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To Cruise or not to Cruise 1/28/2012 8:09:53 PM
A friend greeted me asking how I have been doing. I answered that all was well and how about he? I have not seen him for two weeks or more. Sometimes, he would have an extended business trip. But that only last for a few days. On other occasions he would be on a trip inviting friends and clients on a vacation. One time, he went to Las Vegas on a business trip and met a client there. He also invited Russ. They had a terrifically good time…not gambling but drinking. At other times, he invited his father for a trip fishing. Although Oregon had good fishing grounds, they went somewhere and for a glorious three days, he and his father bonded. But this time, two weeks was indeed longer than normal. He said that he went on a cruise.
I exclaimed that it must have been wonderful being on a cruise (although I am not partial to cruising myself.) He said that cruising was not fun at all. (I don’t know if he went alone or was with friends or relations.) It got tiring. He has been on a cruise many times. And all you do in a cruise was be in one place doing the same old things like eating, shopping, gambling, partying and swimming. It was like things he would do when he was at home. Only worth redeeming was the initial encounter with a big ship. Granted that the size of the ship was overwhelming, after a few days at sea it will suck out the fun from him, thus it gets tiring.
I just can imagine so I agreed that it was tiring…and boring. There was no adventure in it. There was no exploring or encountering new things for the senses. There was no culture to immerse myself in. The people were all the same. It was like my trip to Cabo San Lucas. I boarded the plane not counting on seeing the same people on it. When we arrived at Cabo, they tagged along on my trip to the hotel, enjoyed the food and stayed on the pool almost the entire day. When we ventured home, it was the same people I saw on the trip to Cabo, the same people I saw on the way to the hotel and at my stay at the hotel. What made my trip to Cabo worth my while was that I separated myself from them. While they were partying Mexicans were not allowed to party with my crowd. They were barred to enter discos and party venues, but I befriended Mexicans and partied on their own turf. I explored the town and another town. I experienced the culture which I would not have, had I stayed in my hotel.
When I was in Las Vegas, my dad and I took a short trip out of town and our discussion had also touch on cruising. He said that I should go on a cruise because it was so much fun. He had been on many cruises and enjoyed every moment of it. Think of the parties I could indulge in (yeah, but with the same people I flew in to the ship.) Imagine the shopping. (At that point in my life, I am not so much a shopper.) And the swimming, boy oh boy (but I was not going to spend an entire day swimming.) In short, even though dad enjoyed his trips, I just know that I wouldn’t.
My friend and I agreed that cruising is made for certain individuals. I agree that there is fun when someone enjoys the shopping, partying, eating and swimming. But to experience the place, the culture and the people takes another set of individual.
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