I'm really getting used to this life, on board. It's like a floating city, which seems fairly obvious - but there is one subtle difference that seems to be where the magic lies. In any normal city, you are surrounded by small levels of chaos: people bumping into you in the street or seeing someone who's angry or confused. Perhaps there's traffic, zooming around, and stepping off a pavement feels threatening. You normally factor all of these little deviations into your daily transit through life - but on a boat, they're not there. There's a unanimity of purpose, with everyone on a ship like this. Everyone is here to do much the same thing as you: have a great time. It's not a simple homogenous levelling of the playing field, there's still a huge range of people and outlooks - but it removes a lot of the stressors, without you even noticing. Life gets easier, more laid-back.
And today has been a very, very laid-back day. We got here (Cozumel) overnight, and slowly approached the dock, finally mooring at around 6.30 am. The boat spins on its axis to accomplish this - which was amazing to experience. After breakfast, we nipped into the port for a look around, but then left the boat again, just before noon, to hire a Taxi, crossing the Island in its entirety. Lunch was on the East shore, at Señor Iguanas where we ate wonderful Mexican food, drank cocktails, and laughed until our sides hurt. One of those days.
Back to the port for another drink, and back aboard, to tidy my room, and prepare for dinner. Might go and hang at the Lisa Loeb show tonight, and maybe - just maybe - try and catch up on the sleep I've missed.
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Glad the cruise life is agreeing with you. We've been something of evangelists about it as a way of travelling for years because it's not just about the destination but also being able to enjoy getting there too; exploration ashore somewhere new every other day, and air-conditioned access to cocktails and stunning seascapes, sunsets, and sunrises when you're back on board. Of course, if you keep calling it a boat instead of a ship then someone will likely threaten to keelhaul you at some point.
Ha yes, I've had that already! But yes - I've also really learned a lot about how a cruise ship can work, as a method of travel, and as a way of travelling too. It's so much more than the sum of its parts - realising that was a huge moment, for me.
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