2012 - STAR PRINCESS - NICARAGUA
Mon 12 Mar 2012
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2012 PRINCESS = RIO TO SAN FRANCISCO
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NICARAGUA.
WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT NICARAGUA?
BIANCA JAGGER!
APART FROM BIANCA JAGGER?
NOT A LOT - WHICH IS WHY THIS STOP WAS SO ENJOYABLE.
ZERO EXPECTATIONS.
MORGANS ROCK
TODAYS TOUR STARTS IN SAN JUAN DEL SUR & WE ARE HEADING TO A FARM AND A DAY AT THE BEACH..
ALL CRUISE LINES HAVE THEIR OWN WAY OF GETTING FOLKS OFF THE BOAT AND ON THEIR WAY TO THEIR EXCURSION.
YOU TRY ORGANISING THREE THOUSAND PEOPLE OF A SHIP WITHOUT A HICCUP.
IT'S QUITE A TRICK REALLY AND SOME HANDLE IT WELL & SOME NOT SO WELL. SOME IT IS A MAD SCRAMBLE & TOTAL CHAOS.
I FIND PRINCESS DO IT WELL.
THEY GET PEOPLE TO COME TO THE THEATER AT A PARTICULAR TIME & THEN SEAT THEM ACCORDING TO THEIR TOUR.
WHEN A TOUR IS READY, EVERYONE IS ALREADY GROUPED TOGETHER & THEY MARCH OFF TO THE WAITING BUSSES ON SHORE.
VERY ORGANISED, VERY CIVILIZED.
NOW SHE'S HAPPY..
NOW SHE'S NOT...
IT IS A TAD WINDY HERE.....
WE MEET THE DRIVER & THE GUIDE. NEITHER HAS MUCH ENGLISH BETWEEN THEM. SOME PEOPLE MIGHT NOT LIKE LIKE THAT.
ME - I DO.
IT MEANS I WILL NOT HAVE TO HEAR SOMEONE DRONE ON FOR THE NEXT FOUR HOURS.
ANY GUESSES WHAT THAT IS?
GIVE UP YET?
CASHEWS. OR RATHER ONE CASHEW PER FRUIT. THAT'S A BUT SURPRISING!
AT THE FARM WE ARE JUST IN TIME FOR THE MILKING.
ANY VOLUNTEERS?
THIS LADIES UP FOR IT... HOPE SHE WARMED HER HANDS...
IT'S BEEN VERY HECTIC & MUST BE TIME TO RELAX & HERE WE ARE AT MORGAN'S ROCK,
NOT A BAD LITTLE PLACE
DOWN ON THE BEACH THE GUIDE SHOWS US TO A LITTLE CABANNA. INSIDE ARE THESE FRESHLY HATCHED TURTLES.
IT IS NOW INCREDIBLY WINDY & THE BLOWN SAND COULD TAKE THE SKIN OF A SUNBATHER IN NO TIME FLAT.
I GO FOR A WALK UP THE HILL & THIS IS ONE OF THE HOTEL ROOMS.
AND SOME SORT OF EXOTIC BIRD JUST HATCHED.
I HAVE ONE OF THE LOCAL BEERS - JUST TO BE SOCIABLE.
I SHOW THE GUIDE MY BABY BIRD PHOTO & HE SAYS IT IS A PALOMA.
AS IN LA PALOMA BLANCA - THE WHITE DOVE.
MY EXOTIC BIRD IS A DOVE - IT'S MUM IS PROBABLY HERE ON HOLIDAY FROM OTTAWA.
BUT THESE ARE EXOTIC....
AND IT'S BACK TO THE SHIP AFTER A GREAT, IF WINDY DAY
