Belem from the ship
Our shore side tender
There were only 13 of us on the tender
The tender for the non 4 and 5 star, President's Club, and deluxe suite passengers
Military police were in abundance
Fruit stand at the port
Houses on one of the rivers we passed
Grilling for his restaurant
Graffiti was everywhere including some unlikely places
The street across from the Belem market we visited
A lot of boats under repair at the port
Lots of pineapples on the dock
Melki, our dining steward on the right
This boat doesn't look like it will float again
We woke up to the announcement of the tender procedures at 8. It was 79 degrees with 93 percent humidity under partly cloudy skies and 3 knot winds. We had coffee on the verandah, dressed, and went to breakfast at 9:30. We went down and boarded the tender at 10. As we pulled away from the ship, we created a wave that washed the wooden steps on the boarding platform into the water as well as a bottle of oil from the tender. The crew of the tender rescued tem both and we went back to the gangway to return the steps before continuing on to the port. We arrived at the port at 10:19 and boarded the shuttle bus to Belem at 10:30. The ride into town was 50 minutes and we spent about an hour walking through the market there before re-boarding the shuttle bus back to the port. We arrived at the port at 1:10 and boarded the tender at 1:25. We got back onboard the ship at 1:50 and went to the cabin. I updated the blog and checked email while Glenda read on the verandah. I joined her at 2:30 and read until 4:15 when we went to the aft deck for the sail away. We sat with Ron & Dave and the ship was late leaving due to some guests who were late re-boarding. At 5:30, we went to the cabin to get ready for the evening. Before dinner, we went to the Crow's Nest and talked with Don and Ron & Dave. After dinner, we returned for 20 minutes before leaving to go see Phillip Huber's second Marionettes show which was even better than the first show. Afterwards, we returned to the Crow's Nest and talked with Don, Ron & Dave, Jan & Jan, Peter and Barbie. We went to the casino at 11:15 and made a 55 minute contribution. We received 2 Steiff Bears in travel cases as our surprise gifts.
