Woke up naturally and in time for arrival yayy. Had a shower then went up to watch the arrival.
David taking photos of the sunrise over Dominican Republic
View towards Amber Cove
Punta de la Guardia
Punta de la Guardia at sunrise
David!!
Had a quick breakfast (which for me was like half a sausage) while waiting for the clear to go ashore announcement.
As soon as they announced we could go ashore we raced off, the aim being to photograph the pool before it got infested with people. And also the Amber Cove sign in front of the ship.
Pool at Amber Cove
Waterslides at Amber Cove
Pool and bar at Amber Cove
Fountain at Amber Cove
Macarao de Salcedo
Shops at Amber Cove
Amber Cove sign and Carnival Pride
Carnival Pride at Amber Cove
That accomplished we attempted to get out to the point north of Amber Cove where there's a rotunda, but it's in the middle of another resort and security wouldn't let us in. Doh.
Wetlands at Amber Cove
Egrets (possibly) at Amber Cove
But we did end up on a beach facing the ship, that had weak access to the resort wifi. So we sat there in the shade for like an hour catching up on interwebs. There may have also been a pina colada. Which I was a lot happier to pay the locals for than the port resort.
Carnival Pride at Amber Cove
Carnival Pride at Amber Cove
Me and a pina colada at Amber Cove
Wetlands at Amber Cove
Duck at Amber Cove
Heron (or great egret?) at Amber Cove
Heron (or great egret?) at Amber Cove
Nesting egrets (I think)
Baby egret (I think)
Egret (possibly) at Amber Cove
By this time it was nearly midday, and we'd just been planning a quick photoshoot in the early morning, so I didn't even have any sunscreen on and I was hungry. So we went back to the ship for lunch.
Amber Cove sign and Carnival Pride
Dominican Republic flag on Carnival Pride
Turtle sculpture at Amber Cove
People on a banana boat in front of the beach we spent some of the morning at
Then David and I took a bunch of photos round the ship.
Lathered up in sunscreen then off we went to the pool. It was kinda boring really because I was sober and didn't really have anyone to talk to for all of it (did chat to Voncile and Robin, and Hayley for a bit). Didn't feel game to do the waterslides.
Me and Cutie at the Amber Cove sign
Photo by Dana
Came back to the ship then watched the sailaway.
Pilot boat approaching
The sky bar that I wanted to go to but somehow ran out of time
The beach that we had a pina colada on this morning and leached the resort wifi
Amber Cove
Rocky outrcrops near Amber Cove
Punta de la Guardia
Punta de la Guardia
Amber Cove
Coast near Amber Cove
View towards Puerto Plata
David did the waterslides for a bit while I grabbed something to eat (dinner was still a couple of hours away). Then I came back to the room and washed my hair and went into battle getting photos off my phone. I think it was missing different ones this time so tried recopying everything but it still keeps getting hung up on certain files and aborting. So took ages and there's still probably hundreds missing.
At 19:30 we watched the 80's Pop to the Max show which was a bit of fun.
80's Pop to the Max show
80's Pop to the Max show
80's Pop to the Max show
80's Pop to the Max show
80's Pop to the Max show
80's Pop to the Max show
Frankie at the 80's Pop to the Max show
Then to dinner. I had Queso Fundido for entrée which was amazing, Pork Lomito for mains which I wasn't really a fan of (pork was a little dry and I'm not a huge fan of beans anyway), and Crema Catalana for dessert which was very nice.
After dinner we dropped by Alchemy Bar to see Ocean Bri Zee and she played us all the Australian songs she knew (Dumb Things, Down Under and Khe San). I don't actually know all the words to Khe San, which is clearly un-Australian, and I should be sent to lamb purgatory ;)
Ocean Bri Zee in Alchemy Bar
Finally we went up to the 80s party on the pool deck, but it was a bit loud. And Americans are backwards. They'll spend all day out in the sun getting fried to a crisp, but then not use the pools at night. So we had the pool to ourselves.
Then to bed.
Today's Towel Animal: A duckbilled monkey??
Today's Towel Animal: A duckbilled monkey??
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