Today we spent the day at the Great stirrup Cay Island, If you are looking for a good day of any type of Beach sitting, walking, Hammock laying, beach volley ball or even some last minute t-shirt purchases, this is the place.



We were on the 3rd shuttle to the Island I think, when we got there, there was hardly anyone yet, I quickly found a hammock and took a nice nap, I opened my eye every so often to see loaded shuttles bringing passengers from the ship to the Island, after a couple of hours had gone by the place was pretty packed.

Photo by Kathy


Kathy and I took a walk down the shore to see the other side of the island, there was a gorgeous beach there on the other side with about 6 other people besides us, someone had left a few chairs there and we had a sit for a few minutes and Kathy wadded into the water to get wet. I was good and tired of the Sun by the time I left the Island around 2 pm. The rest of our groups came back shortly after that, and rest of the passengers came back onto the ship and by 5:30 pm we had hoisted the anchor and set sail once again. The smaller shuttle type ships were bobbing in the ocean allot more on the trip back then they did on the way out, I'm guessing that waves were choppier in the afternoon for whatever reason.

Photo by Kathy


This is the final night of the cruise and I am ready to go home myself, I am finding that I have a communication issue with the crew, I have not spoken with anyone yet that speaks clearly and sorry to say I am letting myself get irritated by it. The last 2 cruises I was on there were crew members that spoke with broken English for sure but there were always plenty of people you could remember to go to, that spoke very well and I had no problems understanding. The ship is big and its hard to make your way to get the things you need most often.

The dinner at the ships Cagney's Steak house was really good, I had a new york strip steak that I would have to say was the best steak I have had on the ship. We had a good time chatting with Robert and Lizz and with Scott and Donna, the service was very good. I would have to agree with the rest of the reviews I have read about the place, its worth paying a little more for dinner there.



We went to bed around 11:00 pm and for whatever reason, we all woke up at the butt crack of dawn, 5:00 am. Our bill was on the door and it was not as much as I thought it would be. When we were coming into the dock the fog was very thick, the ships captain was blowing the horn every so often. We have had some coffee and donuts, I got some cash from the atm for the trip back, now we are waiting for the right time to head down with our luggage to get off the ship and head for the airport. I am looking over the Customs Declaration form now wondering if I have to declare t-shirts or is this only for cigarettes and booze? What am I supposed to do with this cigar I never smoked?