The long weekend didn't feel like a long weekend. Between moving desks, re-networking computers, steam cleaning the floors, picking up doggie doo doo, changing out kitty litter and raking the goat pen, the three days of Labour Day weekend quickly sailed by.
I really need a vacation!
I may have mentioned it a time or two - that I was going to take one. In 12 days.
But I can't get on that ship without the electronic documents that Holland America emailed me a few weeks back. They are called E-Docs and they need to be filled in on-line (to satisfy US Homeland Security). So I filled in the requested information, printed the paperwork and put it in a waterproof Ziploc bag for safe keeping, because trust me, I am getting on that ship, come hell or high water, preferably the latter.
For about the fiftieth time this month I reviewed the shore excursion page on Holland America's website, making a note of my favourites, but failing to book any. I can't help but think: what if something better presents itself after I've committed? That explains why I didn't get married until I was almost 40.
When I travel, I want to do something completely different from what I can do at home. That's why we went swimming with the sharks when we went to Hawaii a couple of years ago.
I want to see something that I can't see at home. Maybe I will visit some Mayan ruins or do a jungle canopy tour – definitely not possible North of 50°.
I'd love to hear from readers about their shore excursion experiences. What was your best shore excursion while on a cruise? Any recommendations?
On a Caribbean cruise my hsuband and me went to Hell and back on Grand Cayman Ilsand. It wasn't very exciting except we got to mail postcards home from Hell
ReplyDeleteEmbera Indian Village by canoe. Costs about $100 per person, but worth every penny.
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