Hi!
Yesterday we decided that we would go to the town of Olinda, which is the 'sister' of Recife, but up on the hill. We went in the morning after breakfast, around 10.30 AM and shared a cab with another couple. It was the last day of Carnival, and they were partying already... the streets were packed body to body- even more so than when we were out the night before. Then it started to rain- then pour- we were soaked- even our underpants were sopping. We had to stand around in the rain for about 45 minutes waiting for the cab driver to come back for the return trip. The rain did not seem to bother most of the people who were still partying away in the streets. I guess because it was the last day of Carnival they wanted to take advantage of every minute. Anyway, it was an experience ! When we got back to the ship we stayed on board for the rest of the day. That night we left Recife to go to Cabedelo.
We had originally planned not to do anything in Cabedelo today, but at the last minute decided to do the "Red Sands Island" swim. Dad cancelled out early this morning as he was not feeling up to it- tired- but I went anyway. The weather was beautiful, sunny & hot. The ' Red Sands' was not an island, but a sand bar behind a large reef. You had to be a bit imaginative to see the red in the sand, but if you looked in the right light it was slightly reddish in color, but mostly brownish like a regular beach would be. The color comes from the erosion of the reef, if I understood our guide correctly. . The water was very warm and wonderful, but it never got deep - basically never deeper than up to my chest at most, and waist height or less the majority of the time. Dad would have liked it as it would have been very safe for him- could touch bottom everywhere. This ' island' only appears at high tides for 4 days each month from December through February, so the timing was just right. The rest of the time it is covered up by the ocean. So that was the excitement for today. The other excitement is that after working on it for 5 days Dad finally solved the New York Times crossword puzzle he had been struggling and fretting over.
Tomorrow is a sea day, so we will try to get in some ' relax time'. I am going to submit one of my photos into the contest on board, but am having a terrible time trying to decide which one! That will take me a long time, and I have to have it submitted by 5 pm tomorrow. Then I will be in the fashion show later in the day. In between that I plan to do some more computer courses . Dad will do his trivia things, and probably attend some tech seminars also. Even though it doesn't sound like much, we will actually be busy most of the day, from 10.30-5.30.
I am trying hard to send you an update every day, but the time just seems to slip away. Then there is the 'satellite' internet which is so slow and awful that sometimes I can't send, receive or even connect. So don't be surprised if you don't hear from us every day. But I guess you have figured that out already!
Anyway, enough for today. It is 12.23 at night, and Dad is already snoozing in bed, so I guess it is time for me too.
Hope all is OK at home and everyone is well, including Moustache! We could sure use him to make us go for walk regularly - at this rate we will be rolled off the ship at the end! (Eating is a major form of entertainment on board.)
Love you all,
Mom & Dad
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