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John got us together around 4 PM to tell us more about disembarkation tomorrow.

He has divided us into two groups: the Albatrosses and the Boobies. Decks 5 and 3

are the A-Group and deck 4 folks are on the B list. We will probably be getting into

the Zodiacs about 9 AM and then we will get a tour of the little town of Georgetown

and its environs.

He called all of us who had not purchased evacuation insurance through Travel

Dynamics to meet with him immediately after this talk and told us we needed to

provide copies of our insurance papers to Reception today sometime since the folks

on the Island require it before permitting us to land. No one had ever told us, to our

knowledge, that such insurance was a requirement for getting to visit the islands.

Were we ever glad that we had purchased it and brought the papers with us!

Otherwise, we might have had to enjoy the Islands from the deck of the Orion!.

Showers and hair washing were next on our list of things to get done before dinner.

Then we joined “Recap” and afterward joined Jackie and Kathy for dinner. We had

arranged earlier with Jackie to have supper together. She and Kathy are very

congenial and we enjoyed ourselves. After everyone had left the table, Jackie took

my arm and thanked us for including her since she has now discovered that there are

several people on board with whom she does not enjoy sharing meal times. I told her

we felt the same way and feel that it is natural that you like some folks more than

others and everyone begins to separate out after about a week as they pick and

choose their preferred companions.

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