*this series is back-dated, so is written as though we are in Turks & Caicos*
This morning, we woke to the Excursion Desk cancelling the Glowworm Cruise for tonight, but they were looking into getting us onto another boat. It's like we'd barely hung up (but maybe we just fell back asleep) before they were calling back with a company name and time to meet them on the beach!
Ellie made pancakes and coffee, which we enjoyed on the balcony as we planned our day. We decided to keep it quiet as we waited for the cruise.
We walked down to the beach, stopping at the Excursion Desk (I think we're going to either become their best friends or mortal enemies!) where we booked our Pony Ride and (wait for it...) Full-Day Cruise/Snorkel/BBQ Excursion for Thursday and Tuesday.
The water is gorgeous; a color blue you only see in pictures--or when you go to a tropical island. We basically hung out, alternating between lounging in the water on pool noddles or lounging on the beach. Rain came through a couple times, but it wasn't intolerable, and each bout went by quickly. At lunchtime, we just went back to the room and made quesadillas as we got ready for the cruise.
As we waited for the beach, we started chatting with Pete & Barb, another couple who seemed just as lost as were felt. They were a little older than us, and are enjoying his parents' timeshare. They'd been here once before 8 years ago and remembered enjoying the Glow Worm cruise then, so decided to go again. It was nice to hear from real people that the cruise was a good--can't always trust those website reviews!! Another couple was waiting for the same trip, but they weren't friendly at all.
Turns out we were put on a party boat--lots of really loud music and if the crew wasn't totally loaded, they were drinking vicariously through us since they were practically begging everyone to drink the rum punch! We kept ourselves at just a few cups though, didn't want to get sloppy in the middle of the water :D The glow worms were actually pretty cool--the females left glowing egg trails, and the males were glowing bursts. Unfortunately, they were too quick to catch on the camera, but we DID catch a couple on video, so we're counting that as a definite win! Barb compared them to fireflies in the water, which is really apt.
Oddly, we weren't brought back to our hotel beaches as we'd been lead to believe by the Excursion Desk. The crew suddenly docked at a seemingly lonely building and herded us into taxis. Honestly, we were all a little nervous as the boat was docking, and didn't REALLY trust it until people started getting dropped off...and then the fear only mildly eased LOL. As we approached the Grace Bay Club (another hotel), Barb and Pete suddenly invited us for drinks at Infiniti Bar. Of course we accepted. Infiniti Bar is both the longest bar in the Caribbean AND the first infinity-edge bar in the world. It's pretty cool, solid black bar with blue light strings set in the middle. We all chatted and joked for about an hour; it was nice to have actual conversations with people other than each other after 3 days.
I started to talk about Fluffy & the growing popularity of hedgies when all of a sudden, Pete realized he didn't have his wallet, and they were absolutely without any cash!! It was actually a super funny situation, he hadn't thought he'd need his wallet on the cruise, so Ellie graciously paid because it was just such a hilarious situation, and what else could we have done (although in all seriousness, we could have just stood up and walked off into the night of the beach and never looked back; but that's not how we roll)? The poor things were incredibly embarrassed, which I KNOW we'd have felt the same way. It was sweet how profusely they apologized. We used "honeymoon money" as a means of making them feel better.
We walked back along the beach, which was beautiful and moonlit; the kind people post about in their online dating profiles. When we arrived back at The Sands, Barb & Pete invited us for a nightcap at Hemingway's to pay us back since they didn't need cash there ;). We're glad we met them, they're a nice couple. And they've given us a hilarious story for when we get home!
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