We’re back….early…holiday from hell…

Well we’re not meant to be back until Monday – but thanks to our holiday from hell we got home yesterday.  Here’s how the story goes…..The first night in Sydney was nice, we arrived late and went out for a lovely meal and then had an early night ready for our big day on Thursday boarding the ship.  Thurs morning we wandered around and done a little bit of shopping.  The bus picked us up at 1pm and the fun began.  We got onto the ship ok and went straight to check out our room, small but nice enough.  We then went up to the leaving party, that was the best part of our cruise experience, it all went down hill from there.  Leaving Sydney Harbour was fun, loud music, strangers waving, people dancing, cocktails and mocktails being consumed, exciting stuff.  Once we left the Harbour and got to the heads that was it for me, my fear, my tummy, my head all starting playing up.  We went back to the room and I layed down just putting my feelings down to the big day we’d had and my exhaustion.  We went for our first dinner, got all dressed up, sat with some lovely people but I still felt off so I had to excuse myself half way through main course and we headed back to the room.  That was pretty much where I stayed, in bed, sick as a dog, for the next 3 days at sea.  I was so ill, I vomitted everything up that I tried to force down, I had the worst headache and the rocking of the boat was terrible.  The 2nd day Drew took me to the doctor and I had an injection as the tablets my Ob gave me wouldn’t stay down either.  We decided that we had had enough, so Drew went to organise us getting off the ship at the first possible chance, Day 4!  Poor Drew, he was sooooo bored, confined to a small cabin that rattled, creaked, smelled and he watched every movie available on board.  He didn’t leave me very often and when he did it was for only a short time as the activities, dining, etc. wasn’t much fun for him alone.  I was so disappointed for him and disappointed in myself for getting so sick.  Day 4 arrived and we had pulled into dock, I was so happy.  We got off the ship after having my second breakfast on board (two pieces of toast and water – wasn’t going to risk eggs & bacon!!) but the heat, the smell of the island and the fatigue hit me and I had to sit down as I thought I was going to pass out.  Once I rested for a bit we took off again and had a nice look around Luganville.  We got back on the ship at lunch time and after lunch I rested again until we left the ship for good at 5pm, I’ve never been so relieved.  We flew to Vila where we stayed for the next two nights at the most gorgeous resort, before we could catch the first flight back to Sydney (this little stay being the highlight of our holiday), we had one full lovely day, we relaxed by the pool,  we swam,  we walked, we shopped, we dined, it was a lovely day together and we wished we had’ve just spent our whole holiday there instead of wasting time and money on the cruise.  The next day, much to our disappointment, we flew back to Sydney which was a long boring 4 hour flight.  We couldn’t catch a direct flight home that night due to the lateness of our arrival in Sydney, so we stayed at a hotel nearby and flew out finally yesterday after the fog delayed us for just over an hour.  It is so nice to be home but then I am so pissed off and disappointed that our holiday which we had such great expectations in more ways than one, let us down.  When are we going to get a break?!?!?!  I rang my Ob this morning as I am nervous, our baby had no food or nourishment for 3 whole days, I only kept down water and the vomitting hurt my stomach, plus the injection worried me, so I want to make sure everything is ok, I see her on Monday afternoon.  I am sure I felt a big kick last night so I am sure it is ok but I want and need to be certain that this holiday and my illness didn’t risk or hurt anything.  Now the fun of trying to recover some of the huge, and I mean huge, expense of getting off the ship through travel insurance, wish us luck!!

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