SNORKLING & SHOPPING

Yesterday was all about Grandma & Grandpa. After the ship anchored off Belize City, we headed down to bottom deck. Yep, we left the kids at 8am, and boarded our snorkle boat for a 20 minute ride to the barrier reef. We're told that this reef off Central America is the 2nd largest in the world, and only the Great Barrier Reef in Australia is larger.

We were among the first in the water, and for the next hour, we snorkled in crystal clear water.
We saw everything from sting rays to small, multi colored fish. After the hour flew by, our boat took us to a small, white sandy beach island, where there was of course a bar, serving tropical drinks like rum punch. Almost made us both wish we still drank, but not quite. We were there another hour or so, then it was a short ride back to the ship.

Bannister Island just off the coast of Belize City

White sandy beach with warm tropical weather and water.

When we got back to the ship around 1pm, we quickly put away a few things in our room, and scurried back down to the bottom deck, where we boarded a tender for a ride into Belize City.
Patty was on a mission to find a white windbreaker, and after finding it, bargained the price from $25 down to $20. By the time we got back to the ship, it was late afternoon, and everyone reconnected in our adjoining room cabins.

The only patriarch rule on this cruise is that we all join for dinner at 6 pm in the dining room. This picture below is what awaits us every evening, and the food and service is excellent. By the time we're finished with dinner, most of us are stuffed, and I can't speak for the kids, but Grandpa and Grandma don't last very late into the evening. Lets just say that we're not up in the disco until late into the night.

As I write this, we just pulled into Isla Roatan, an island off the coast of Honduras, and we'll be here until about 3pm. We can see a beach from the ship, and since Laila spent the night in our cabin, and we have her for most of the day, that beach just might be our destination later today.