Friday,
February 13, 2015
Sunny,
high 70s
There
was such a great surprise on the Lido/Pool deck this morning! Every lounge
chair had a towel animal in it. There were dinosaurs, aardvarks, rhinos, bears,
elephants, cobras, monkeys, frogs, sting rays, crabs, and more. Lawrence, our
dear cabin steward from the Philippines, told me he was part of the 73 cabin stewards who got up
early in the morning to make such a surprise of over 300 towel animals for the
passengers to see.
We
were ready for debarkation at 10 a.m. with Donna, Lawrence, Brian, and Nancy.
Our first stop was the bid wooden birthday cake by the port entry for today’s
birthday boy, Brian, and Donna, whose birthday is February 15.
Brian and Donna celebrate birthdays!
For $100 r/t we got a taxi to Palancar Beach, a small area with a
bar, lots of palms, little shops, and a white sandy beach area on the beautiful
blue sea. Because there are six cruise ships in port with a minimum of 20,000
tourists there would be no private beach anywhere. The six of us enjoyed the day, although most
of us stayed in the shade. Mexico sun is strong. We stayed there about five hours.
TK
and I finally figured out that the Cozumel beach we went to years ago was San Francisco. We were the only two
there that day---it had a pool and a beautiful bar area and of course, a white
sandy beach with many palm trees. A beach just for us! I am going to research
San Francisco and see if it is still the same.
Back
at the port, Donna and I shopped a little. We have made great promises for next
year when we cruise together again—maybe more rings! Because it is her birthday
Sunday, Lawrence did buy her a beautiful chocolate diamond ring in Mahogany Bay..
Brian
arranged for our special table for our “birthday party” for him and Donna. The
Maitre d’ promised special strawberry shortcake for all of us to
celebrate. It was formal night with Chateaubriand
and other great fare. Some like escargot as an appetizer, but not me. Wasanna
is so sweet and such a good team head waitress. Jose (from Peru) and I Gede (from Indonesia) are excellent
team waiters. Every night the waiters dance for the diners, and our two waiters
are especially good dancers, too.
Nancy,
Donna, and I purchased the fun photos we had taken of the three of us on
Thursday--they turned out so well! Lawrence headed to the casino and Nancy went
back to the room to rest, so TK, Brian, Donna, and I went to see the new
comedian, Tom Foss. He was the
funniest yet.
One
joke I can repeat:
Tom
Foss, who claimed he was divorced and now single, said, “I had a girlfriend who
said she was on a diet for two years.” Then Foss counted one, two on his
fingers. “I did the math and figured she should be gone by now.”
TK’s Take:
“I’m beached out. The only beaches I am going to now are Princess Cays, Grand
Turk, and St. Marten (where the airplanes fly over).”
I
forgot to mention the other day that Lawrence royally entertained Richard, our
driver in Costa Maya. Here is one of the jokes he told:
Lawrence’s joke:
“I've lost two wives. The first one died of mushroom poisoning. The second died
of a concussion.”
Richard:
“How did the second one get a concussion?”
Lawrence: “When she got hit in the head because she wouldn't eat the mushrooms.”
What
can I say?
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