As I said on the earlier post I was going to a cruise… and maybe stay on an island. Well, I did went to the awesome cruise but sadly came back to reality and never got to go to Norman Island which is south of St. John, and St. John wasn’t a stop from the cruise route. The route consisted of Barbados, St. Lucia, Antigua, St. Marteen and St. Thomas, the islands were all right I think they got better through the week, but the cruise was like one of the best things I’ve seen, couple diner rooms, a shopping street, an ice skating rink, rock climbing, inline skate track, mini-golf, basketball court, theater, pools, Jacuzzis, bars, casinos, arcades.. DAMN it had everything. I must admit I wasn’t that hyped about the cruise but, eventually, found it was one of the best vacations I ever had.
Did so many things so what I’ll do in this post is describe the highlights of each day of the week (it was a 7 day cruise) and put some relevant pictures with it, so here it goes:
SUNDAY
LOCATION: Puerto Rico
Before getting aboard the cruise Ingrid and her cousin wanted to buy alcohol (yey I am so crazy and cool) to get on the cruise –since the alcohol is expensive there- and drink freely on the rooms. When they were at the duty-free store I remember I told her clearly… ASK THE CASHIER PERSON TO SEE IF PEOPLE CAN BRING ALONG ALCOHOL, of course she didn’t ask, and of course she thought I was wrong or didn’t know a thing. BUT, what happened when she bought the alcohol? She was told she could not take it aboard the ship. HA HA HA HA! Noob. And of course the cashier wouldn’t give the money back. I think it’s a scam in all, since they don’t tell anyone about it until the purchase is made. That is why I told her to ask… but of course… I don’t know anything. Anyways they got the opportunity to handle the alcohol to the ship thanks to me, and my dragon jacket. Ingrid’s cousin –the sex starving- Jason put it inside his jeans and covered it with my jacket. That’s about it, later that night Ingrid, her brother, and her cousins Jason and Karla were drinking it, in a way I felt back in highschool, were drinking illegally was cool and awesome. Not. Anyways that is what I remember from Sunday. Oh yeah during the day we walked around the ship to get to know it and bought like 2 piña coladas that day.. one from the pool bar and the other at night at Jesters Night club.
MONDAY
LOCATION: SEA
We were told that on Monday the cruise will be at sea the whole day, because the cruise route consisted of spending a whole day sailing to the last island (first from the route) and then from that island slowly sailing back one by one till we get to Puerto Rico (where we departed).
So what I did on Monday?
It sucks because I can’t quite remember but I think I did went to the gym.. or Tuesday? Damn it, I knew I should’ve written on a notebook the things I did because I knew I would’ve confuse things. Anyways on Monday I think it was the day I broke the record on the Raiden Fighters Jet and landed first place and finished the game at the same time. It all happen because when I died the first time, I looked at the score and compared it to mine and it wasn’t that behind… so I decided to start again and break it. Thanks to my practice on many shoot’em up games like Gradius, Ikaruga, R-type I got to finish the game on one credit. Here is the evidence:
Besides that I think on Monday is when we had the first Formal night so we all had to dress stupid. After a fancy dinner and bullshit I went back to the room changed clothesto something almost me and took Andrea my niece to the arcades for some real fun. After that I think we went to Jesters again… I don’t remember…fuck. Oh yeah, we walked around the ship taking pictures and being dumb.
TUESDAY
LOCATION: BARBADOS
Barbados looked like Sabana Grande, after some nice breakfast we wnet down to the island and walked around downtown, many rasta people, who harassed me saying “hello, rasta man” constantly. After walking around looking at nothing we decided to go to the beach. I realized they charge for everything. At the beach we paid I think for an entrance fee or something to use the bathrooms… then we had to pay for the chairs. When we got to the beach I felt I was in Resident Evil with all these zombies (people) trying to sell you stuff. They were all calling me RASTA MAN, fuck that, I am no rasta I have dreadlocks but that doesn’t mean I am rasta. Dreadlocks are not rasta exclusive… it just tangled hair… actually many anarcho and crust bands have dreadlocks… actually I have an issue of the Profane Existence fanzine which is about anarcho punk and crust were all the pictures in it, there is someone with Dreadlocks. Anyways, one of the guys were selling necklaces and I wasn’t interested until I got to see one from his hand and liked it here is a pic of me trying that:
After that Ingrid saw a skirt that she liked and thantks to that I met the FREAK LADY, Ingrid was trying it out and she liked it, since she didn’t have enough cash I decided to buy it for her, but we weren;t sure yet… the skirt was $25… then since Ingrid tried it out… the lady said $20, so I said ok lets see… but hten Ingrid wasn’t sure… but when we decided to get it.. the lady was like… no $25… she said she had a hardtime making it…. I wich I could say a big FUCK YOU OLD WHORE to that lady… but hey its her job… we are tourist… so it was ok… Ingrid didn’t agree with me buying it fro $25 but… man… these people are poor.. and we have enough money for our things… I thinks its low to try to “regatear” or make deals with people that area clearly poor…. You do that with stores… but no to a seller on the beach… its fucking low… so I paid the full $25 so my girl could have a skirt she wanted. Whatever.
The beach was nice, and it had more people around selling stuff, offering services of Jet Ski rides and of course Ganja. Since I had dreadlocks I was constantly harassed if I wanted the buy some Mary jane, but of course I declined every time. I know other people wanted but one of them exceptionally wanted it more but didn’t want the responsibility to carry it to bring it aboard… how easy life is. From this day on my nickname on the islands became RASTA MAN. I don’t remember well what we did later on, but I know I went to the gym and I don’t know what else I did.. probably Jesters again… or maybe that day was the ice skating show…. Fuck I don’t remember. Oh, before I forget, in the duty-free stores at the terminal they had THE BEST BROWNIES OF THE PLANET…. Don’t believe me? Here:
At night we went to an ice skating show which wasn’t that bad, the highlights were when 3 of the skaters fell stupidly through out the show. One woman there was really talented that is all about to say.
WEDNSDAY
LOCATION: ST. LUCIA
I think in this place we just took a taxi van for a trip around the island…. It was pretty boring… it sucked actually… it was looking at a poorer Puerto Rico… nothing interesting that I can remember. Afterwards I think I went to the gym. Then later on..maybe I went to Jesters again. Honestly I am trying to think everything in order but it falls out of place. Oh yeah today I think it was the day I dressed as a woman on a quest contest… yeah. We were 6 groups and we had to find elements within the crows as requested… so for the final challenge they said… look for a bad ass guy you can see on a bar… like a harley guy, and of course I had my bandanna on so I was a target… great. So after getting in show area they said.. NOW YOU HAVE TO MINUTES TO DRESS AS A WOMAN! So all girls from our group threw bras… shoes everything… so after breaking a heel, and ripping a bra here is how I looked:
No comments, lets move on.
THURSDAY
LOCATION: ANTIGUA
Antigua was all right, like an improved St. Lucia…. We just walked around town took some pictures and went to a really cool graveyard here is a pic:
Then on the way back decided to take another taxi for a 2 hour tour. I did learned that a pineapple takes one year an a half to be mature, among other things. The driver was cool he even bought some type of banana for us from a total stranger from the street.
It sucks we gave the driver shit tip… we were out of cash… I send him an email. Yeah he gave his email. I want to mention that I went to a store here and they had plenty of music magazines, porn, and all that fashion shit… except video games… no magazine about video games, actually thinking about it… not even technology stuff… I might be wrong. But anyways, I went to a music store near the port and they had all this Wii stuff around and Wii systems, Wii games, Wii gadgets all… its funny, here in Puerto Rico.. stupid people go shit all about the Wii and it is always out of stock (don’t know why… the games suck, these stupid consumers like to swallow marketing and probably other stuff) but in Antigua its like plenty of them lying around… I bet they are really expensive.. since some PSP games were around $65… which considering the game it was… it was 3 times expensive.
Later that night we had our last formal night, this is me looking suave:
It was a good night.
FRIDAY
LOCATION: ST. MARTEEN
Nude beach. We went straight to a nude beach. And of course kept my pants, and is not about not being insecure because trust me I would’ve felt really proud walking around of what I have, in other words I bet those men’s wife use dildos or something to reach fulfillment. I felt ok I am above average, proved. Is just something private you know, not about being insecure, how about this, I am so secure of me that I don’t need to show off. How about that dipshit? Oh well, it was fun, I saw the most able to walk fat person alive naked. Truly, he was naked but at the same time he wasn’t, the fat of his deformed second belly (yeah a second belly) covered his parts… until he passed by, I admire that person. Maybe he is an asshole and he is ruining people’s vacation and traumatizing children just walking by.
After that we went back and not sure what we did. Hum, I think we went to sleep early since on Saturday we had to do something with our passports really early like at 7.
SATURDAY
LOCATION: ST. THOMAS
This was like the shopping day. We went to an aquarium first which I thought it would suck but ended up really cool. They had a submarine section, and a pretty nice view. After that we went to the beach next to the aquarium which wasn’t that amazing, but the water was rather clear and cool. What I liked the most is that the guy taking care of us, gave us dog cookies for the fishes, so if you were snorkeling could gather the fish with the food. Instead I used the food to attract the sea gulls, and then threw pieces and Ingrid’s and her cousing while they were snorkeling so the sea gulls would peak at them. Since it worked I did the same thing to her mother and aunt, it was fucking hilarious sihce they were looking for cover but since they were in the water they couldn’t hahahah, I think it was the moment I laughed the most on my trip… I liked that shit so much I went out and bought more.. and gave it out to another kid to do the same… hehhe oh well.
Then we went to the town, which looked like old san juan to buy over priced souvenirs.
They had a Mango Colada… fuck it was good, but still can’t top a China Colada.
There was a store called S.O.S. something.. that had pirate stuff and many of it were actually antiques. But very expensive, for an example, they had a bead… yes a single bead from the pirate ages for $8, I means it’s a bead smaller than a Skittle, for $8. I mean if it was for $3 (Still expensive) I might’ve bought it… but it was really small… and fragile. But they had other cool stuff.
After that we went to the cruise, and did some ROCK CLIMBING:
And some mini Golf. You know taking advantage of the last day of the cruise.
We went to dinner and said goodbye to Lui and Cecilia who did a great service, and celebrated the 34th anniversary of Ingrid’s parents, they have a great relationship.. which CAN’T be copied ;). Then we just walked around bored… went to a casine.. and went to a slot machine.. Ingrid tried one and lost the fist one, then her cousin, then it was my turn and I thought of using my own quarter because I thought “If I win Ingrid will say IT WAS MY QUARTER”, guess what? I won on my first try, $12 but I won. And of course she wanted part of the money… I knew it. Women. Jorge knows all about it, I better start listening to him.
After going to other places we went upstairs to play UNO, I didn’t knew how to play but Ingrid and her cousin told me how… and eventually I won. Women. Hhehhe joke.
Later thath night every one went to sleep, but I went upstairs to the Arcade, to reclaim my top position that was pushed to the 7th (mysteriously) after playing and finishing the game, I did went to the top again using a type of ship roster… but then I realized that people that got the highest were people that played a different mode (special not normal) that let them lose, insert another quarter, lose insert another quarter while their score kept adding up…. Instead of playing the normal mode, were your score is based on one credit. SO in other words I did finished the game and got the most points only on one credit. But oh well, fucking noobs. Fuck you. Again, I still have the top score on the original ship. Go, I might be there, if some one is on top of me maybe they wasted 7 credits instead of one. Yeah, sometimes I am an asshole, but like Jorge said, its more fun that way, instead of being.. “nice”.
SUNDAY
LOCATION: Back to PUERTO RICO
Yeah it was quick it felt like they were kicking us out, pressuring us to leave… and people at the crew they didn’t even smile anymore… they were like “Ok BYE”, at breakfast they didn’t even gave us a menu… oh well. Have a nice week at the cruise.. you still have 6 months of tourist. HAH! I am talking about the morning crew.
BACK TO REALITY
I had a free week after the cruise to do stuff, stuff I normally can’t do because I am either at work or just tired because of work. Prepared some demos of my band and sent them to other bands and fanzines. Started programming a video game and played others I haven’t played in a while. And yesterday I bought a BBQ and a small pool and did a last minute BBQ on the terrace, which was cool. So that’s about it for now…. Oh yeah sang an early happy birthday to me since mine is tomorrow… fucking 27 years… lets see if I do something at the last minute. Oh well.
HIGHLIGHTS:
1-ARCADE
2-ATTACKING SEAGULLS
3-BEING CALLED RASTA-MAN ON ALL ISLANDS..NOT!
4-ICE SKATERS FALLING ON THE ICE
5-GYM
6-ALL FOOD FROM THE CRUISE
7-PIRATE STORE IN ST. THOMAS
8-WINNING ON THE CASIONE O MY FIRST TRY
9-BEING CLASSIFIED AS BAD-ASS THEN DRESSED AS A WOMAN
10-JUST BEING AWAY FROM WORK.
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