April 24, 2012 Freeport, Bahamas

What a night!! We had heard banging noise in our cabin throughout the day yesterday but never really thought anything about it thinking it would stop in the evening. Guess what - it didn't. The seas were fairly rough after leaving Miami and this may have been the problem. After trying to sleep (well Diane did but I knew I wouldn't) I called down and they sent someone up. He wasn't sure what it was but it was loud. (this was very similar to the noise problem Carleigh and I had on our European cruise) The front desk called back in a bit and said there was nothing they could do right now but would we like ear plugs lol. Diane said yes so they sent up 2 pairs. They didn't help much... Around 4am the noise seemed to quiet down a bit. We both dozed off and on but didn't really get much sleep.

We "woke up" around 6:15am and went up for coffee and I got to take some sunrise photos. We went to the buffet for breakfast and then got ready to go on our ship tour - Highlights, Shopping and Beach. We were down on the pier by 8:30am and the tour left at 9am. Because we had been early we got front row seats on the bus. The Highlight part of the tour showed us around many different areas of Freeport and the driver/guide Rolly told us about the terrible hurricanes they had in 2004 that did so much damage to the area. They still have not recovered from it.

Then on to the Shopping part. We were dropped off near the straw market and the casino. We wandered around the market and Diane bought a purse. Then we headed over to the casino (mainly to use the bathroom). There was a hotel next to it and we tried to go see the beach but the guard wouldn't let us :( We went into the casino and figured we would put a few dollars in a machine. $5 for me and $10 for Diane. We both doubled our money and then left. :)

We headed back to wait for the bus and sat on a bench with 2 women from our bus. We started talking and found out they are from Nova Scotia too - small world! Then I asked the one from Halifax where she worked and she said Stats Can. I said my son works there. She asked his name and guess what - she works with him - very small world!!!!

Now it was time to head to the Beach. The water was beautiful!! We of course headed to the bar for a cold beer and then sat in the sun enjoying the view. We walked the beach for a while and soon it was time to head back to the ship. 

We were back around 2pm. 

When we got back to our cabin there was a message to call the desk. They aplogized for the noise problem and were going to move us to a new cabin. We went and grabbed a bite to eat and then went back to pack up our stuff and they moved us. This cabin is quiet! We both feel we will sleep well tonight.

For dinner tonight, I started with prosciutto and melon and Diane had mushroom tortillas. For the main we both had Thai chicken and shrimp coconut curry. Dessert was carrot cake for me and ginger custard for Diane.

After dinner we hurried to watch the show - a Gloria Estefan tribute. We had heard someone rehearsing and loved her voice and was told she was doing this show. Unfortunately she was only a background singer.

Back to the cabin, where neither of our keys card would open the door. Down to the desk for new ones... Early to bed again for us.