December 18 - Roseau, Dominica

 We were here a few years ago with Regent and did a river tubing tour that was fun.  We had no tour this time, but since we were docked in a good place, right in town, we decided to just walk around.

This is a lovely, green island

The weather was a bit cooler and less humid than we've had lately.  There were a lot of vendors in white tents along the water, but they were all selling the same stuff and I wasn't tempted.  Michael said he noticed that the tents said USAID on them.  We're guessing they were sent here after a hurricane and have been repurposed.

A medical school!

We ran into some of the crew in the supermarket - not unusual.  Prices for most things didn't seem that out of line with ours at home.  Back on board, we headed up to the buffet for lunch - the only option -  and we ran into Jan and Tom just returning from their tour.  They were very impressed with the beauty of the island and the knowledge of their guide.  Unfortunately, they got stuck in a traffic jam that tied them up for 45 minutes or so, but at least their bus was air-conditioned.

I spent some time in my new favorite place, deck 5 on a lounger in the shade.  This time I was on the shoreside so I could really people watch.  Just before lunch an ambulance came zipping up, backed all the way up the jetty to the ship, and a gentleman was loaded on by stretcher.   He was conscious and the doctor spoke with the wife for a bit and then they both went off to the hospital.

The ambulance and stretcher ( coming down the gangway)

I was out there again just before we sailed and he and his wife arrived by private car and he walked back on the ship to be met by the doctor at the gangway, so I presume all is OK.

We had trivia with our new Cruise Director, Carson and he is a little more strict with the rules.  Only the top 3 scores get points, unlike Peter who gave them away to 4 or 5 of the top team scores.  Ah well, he seems like he'll be just fine.

At trivia, we learned that George and Mishawn also had reservations at 7:00 pm at the Tuscan Grill, so we had them put us all together at a table of 6 and had a very nice time with them.