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Boo to the Halloween on the Highs Seas Crew Oct. 2016, Fantasy Trip Report

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I think this is a cucumber. He looks like he has a face!

 

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This looked like a hammer on the ocean floor that had been absorbed into the sea life.

 

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It was great, but it was now getting time to go. I had seen pretty much the whole area we were allowed to be in and I was very happy with it. I made my way back to the boat and kind of hung back as everyone climbed up the ladder…..ladders and me…not so great when getting out of the water. I am not graceful at ALL!

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And look who I saw again while waiting…..

 

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I had booked this excursion for one thing mainly….turtles. It had a high chance of seeing them and I was so happy that we did. My only disappointment was that there weren’t more. I have seen pictures in other reports where people are basically swimming with the turtles and there are several all over. We just seemed to have this one guy. That being said, I was super happy to see even one and the rest that I saw made up for it totally.

 

Time to climb up.

 

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We had complimentary drinks. You could have some kind of punch they were serving or soft drinks.

 

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It was hard work snorkeling but it was so much fun.

 

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Abby needed a rest.

 

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We were now headed to a beach where we would have lunch and some time to swim and relax.

 

Rob was enjoying some of the punch…well I think he had several….and just let Abby nap on his leg.

 

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Look!!! There’s the Fantasy!

 

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The crew started doing things with the sails and Rob went to help…well sort of…he became the manager of the punch jug.

 

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Gail made the comment that how was it that Rob always seemed to find himself in charge of the beverages everywhere they went. LOL.

 

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As we were making our way to the beach, Katie told us that we would have to swim to it….what? She and Thad had done this excursion a few years ago and she said the boat only could go so far in and then we had to swim. Hmm I didn’t see that in the description. Oh well……we were wet already.

 

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Sure enough, when we arrived they anchored the boat and were told we had to swim to shore. We did have the choice to ride in the dingy as well and we could also have anything we wanted brought over to the shore on the dingy, so we did load a few bags in there.

 

The swim was harder than I expected. I am not sure if I was going against the current, or I was just so tired, but it took a while to get there. And I was hungry too.

 

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We walked back to the area they had a little buffet setup for us. It was kind of wooded back there and the bugs were in plenty. Good thing I brought my bag and it had bug spray in it. We all sprayed ourselves up.

 

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We got some food and settled down to eat.

 

 

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There were hermit crabs all over and the kids just loved them.

 

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Katie and Thad got some food from a little stand on the beach. They had been here before and said the food at it was amazing. You had to pay for it, but they didn’t care one bit. I think they had tacos or some sort of food like that.

 

As the kids were eyeing the hermit crabs, one of the guys grabbed one and brought it over for them to look at.

 

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The little stand to the right in this picture is where Katie and Thad got their food.

 

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There were also chickens running around all over. LOL.

 

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I was just taking random pictures, but when I posted this on facebook Gail commented that did I notice who was belly up to the bar…..that would be Rob. Hahahaha.

 

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This was the food stand.

 

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Once we were done we headed out to play in the water. Geoff was tired so he found a chair and just sat most of the time.

 

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We went over and left our bags with him.

 

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When we arrived we were practically the only ones here but now a few more boats were arriving, including this party barge. The music was loud, the people were loud and they were definitely having a good time. 31821899130_c0b296ccb2_z.jpgstt212 by Jenseib, on Flickr

I hightailed it to the bathroom before it got too crowded.

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Gail had asked when on the boat about using the bathroom and the girl crew person told her the island one was probably better so Gail waited and used it when we arrived. Gail pointed me in the direction and warned me it wasn’t too great.

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Evidently the chickens are using it too. LOL.

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It was gross. Just dirty and smelly and on the lines of an outhouse with concrete floors. And what was even grosser is I did not have shoes with me. I really had to go though and I tiptoed in and went and got the heck out of there and cleaned off in the water after.

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We had a discussion about bathrooms and I found out Alexis is a pro pee-er in the water. ICK!!! They go to a friend’s lake house a lot and she always just goes in the water. I was so disgusted and I was surprised Gail would not force her to use a real bathroom. I know people do it…I do not! It totally grossed me out! Thank goodness Claire was on my side.

 

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I sat on the edge of the water and drew this.

 

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And then I took one with the water washing it away. I thought it was cool.

 

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We had a lot of fun splashing around and just hanging out and talking. The kids really had a great time.

 

Finally it was time to swim back to the boat. I think Gail took the dingy back again, but Abby swam this time back with Rob.

 

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The crew also told us they had shirts for sale. Claire and I each got one as did Alexis and I think Rob did too. I know Claire and I got long sleeved ones and this shirt is one of Claire’s favorite shirts now. She wears it all the time.

 

 

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We got off the boat and still had a little bit of time,so I wanted to look through some stores. It looked like there were some places nearby. Geoff said he would come too but Claire headed back with the rest of them.

 

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We really should have went that way too. Most of the stores were closed. I went to find a bathroom and that was quite the search. I found one that looks like someone used every bit of the walls and floor as their toilet….another was just overflowing….finally I found a decent and clean one.

 

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We wandered back and I think Geoff did go in a few stores.

 

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It was longer back the ship than I had thought too.

 

 

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As we approached the ship we saw people coming from another path and realized there was another shopping area closer to the ship. After to talking to some other people once back on the ship I found out that it had better stuff over there.Darn it!

 

 

We got back on the ship and headed our separate ways. I think Claire was swimming with Alexis at this point.

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It was sail away time and I took a few pictures as we left the port.

 

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This is always one of my favorite views.

 

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I went in search of the rest of the family.

 

 

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The kids were riding the aqua duck over and over.

 

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Time for a beverage!

 

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After the fun on the Duck we showered and got ready for the evening show.

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