March 14, 2023 

We started the day off hopping on a bus and driving to Titou Gorge. I’ll preface this with – we had an idea of what we were getting into. But when we think of gorges… we think of the Columbia River Gorge – you walk into it. We had to swim into this one! 

This one was incredibly famous though! The second Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest was filmed there. Once we are home, we plan on rewatching it. Our tour guides were able to point out specific features in it – and where the main characters “jumped in” (Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley). The water was incredibly refreshing, but once you started swimming you warmed up. 

The gorge swim wasn’t too long – and it ended in a waterfall. It was really incredible.

We hopped back on the bus and made our way to the hot springs. They were really great too – we were able to try out a bunch of different pools and they varied in different levels of hot. What we didn’t see when we were exploring the property was a spot where you could do mud baths. We wish would have seen it, but our time was wrapping up when saw it. 

It was also the full moon party that night – you were encouraged to wear white. So we stopped at a shop to see if we could find something for Andy to wear. We found a small boutique and there were two women in there shopping as well. After we started talking with them, we realized that they were actually singers on the cruise ship, which was pretty cool! We assured them that we would be at their show the next night. 

After dinner, we attended a performance called Elysium. It was a classic story about a fight between good and evil. The music was a play on some modern music – think “Everyone wants to rule the world” etc. The stage and costumes were pretty elaborate – so it was entertaining to watch.

After the show we made our way to the full moon party, which was fun a way to end the day. 

Up Next: 

• Bridgetown, Barbados
• Snorkeling