Thank Jones for that!!

            Today we have a short stay in Freeport on Grand Bahamas, and I mean short, just 3 hours, so Perdita and I decided to wing it, it seemed pointless paying the £45 for the ships excursion, for such a short time, so we just got of the ship and had a walk around the small market area on the dockside, there was a taxi rank there hoping to take cruisers to the market in town, which was a lot cheaper than the ships version at $14 each, but we opted to stay local, which was sufficient for Perdita to find the tatt, she collects(another shot glass and post card to find a home for). I also allowed her to visit Dick and Willy's,  for a cool cocktail, whilst I tried a couple of Sand beers, LP which is the local brew.
            Now I can see all the cogs turning, wondering what Jones has to do with todays blog? Well according to the Jones Law all cruise ships have to leave US waters for at least one day in thier weekly itenary, now I am not sure why this is as it means the next time you go into a US port you have to go through the security process again, which although it isn't as stringent, must take up quite of the immagration staffs time. I have also heard a rumour the the US doesn't like dealing with all the ships waste, so make the ships drop it off at whichever port they call at outside of the US. Anyway what ever the real reason is the detour to go to the Bahamas meant that the captain had to go full bat for nearly 32 hours to get to our next port of call, which is New York.
            See you in the Big Apple Pongo and Perdita signing off for a few days.
            

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