Tuesday March 3, 2015 - Ilha do Maia, Brazil

Tuesday March 3, 2015 – Ilha do Maia, Brazil

We took our time today since we don’t have a tour planned.  We had breakfast and then went to get on a tender to the city center.  We walked around the city but there wasn’t much to see.  We went to the Informational Desk and got a map and she told us where to get a taxi.  We got a taxi and went to a remote beach.

We found a palm tree with shade and laid on the beach for a couple of hours.  We walked down the beach and had lunch at a restaurant – fried fish and French fries.  We started back and people were waiting for their taxi to return and they were stressed.  About then a taxi pulled up and our friends from Naples, Florida got out.  They didn’t recognize us at first and it was funny.  We let the other people take the taxi as they were stressed.  Just after that a bus came along and we got on.  It got 5.50 reals for both of us to ride back into town – about $1.50!  A fun experience.

We did a little shopping and then took the tender back to the ship.  A relaxing afternoon.  We got dressed early and went to the Oceania Club reception.  We sat with Helen and Stan from Denver.  We went to the Lounge for drinks and then went to dinner.  Stan wasn’t feeling well but Helen was talkative.  Stan didn’t eat and finally left the table.  Helen had 2 great bottles of Antinori red wine that she shared with us.

After dinner we went back to the Lounge and watched the show with Amy and Meghan in the Lounge.  We got there early and got good seats.  We gave Helen some Cipro for Stan.  He had a bad night and was diagnosed with food poisoning by the ship’s doctor.

We dropped anchor at 11 pm so there was no rocking and rolling and we had a good night’s sleep.