny area outside of them. The storm was too wide to avoid completely so we caught the edge of it and endured a 15 minute rain shower.

3) Musical entertainment was surprisingly variable and high quality. Entertainment on the ship included a classical trio, a jazz band, a big band and a German marching band.

4) It was a perfectly good idea to take a pregnant woman on a cruise. Cruise boats are notorious for overfeeding their passengers, providing food 24 hours a day. Megan was never hungry at traditional times, sitting through entire meals without eating only to be hungry two hours later. Fortunately food was always available to her.

Pictures? Here