The Caribbean Cruise
Last year nearly everyone of us who did the Alaska cruise decided to sign up for another cruise, and at the beginning of the year decided to go to the Caribbean in November. Little did I know that the sailing date would fall right in the middle of selling our house and moving everything to Utah. But we did the cruise this last week nevertheless. Twenty of us went and the weather was mostly great and we had a good time.


We spent the first day sailing west along Cuba and then as we rounded the island, south to our first port, Roatan, an island about 30 miles off of Honduras. The photo is of the sun rising off of Cuba. We passed the time in the ship's pool and in the game room playing different card games and Risk. The stateroom TV also featured recent movies such as "Up" and the latest Harry Potter movie. Days at sea aren't all that bad.
We experienced the only cloudy and a bit rainy day of the cruise in Roatan. The island's economy is built on tourism. Each cruise line has its docking area and shops and stores. Norwegian Cruise Line goes all out for jewelry and gems, especially diamonds. I think that it is an old business profile that comes from the days when only the very wealthy went on cruises, but the stores were crowded and some people were probably buying diamonds.



Six of us arranged for a chartered boat to take us ocean fishing. It was a poor day for that, but "uncle Paul" kept his record intact by catching the biggest fish (actually the only fish). We trolled up and down the 35 mile length of the island, then let down bait at the edge of the reef, but no fish.

Others had fun on the ziplines and snorkeling, though the day was cloudy with showers.