Wednesday, October 20, 2010

Meeting Old Friends Can Change Everything


The day in Costa Maya went nothing as we had expected. We found our way off the ship and started walking the long pier leading to the welcoming people on shore. I immediately realized I had forgotten my sun glasses but now we had gone so far, there was no turning back. We then realized we had forgotten to to bring beach towels with us and just then, we ran into some friends we had met on the 2009 National Conference Cruise (Ed and Teri fro PA). They were hanging by the greAt pool they have on shore in Costa Maya complete with swim up bar service. We started talking with them and then joined in with a few other TA's who were well ahead of Peg and I in the drink department (it was about 11:00 AM). I did all I could to catch up though and before long we were all dancing on the bar at the side of the pool. We didn't have our camera but plenty of photos were taken so I do believe that pictures are forthcoming! Anyway, one of the travel agents ended up in a wheel chair and was completely passed out. I volunteered to roll her down the 1/2 mile long pier and back to the gangway. When we showed up at the end of the gangway, the look in the eyes of the securityu officers letting people on board said it all..... "here we go again"! It was truely a fun in the sun day. Once back in the cabin, I completely passed out only to wake up 3 hours later wondering what day it was, where my wife was, and did we miss our dinner reservation? Oh' what a Monday....

Tuesday morning found us docked at the port in Roatan Honduras. We looked outside at the crowds of people getting off the ship once again and we decided to just enjoy the ship for the day. I went on the waterslide "down the tubes" and had more trouble landing backwards than anything else! It was a fun ride down and no line to speak of being a port day. Lasat night we went to Circus Dreams and saw the incredible show while having dinner. It was one of the most entertaining, non-stop, high energy performances I have ever seen. You simply have to see it to believe it. We also visited Headliners and caught the Second City Comedy show last night as well. Today is more work related sessions, oh yeah....we are here for work reasons!

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