Walkie Talkies

The first cruise Kasey and I went on, we did not have walkie talkies, but we found that in our society today, we are very used to having our cell phones for instant communication. Well, cell phones do not work on the ship, so we found the hard way that there were many times that we needed to get in touch with each other but could not. (I don’t know how many times I have had to call Kasey on her cell phone when we are both in the same Walmart!) The simple solution is cheap 2 way radios (walkie talkies). In a previous post I mentioned that I was able to get a pair of these on eBay for less than $10. I actually won the auction for $1 and had to pay $6 shipping. That’s not a bad deal since many of them at stores run around $30. I was not too worried about the quality though since I will probably only use them on the cruise. I do wish however that they were like the Star Trek communicators though.

That would be sweet.

Anyway, the walkie talkies will be a great thing to have on the cruise. They will be pretty useful on an 11 deck ship that is as long as three football fields and pretty useful on the shore too.