What do you call a bunch of lizard poop?

Iguana guano?

Was in Aruba today for a short stop. Highlights were the Iguanas and watching a plane land from the beach right next to the airport.
All kidding aside, this is probably the nicest of the Caribbean islands I've visited.

Last night was my first time

Last night, for the first time ever, I used a hair straightener or a hair iron or whatever you call those things.

For those of you thinking "but you're bald!" and then thinking "Eww!" I say, get you heads out of the gutter! I used it to iron my shirt (actual irons are not allowed on board). I think this is a rule in place since the Monitor vs. the Merrimac.

I just learned what is in a Rob Roy

The hard way!

Actually it is not a bad drink.

That wraps up today's  excitement. I spent most of the day reading and watching the water flow by.

Let's start with food

I had a nice lunch of salad, pasta Bolognese and fruit. That held me over until 5 when I had lunch #2 of half a croque something (think Monte Cristo without the jam) and some more fruit. How that gets me through to dinner!

Somewhere in the middle of the Atlantic

I shot this on the last tough day we had at sea. Keep in mind that things were much worse than this but when they are they don't let you out on the Promenade which is the best place to watch rough seas (also the best place to get tossed overboard). In addition, the worst seas were so bad I doubled up my meclizine and, thankfully, slept through them.

Cornless Cobh

Woohoo! Two days in Cobh!
Day 1: pic of some colorful boats.

Day 2: second most interesting thing I found in Cobh.

On to...5 days at sea!

Greenock

In Greenock, I took a long walk from the short pier...a bit over 11 miles.

You can explore it in detail at this link: http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=6106178
Here's the view from the "top" (which is actually a path that parallels the Greenock cut).

There are some, uhm, interesting things to see around Greenock. Like the farm where they grow holes. I skipped this tourist trap but here's how you get there.

The Scots are also very strict when teaching baseball.

They also drive extra light cars like this...

because they apparently have weak bridges that might break at any moment.