Saturday, November 21, 2009

Day Seven, November 21, 2009: Great Stirrup Cay

Another lazy day!  Today, we’re going to take the tender over to NCL’s private island, Great Stirrup Cay.  GSC is part of Bahamas' Berry Island chain and lies about 50 miles from Nassau.

It’s right next to a private island of another cruise line – you can see another ship at anchor right next door!  Also, there are parasailers circling our ship in some of these shots.

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We decided to go over later in the day since we weren’t going to do any activities except, you know, have BBQ lunch.

We had to get tender tickets in the Photo Gallery, so we did that and waited for our ship to come in.

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One woman must have thought that the crossing was a little rocky since she held on to a railing for the entire five minute ride.

GSC has a lot of beachy activities in addition to just swimming/sunning.  They have the ubiquitous “helmet” of beer where you buy 5, get one free, served with ice in a football helmet.  And various versions of rum punch.

There’s snorkeling (and instruction), parasailing, ping-pong, beach volleyball, kayaks, rafts, floating mats, hammocks, hiking, massages, yoga and probably more stuff.  Kids have other games, too.

We found a nice picnic table and had lunch.  It was about time, after all!  After that, we walked around a little, stuck our feet in the water, walked some more, then back to the tender for “home”.

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Looks like Tom went nuts with the camera! On the tender:

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Then, a bit of reading/nap/general goofing off before the all aboard and we left GSC

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Looking straight down from our balcony,  What blue water!

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Napping, reading, ice cream…

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On 12, by the Sapphire Pool, for one last sunset before we head home.

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There were several things we wanted to do but somehow never got to them.

We did get packed up for home, had dinner in Chinn Chinn again – Chinese this time, just enjoyed our time together.

It was a great trip and I’m glad we put a deposit down on another one.

Today's Stats:
Forecast: Sunny, 80F/27C
Sunrise: 6:59am
Sunset: 5:20pm
Arrival: 10:00am
All aboard: 5:30pm

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