Before boarding the tender to return to the ship, Ted and I had some time to explore a small area of Kona.
Quinn’s couldn’t get beachfront property, so they named their restaurant accordingly–“Quinn’s Almost by the Sea.”
Wal-Mart isn’t within walking distance of the dock, but there’s money to be made from the tourists. To capture that market, the store provides a free shuttle from the dock to its retail site. We saw a similar K-Mart shuttle at another port.
This is Ted’s destination birthday trip, so the girls gave him gift money for his birthday with instructions to spend it in Hawai’i. Today, he bought some aloha shirts. This is Shirt #1 . . .
. . . and this is Shirt #2. Jeff also bought aloha shirts on his Hawaiian vacation in August. Now he and Ted can break them out together next summer.
The onboard entertainment this evening was a comedian who kept us laughing constantly for an hour. Did you know that people in Dubai don’t like the Flintstones? But people in Abu Dhabi do. (Hee hee!) In one part of the program, the comedian mocked the stateroom bathrooms. He commented on how small the shower stall is and mimicked trying to move his arms upward, turning around, and bending over, while muttering, “Hmm, this is going to call for some decision-making. Aww, I’ll just wash that part when I get home.” He followed up by saying this is the first time he’s been able to take a shower, brush his teeth, and use the toilet–all at the same time. When we returned to our stateroom after the show, Ted and I decided to take some photos to illustrate this.
Here’s the shower stall. Ted has about an inch to spare for moving his arms. Luckily, neither of us dropped anything while showering, because bending over would indeed be tricky.
It looks like it’s true that you could shower at least part of your body while brushing your teeth and, if necessity required it, you might be able to use the toilet at the same time.
Yes, we’re having fun, fun, fun.