After an overnight cruise from Half Moon Bay to Grand Turk and Caicos Islands the island was a bit of a disappointment really and not at all attractive. It could be that the recent Hurricanes has devastated it a bit and we did see several houses with part of the roof missing. I have taken a number of photos to demonstrate but cannot publish them for a moment, as per above comments earlier. The clocks changed overnight and so we had to add one hour and that meant we should have to get up one hour earlier, that's not good and s we ordered breakfast for the latest delivery time and he arrived at about 0930 and we sat on the balcony to enjoy same. We considered going ashore but all the paperwork from the ship suggested that most shops were selling jewellery and apart from a few Hotel there was little to see apart from feeding the sting rays, but we have seen that before in the Maldives. The ship berthed alongside a very small pier opposite two Hotels where the beaches had been loaded with deck chairs and umbrellas to try and lure the cruise passengers ashore and of course you would have to pay for the facility, as it happens we are not great sand hogs or sea swimmers and could not see the point of taking a bus or taxi ride around a flat island with slightly dilapidated buildings so we stayed on board and went to the pool and Jennifer had swim whilst Noel took personal care of a Stella beer, well somebody’s got to do it.We decided to try the burger and fries bard and I must say the burger was very good and quite tasty and knocks McDonalds and similar in to a cocked hat. The rest of the afternoon was spent on the cabin balcony reading and listening to music.
Noel has been watching the Political news on the US TV channels and all the fun and games about the famous ‘Nunes’ memo about the political spying from the DNC and Hilary Clinton party on some Trump people it is alleged. The memo was released last Friday and so now the DNC want to publish their own memo which the President has to approve and so we have to wait will it be published complete or with redactions, time will tell. As I have said before the Clintons and DNC are bad losers and although perhaps Trump was not the best guy to be made president, the Democrats appear to have no one at all ??. I also seem to remember shortly after the election in November 2016 that the pro Democratic newspapers were talking about Trump not lasting six month and absolutely no chance to last a year and he would be impeached, well so far he is now in to his second year of Presidency and although his popularity started to drop after six months it now appears to be returning. All the famous film starts and pop singers who came out campaigning for the Democrats are getting quieter and not so visible. Even at the recent Grammy awards the viewing figures dropped dramatically as one star after another came on stage and had a go at Trump and so even the general public is getting peeved with all the bitching going on. If it carries on like this Trump will have another four years unless the FBI accidently knock him down with his own motorcade.
Oh well back to travel., We ll the sun is shining and we are due to leave this little desert island quite soon and with a full day at seas tomorrow before we reach our next port of call at Kralendijk in Bonaire, a Dutch West Indian Country.
Lets hope the dinner is Ok for Noel tonight, more reporting to follow. Good dinner tonight and we have resolved the garlic problem as the restaurant will give me the following days menu 24hours early so that I can chose what I want and they will ensure that there is no garlic or onion on board, lets wait and see.
After dinner we went to the forward bar and and tested some whisky, the first time for two of us for the last almost three years, and it was alright perhaps but perhaps so many years away from this drink Noel did not find it good as he remembered.
In the bar we sat next to a Canadian Couple on their first cruise it would seem and she commented on the previous nights time change which she said was due to us travelling SOUTH!!!!, dont they teach people at school about world time zones as even Canada has time zones. Oh well…… Tomorrow's another day
