Bermuda - Day 4

We had another great day. We got up at 7am and took showers and went to breakfast. We had Crystal Caves and an Aquarium excursion at 9:20am. We boarded a bus and headed north to the aquarium first. It was full of great fish. We re-boarded the bus and headed to Crystal Caves. We made several stops along the way and the driver was very informational. It was another hot and humid day. The temperature was in the high 80’s and the humidity was 85%. We were hoping it would be cooler in the caves. There was a long ramp we had to walk down and about 40 steps also going down. It was a beautiful site to see. We then headed back out and had to go up all the steps and ramp. My god by the time we made it to the top, I thought I would die. My shirt was soaked with sweat and it was hard to breath. But at least the bus was cool and we could sit. We headed back to the ship terminal, but did make one stop at a local beach. The sand is so pink and I was able to get a sample. We were also able to put our feet in the water. We made it back to the ship and dropped our stuff off and had some lunch. We talked about what to do with the rest of our afternoon. We decided to take the ferry over to the Royal Dockyards. It is at the far tip of the island. We did find out that Bermuda is only 21 miles long and 2 miles wide. The average home is about 1.2 million dollars, but there are 5 condos that you could by as low income homes for $500,000. Funny, I never thought of low income as a $500,000 home. We also learned that when you die you are buried facing east and west. Unless you were convicted of murder and then you are buried north and south. Gas is 6 dollars per a gallon and all rain water is collected from the roofs of the houses for recycling that is why all roofs are white. Other facts are that each household is only allowed 1 car, but you can own as many mopeds as you want and they are everywhere. We left the Dockyards around 4:30pm and did some major shopping. We then boarded the ship for a quick rest and some dinner. There was a street fair starting at 7pm. We walked around a while there was not much to see and both our feet were hurting, so we called it a night. We came back on the ship and had a couple of drinks in the bar. We are going to take showers and get a good night rest. We are hoping to sleep in tomorrow as we don’t have any excursions until 2pm.