APRIL 23, 2015 At Sea

April 24 2015 MACAPA, BRAZIL

Today we anchored off the coast of Macapa Brazil which was a maiden voyage for the Crystal Serenity. 

We were talked out of booking a tour so we were going to go in by ourselves.  The great claim to fame here is you can stand with one foot in the southern hempisphere and one in the northern.  

Since Crystal has never been here before no one knew what to expect and we were told a lot of different answers.  We were told we had to take the tender over to the shuttle and then a cab to the spot.  We were told that when the first tender went over they were still constructing the dock.  they were  not ready for 800 people!

As the weather was hot, humid and raining on and off we decided that we did not need a picture of us in both hemispheres and we stayed on the ship and relaxed.

Some of our friends got drenched so were happy we did not get off.  Another friend who did not  get off also said our bodies have been in two different hemispheres for a while !  Most people who came back told us we did not miss anything.  One of the women said that they had all the kids who are learning English around to help since most adults don’t speak it.

We played backgammon and had a nice relaxing day.  Probably the first relaxing day we have spent without having to rush somewhere!  Since we  arrived here after 12 noon and no one was allowed off the ship till almost 1:30 (still constructing the dock) and we had to be back at 5:30 it just didn’t seem worth getting wet over!

Tonight is the last time for this WC we will get to see Across the Pond!  We had a great dinner and we headed to the show!

Another great day!  Tomorrow we will anchor off Alter Do Chao Brazil.

Bring it on!

The Mighty Murky Muddy Amazon River that makes the Jersey Shore look like the Caribbean!