This morning we woke up at 7am as the Harmony of the Seas was in its final process of docking at the RCI 'Island' of Labidee. In reality, the RCI area is just a leased peninsula near the old fishing village of Labidee. It's about seven miles from the second largest town in Haiti. But there are no roads that connect the two!
The really highly developed little development has a number of beaches and other activities to separate the passengers and their money. RCI also served a free BBQ during the lunch hour. Disembarkation occurred using 3 doors and went smoothly and quickly. It was actually quite impressive.
Once on the island we had a short walk to our meet up point for our first event of the day which was a walking tour of the complex and historical commentary. Our guide, Remy, was local and appreciated the opportunity to have a job. He shared a bunch of history with us as we walked. At the conclusion of the tour we had to walk back to the main pier area to start our second activity, a snorkeling trip to a nearby reef.
We had a full boatload of snorklers and the reef was located just a short distance from the ship. Since we brought our own mask and snorkel, all we had to do was get fins and a life vest. The water was warm and there was lots of coral plus a number of small black and yellow striped fish. Angela followed the guide, while I independently snorkeled. I was among the last back on board for the short ride back to the pier. At the pier, we partook in a BBQ lunch before setting out to explore the flea market. Unfortunately the vendors were way too aggressive and wouldn't let us just look at their wares, so we quickly walked by them and made a loop back to the pier where we reboarded the ship. The reboarding process was as quick and smooth as the morning's disembarkation.
After showers to rid ourselves of the salt, I watched the sail away from deck 16 at just a bit after 4pm. A rain cloud was rapidly enveloping the ship. I also enjoyed some nachos before heading for the Silk dining room. Dinner was excellent (escargot, shrimp cocktail, and baked haddock). Carlos was our waiter once again, and we ate dinner and dessert in less than an hour. RCI is certainly scoring points in my estimation with the Main Dining Room!
Afterwards we tried to watch Monday night football in the ON AIR lounge, but the ambient music noise from the mall area was SUPER loud so we went to the room for some peace and quiet. It seems there was some sort of Shrek event, but the music was double what we would consider to be loud.
A while later we returned to find the noise level had abated, so we watched football until a game show '60 seconds' started up. It was a fun show to watch. Participants had to do certain tasks within 60 seconds. There were cool prizes as well. Super Kareoke followed, but we couldn't stay as we had reservations for the headliner act, a ventriloquist named Ronn Lucas. He was really good. We hope to see him tomorrow. We ended our evening having tea with a couple from Sedro Woolley. Tomorrow we dock in Jamaica.
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