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The Trip on a Budget (ish) Day 9 Clearwater & Little Toot
We were up fairly early helping Anne and Cliff finish packing and getting things ready for them to fly home tonight. Even though we didnt do much shopping, they still ended up with a lot of stuff extra than they had flown over with! We managed to get it all in their cases though. After we had some toast and cereal for breakfast we packed the car up and hit the road. We stopped for petrol on the way ($30). It took nearly 2 hours to get there and get parked, in fact we had to run to the boat as soon as we had got parked to get on the right trip. We had planned to do a day at Clearwater and a trip on Little Toot on our last trip but if you read my last trip report, things didnt go to plan with our villa and us having to villa hop for a few days meant we missed it out. Well I dont see us ever missing it out again! It was one of the best things I have ever done, in all of my life. After yesterday and seeing the dolphin show at SeaWorld to seeing them inches away from us playing in the wild, its something that I will never forget. (Trip cost $40).
A few pictures
After our boat trip we went to Crabby Bills for some lunch. As I dont eat seafood I was a little worried that the place would smell like fish and all of the food taste like fish, well I was very wrong! We all had one of the best meals of the whole holiday here. Simon had mahi mahi tacos that he said were one of the best things hed ever eaten, I had a chicken burger which was perfectly cooked and gorgeous, I cant remember what Anne and Cliff had but they both loved their meals too. ($48)
Once wed finished we went for a walk on the beach, well that was the idea but it was so hot we could bared stand the heat so soon we went back to the car and made our way to the airport to drop off Anne and Cliff.
The night before Anne had upgraded their return flights to Premium Economy (or BAs version that I cant remember what they call it). So they checked in at the special desk and we then made our way with them to the train to the gate. We shed a few tears as we said goodbye and swore that next year if were not staying the same amount of time that we would fly out first and then them join us and all fly home together.
Once we picked the car up from the car park we made our way back to the condo feeling very upset. We decided in the car that we would get changed and go to watch the fireworks from the beach at the Poly. So we had a little bit of time to have a shower and get ready to go. I went into the bedroom to get into the shower and I saw a car next to the bed from Anne, it was a note to say how much they enjoyed being with us and how sad they were to be going, she had also put $150 in there and said, go out somewhere nice. Well that set us both off crying again. We had over spent the first week so we were planning on eat cheaply for the next week. We sent them a text to say thank you so much but they were already in the air by this point so they didnt get it till they got home. If it were ever in any doubt what wonderful people they were, this would just go to prove otherwise.
We had a little time before we needed to go to the poly so we went down to Taco Bell to get a few bits to eat, we had a big lunch so didnt really need a big dinner so this was perfect for us. ($17)
We got ready and made our way to the Poly in plenty of time to get a Dole Whip and a cocktail ($14.50). We hadnt realized but they were showing a movie on the beach too, so we got a place and waited for it to start, it was Tangled! We had never seen it before and we loved it (in fact after we got home Piratekelly bought it for me for my birthday!). They stopped it half way through so we could watch the fireworks which were amazing, I did think they were going to play the wishes music but they didnt which was a shame but it was still wonderful.
After the film finished we stayed on the beach for a bit just lying down and chilling out. On the way out we did stop to get a picture
It was then time for bed as we had a busy day ahead of us tomorrow!
Total spends for today;
$30 for petrol (Anne and Cliff paid)
$40 Little Toot (also Anne and Cliff)
$48 Crabby Bill lunch
$17 Taco Bell
$11 Cocktails on the Beach at Poly
$3.50 Dole Whip
Total spends for the day
$149.50
We were up fairly early helping Anne and Cliff finish packing and getting things ready for them to fly home tonight. Even though we didnt do much shopping, they still ended up with a lot of stuff extra than they had flown over with! We managed to get it all in their cases though. After we had some toast and cereal for breakfast we packed the car up and hit the road. We stopped for petrol on the way ($30). It took nearly 2 hours to get there and get parked, in fact we had to run to the boat as soon as we had got parked to get on the right trip. We had planned to do a day at Clearwater and a trip on Little Toot on our last trip but if you read my last trip report, things didnt go to plan with our villa and us having to villa hop for a few days meant we missed it out. Well I dont see us ever missing it out again! It was one of the best things I have ever done, in all of my life. After yesterday and seeing the dolphin show at SeaWorld to seeing them inches away from us playing in the wild, its something that I will never forget. (Trip cost $40).
A few pictures
After our boat trip we went to Crabby Bills for some lunch. As I dont eat seafood I was a little worried that the place would smell like fish and all of the food taste like fish, well I was very wrong! We all had one of the best meals of the whole holiday here. Simon had mahi mahi tacos that he said were one of the best things hed ever eaten, I had a chicken burger which was perfectly cooked and gorgeous, I cant remember what Anne and Cliff had but they both loved their meals too. ($48)
Once wed finished we went for a walk on the beach, well that was the idea but it was so hot we could bared stand the heat so soon we went back to the car and made our way to the airport to drop off Anne and Cliff.
The night before Anne had upgraded their return flights to Premium Economy (or BAs version that I cant remember what they call it). So they checked in at the special desk and we then made our way with them to the train to the gate. We shed a few tears as we said goodbye and swore that next year if were not staying the same amount of time that we would fly out first and then them join us and all fly home together.
Once we picked the car up from the car park we made our way back to the condo feeling very upset. We decided in the car that we would get changed and go to watch the fireworks from the beach at the Poly. So we had a little bit of time to have a shower and get ready to go. I went into the bedroom to get into the shower and I saw a car next to the bed from Anne, it was a note to say how much they enjoyed being with us and how sad they were to be going, she had also put $150 in there and said, go out somewhere nice. Well that set us both off crying again. We had over spent the first week so we were planning on eat cheaply for the next week. We sent them a text to say thank you so much but they were already in the air by this point so they didnt get it till they got home. If it were ever in any doubt what wonderful people they were, this would just go to prove otherwise.
We had a little time before we needed to go to the poly so we went down to Taco Bell to get a few bits to eat, we had a big lunch so didnt really need a big dinner so this was perfect for us. ($17)
We got ready and made our way to the Poly in plenty of time to get a Dole Whip and a cocktail ($14.50). We hadnt realized but they were showing a movie on the beach too, so we got a place and waited for it to start, it was Tangled! We had never seen it before and we loved it (in fact after we got home Piratekelly bought it for me for my birthday!). They stopped it half way through so we could watch the fireworks which were amazing, I did think they were going to play the wishes music but they didnt which was a shame but it was still wonderful.
After the film finished we stayed on the beach for a bit just lying down and chilling out. On the way out we did stop to get a picture
It was then time for bed as we had a busy day ahead of us tomorrow!
Total spends for today;
$30 for petrol (Anne and Cliff paid)
$40 Little Toot (also Anne and Cliff)
$48 Crabby Bill lunch
$17 Taco Bell
$11 Cocktails on the Beach at Poly
$3.50 Dole Whip
Total spends for the day
$149.50
