Day 13: Sun 27th July 1997

We did it!!! We actually did it!!  The alarm went off and I got up.  Jo was already awake, but she is weird.  The only problem was Lisa.  Lisa had been a bit ill for the last  couple of days, and the fact that she felt worse, combined with it actually being the morning and not the afternoon, and combined with the thought of facing roller coaster rides and queues, she made her decision and grunted it to us from her sick bed on the floor.  So Jo and I set off on a little adventure involving Spanish public transport, incredibly stupid ticket booth workers, (she thought Jo was actually Spanish!), long queues, death defying rides, a journey around the world and a remake of the Jurassic Park shop - but worse.  At Port Adventura our first ride was the Tatuki Splash in Polynesia.  This was a kind of log flume involving volcanoes.  The queue was 30mins long and Jo and I ended up right at the front of the boat.  It was an excellent ride and we ended up absolutely drenched - maybe we should have followed the cling film wrapped woman's advice!  When we looked at the photo, Jo had a brilliant G-Force face.  We then went to The Wild West for a stunt show, however, it was a farce - quite literally.  After a disappointing ride of the rapids we had excellent success on everything else.  We only avoided the kiddie rides, The Dragon Khan, (the biggest roller coaster in Europe), and a Mary Rose type ride.  The only other thing we had to queue for was the log flume  - again a half hour wait.  Again we were at the front of the boat, and again we were drenched!!! I had a life changing experience by going on all the rides - you never know, I might one day go on the Dragon Khan - Jo tried her best to make me.

On the way back we were nearly trapped on the bus - the bus driver didn't seem to want to let us off.  I think the only reason we escaped was because he had to stop to let someone on.  When we saw our chance we seized it and jumped off.  When we got back Lisa was much better, and out of bed.  After a couple of hours of doing nothing we had a spontaneous photo session.  With the aid of my timer we re-enacted film and TV scenes, and also created our own surreal and just plain stupid poses.  In order to do this a lot of running around, adjusting things and rearranging furniture was required.  This was completely exhausting - especially running down the stairs in my pyjamas for Evita.  So, after the photo session we all went to bed ready for our lats day tomorrow.