The market and water park

Today was such a busy day! Our day started off with a missed wake up call. Apparently there was a problem with our phone and we didn’t get or call! We woke up to the maid knocking and only had about a half hour to get ready. We did make it to the bus, but without breakfast. My mom ran to the restaurant to grab us something quick so we survived =) I was just thinking last night how horrible it would be to miss the wake up call. There are NO clocks in our room whatsoever, so we really have a hard time keeping track of the time.
Our first stop this morning was at a botanical garden in the center of the city. It was beautiful of course. The best thing about the stop is we are starting to see other brothers and sisters from other tours, as the convention starts tomorrow so we’re all here! A group from our bus spotted some friends they didn’t know we’re going to be here and their reunion was loud and wonderful. It’s no wonder why people think we’re strange, but I think things like that are the best things about our organization =)
The next stop was the Victoria Street Village (I think). It was a very busy market with tons of shops. Spices, handmade jewelry, everything. I even made a little friend! While we were there we ran into some brothers and sisters from the local Zulu hall giving out the tract for the convention. Everyone that we meet here asks about our badges and seems favorable when invited to the convention. Sometimes people even say “see you tomorrow- Noon!”. We’re not sure if they are other witnesses or people who have been invited, but it doesn’t make us any less excited to hear it!
The next stop was the Marine World. Hey Laurie and Alissa- we ran into Gary and Trudy! They are having a GREAT time! The place was really neat, kind of like a Disney and an aquarium mixed together. We did the Aquarium first, looked at fish and saw a penguin feeding. Then the bus was going to leave so we had to tell them we were going to stay till the park closed. Most of our brothers left but a mother and daughter hung in there with us, and we scooted off to the Water Park, and yes, to swim with the sharks…
Our shark experience is as follows….
We got to the entrance with our ticket and sat. We waited a little bit and were taken into a “room” to sign a paper saying we knew what we were getting into. No one explained anything to us. Then they grabbed some goggles and walked us to the sharks. Hanging in the water was a clear cylinder, and he said we would jump into it, go to the bottom of it and then when we needed air come back to the top for a breath. OK. So, we jump into the “tube”, which is attached to some rope, and he begins to pull the rope to get us to the middle of the pool and that was it. The sharks were pretty neat and they were pretty big too! It only cost about 20 dollars, and I say was well worth it!
Off to the convention this afternoon! Then the real experience begins!