Germaine, drove us to the start of our raft trip where we each had our own little raft and raft captain. Our boat captain, Simon, was not terribly talkative compared to some of the others AND he liked to be first. Even though we were the fourth or fifth raft to depart, he quickly bumped and knocked his way in front of the others. Since it was a "leisure" excursion, we would have liked to take it a little slower. It was lovely. We saw almond trees, bamboo, blue herons, and termite farms.
Again, Germaine picked us up to transport to our next stop--lunch at Jamaica Swamp Safari Village. We had jerked chicken, potato salad, coleslaw, punch, and some type of bread. We wondered if maybe it was from the bread fruit. Chris actually sent a text to the girls but we didn't get any response. After dinner, we returned to the port. It was a lovely area that had been recently upgraded. Still there were plenty of Jamaicans trying to sell their wares. We ventured out in to the market, but each "store" sold the same stuff as the others and all were trying to entice us in.
We used our SeaPasses to enter the terminal area again and did a little shopping there where the sellers weren't quite so vigorous in their sales techniques. We found a few things for the girls and then decided that a snack was in order first, followed by a nap.
After dinner, we had tickets to the skating performance. Yep, a skating rink on the cruise ship. It was impressive and the skaters were very talented. We followed the skating with "Love and Marriage" in the Alhambra Theater. It was a Newlywed type game with four couple picked from the crowd. Julie and Darren from our group were picked to participate. Hilarious. The oldest couple were 83 years old and had been married for 58 or so years. They were from Canada and most likely spoke French. Julie was so kind, she would try and help both the husband and the wife understand what was going on.