We sailed on to Puerto Amador (Porto Ah-ma-dor) and dropped anchor around noon. There is rain in the distance. We have decided to do this on our own thru taxi only to find 2 facts that stop us.
~ It's $30.00 a person one-way to the city and another taxi will be needed there. That's $120.00 just to go into the city!
~ We have to go ashore by tenders. With the weather, the sea is a little choppy so the tender is bobbing as well as the ship's platform and they aren't connected. There are NO rails to hold on to, you have to jump from one to the other.
On second thought, we stay onboard for the day. Best we did as when the others returned we heard stories of short trips due to long tender rides that were very slow in boarding due to the weather and then being stuck in traffic jams for an hour or two. Not our idea of fun!
I spent the time in a Bible study with 3 other ladies, 2 Brits and one from Kansas. Then played Taboo with 5 others and we all won the luggage tags.
At lunch we dined with a couple that had a Baush Lombe telescope set up on a tripod. We could see a lot of Panama, the city and the bridge leading into the canal.
Visited the library, was it ever nice! He returned to the cabin and I found the game room and 3 sisters playing RummiCube ~ I joined in and came away the winner! Later we had a quick snack in the Horizon Court and then saw the movie in the Universe Lounge "Indiana Jones, Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" with about 50 other people. It was an enjoyable day onboard.
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