October 28 - Hamilton, Bermuda

Today's "included tour" was actually a pass to ride the ferries and local buses.  Not exactly a tour, but nice.  The ferry went to the western point where the Royal Naval Dockyard is located. Bermuda is a British Overseas Territory with its own money - the Bermuda dollar tied to the US dollar - its own passport and government.  We did a little walking around here before catching a bus back to Hamilton.  Big fast bus on narrow busy roads makes for an interesting ride.  The island is one of the cleanest we've seen in the Caribbean.  Most of the houses are painted in bright pastels and all of the buildings have white roofs. They are cement and tiered in such a way to collect the rain water, the only source of water.   The photo below shows what I mean, along with Michael's finger. 😉  For some reason my phone camera stopped working for a bit.  In town we visited the Anglican Cathedral which is beautiful and simple.  We had a good lunch at another ridiculous price at a local pub.  And a trip through a local supermarket was an eye opening experience  They had a very nice selection of items, but the prices were 2 or 3 times what we pay.  Understandable since nothing is produced on the island.

Late afternoon was spent near the pool again.  We had dinner at The Restaurant with Ann and Jim from Scotland and Linda and John from Walnut Creek.  No show tonight so we returned to the cabin for reading and a little TV.