After a fun filled pirate night, we woke up again early for the lazy breakfast in the dining room. The morning was fairly quiet as a lot of people were milling around the ship waiting for their tender ticket to be called. What we didn't realise that there was a reason why everyone was waiting – again two of the 4 tenders had broken down and so they were relying on half the tender capacity to get everyone to shore. A *short* hour and half later, we finally arrived on the island and began walking down the main road (its not very main…). Passing what seemed to be countless numbers of stray dogs, we ended up finding a quiet section of the main beach to spread out and lie down.
Andrew and I went into the cool/salty water and the sand here on the isle is definitely different to any of the other islands we have visited so far – it is definitely more clay like and is a lot more compact/finer on your feet. Because of that however, it also make it a lot more sticky and harder to get off when you come out of the water. A couple of hours at the beach later, we slowly made our way back towards the line to the tenders and surprisingly, we didn't have to wait very long before we were on our way back to the ship. It was sad that this was going to be our last tender and port on board the cruise. Too late for lunch at the restaurant, we went and stuffed ourselves full with food and headed up to afternoon trivia/relaxing in The Dome with some drinks while the ship was getting ready to depart. It was an uneventful departure and afternoon.
Tonight’s entertainment on board the Pacific Dawn was a magic act, but the show was definitely more comedy than magic (i.e.: the tricks were of little substance). It is surprising how exhausting it can be to do absolutely nothing at the beach, cos getting back to the cabin, I fell asleep almost as soon as I lay down!
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