Chill vacation to the Caribbean

Believe it or not I hadn't been to the Caribbean Islands. When you live on the West coast , the East coast seems so far away. But time for a chill vacation.

*Note to self*      Next time don't go on Spring Vacation.

Not because of the crowds, but the airfare is about 2-3 times more traveling late March and April.
But we were taking 2 teens girls, so we didn't have much of a choice.

First stop Princess Cays Private Island. This is a port that is tendered in, and just for the cruise line. We rented a clamshell, which looks a blue clamshell but shaded for 2 people. Even though I love the warm, sunny weather, I am fair and not a sun worshiper so I am happy to be in the shade. Plenty of bars around with music and alcohol, and a buffet style setup for lunch. Being that I have a hard time relaxing, and this will be all day, may be challenging for me because I think I'm a little ADHD. So we walk over to the sting ray encounter (that I booked on the ship) to swim in the warm water with the sting rays. The handlers know the sting ray's by name and let us feed them and stroke them. I thought that might be in the wild but they are actually in a roped in area. So I'm not sure how animal friendly that is knowing they are in an enclosed area. But it was amazing to see them up close.

Feeding the Stingrays

The 2 teens go on the Banana Boat Ride around the bay, which looks fun and I can see them bouncing around on it with their hair up in a bun bouncing too.

I bring my water socks, because I don't care how goofy I look, I don't want to step on anything and cut myself up get bitten by anything. I go out in the water for a short while (yes I have a rash guard too) and swim around because.....hey....I'm in the Caribbean.

I skip the hair braiding corn rows, henna etc. and look at some of the souvenir shops but didn't buy anything.

All in all it was a nice relaxing day and set up was really good. I wouldn't mind an overnight there because it would be really fun to have campfires there and just hang out for the evening on the island. They could have bars, campfires, activities, etc. for a different kind of an experience.

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