Sunn 0301 - Day 6 - Cairns

Sun 0301 - Day 6 - Cairns
This was another tender port as well as a shuttle port. I’m a little surprised that the tender docks so far from the city. I don’t like tenders, especially getting into and out of them. On the other hand, considering the rough water after my excursion, I was glad to be in a local twin-hulled cat rather than the ship’s tenders. I understand that tender operations were suspended for about 2 hours later in the day,
My tour was Cairns City Tour and Rainforest Village. We drove through residential areas and the beach areas. Of course there were rough surf warnings at the beaches. There is also an area where the swimming area is roped in - there is netting to keep the jelly fish away from the swimmers.
The drive through the rainforest on the way to the village was lovely. Quite reminiscent of driving through St John USVI although the road was more windy as in St Thomas. The shopping was flea market style, local crafts, nothing spectacular.
The tour itself was adequate and as described. Nothing spectacular. I guess the biggest dissatisfier is due to the distance between the tender pier and the sights. There seems to be so much wasted time, just sitting on the bus.
Toni took a different tour and she was really upset. Again, too much time on the bus and too little time at the venues she had been looking forward to. She said there were snippets of 5 or 10 minutes that were worthwhile.
It’s becoming quite obvious that this is her first and last cruise on Royal Caribbean.