Day 10: Guatemala
A port stop, or an opportunity for another perfect ship day?
Rather than fighting traffic again in a 3 hour bus ride to get from our port, (Puerto Quetzal), to the area where most tours go, (Antigua), we opted to enjoy the mostly empty ship. We didn’t know yet what a good decision it would be.
When we pulled into port we could see the volcano in the distance. It had just erupted 4 days prior, and was still spewing some smoke.
We didn’t think much about it, just started the morning in the hot tub, then moved back into our favorite cabana to enjoy the first half of the day. This time we brought the fixings for “Rockstar Hooch”, as Shawn classily dubbed it. We stopped by the Galley and filled our bottles with fruit, ice, and some orange juice, then popped our anniversary bottle of champagne to add to the mix. We also had carrot bran muffins, we’re not animals - breakfast of champions!
After lunch we decided to check out the port and local craft market. I bought some earrings and Shawn got a macadamia chocolate bar.
Once we returned to the ship we noticed how bad the air quality was outside. Shawn’s asthma was flaring up, and even I was feeling it. The air was so bad at this point that you couldn’t see the volcano anymore. We went back inside and stayed there the rest of the day. Had we gone on any of the excursions, we would have been stuck breathing that for the whole day. Instead we got iced coffee and entertained ourselves for a while before dinner.
Dinner that night was fantastic, and took our minds off the gross air situation. We got the best table at The Wake (probably because the ship was still pretty empty).
I started off the meal with hamachi crudo with pickled rhubarb, and Shawn had the bone marrow. We shared a filet and an incredible salt baked dorado with lemon caper sauce.
We called it a night earlier than usual because Shawn was still feeling the effects of the pollution in his lungs.
Now we have 3 sea days, Cabo, another 2 sea days, then LA. Gonna be a lot more of this…
And we are a-ok with that. ❤️🚢❤️