This first one is not extreme. The following 2 will be much more extreme. I will leave you in suspense :) But it was the first time travelling internationally together so it has to be included. It was our honeymoon; 6 years ago this month :) We boarded Royal Carribean's Jewel of the Seas. awwwww, this is what i hope Heaven is like! Our trip was relatively eventless until the last few days.
The cruise took us to Key West, FL where we woke up to steel drums being played outside our balcony on the ship and we toured a butterfly garden. Butterflies were EVERYWHERE and would light right on you wherever those chose to!
Georgetown, Grand Cayman Island where we snorkeled on a barrier reef and swam with and fed stingrays at stingray city
Cozumel, MX where we rode a bus to Royal Caribbean's private island that no longer exists due to Hurricane Wilma (to be discussed in the next post). On Paradise Island we soaked up lots of rays, swam in the Caribbean Sea, and might have had a little some rum punch.
We were supposed to also stop at Costa Maya, MX. As we travelled closer to Costa Maya the seas became rough. The swells were 10-12 feet, which is a big deal, even on a ginormous cruise ship! We both became a little sea sick but that's what Dramamine is made for. Luckily, we were smart enough to have brought some! The captain deemed it unsafe to make port at Costa Maya; we had a full day at sea instead. It worked out fine because we spent the day napping and swimming and catching the Caribbean rays and seeing water as blue as we had NEVER seen it before. Just sit and enjoy this for a minute.
Absolutely breathtaking and mesmorizing!
(Can you tell I'm itching for a vacation?!?)
We missed out on some fascinating sites, I'm sure. Here is what google-image provided me with for Costa Maya, MX:
We were supposed to see ancient Mayan ruins during our stop in Costa Maya, MX so these are some of the sites we missed out on :( But knowing us, we'll see them on another trip!
On the way home we almost missed our connecting flight to Louisville. They actually stalled the plane's take off for our arrival, how amazing is that?! Unfortunately, they did not stall the plane for the arrival of our luggage. So, once in Louisville we had to wait for our luggage before we could be on our way.
Overall, our first international vacation together was not too stressful. But those odd little mishaps...well, maybe they were only a mere precursor for trips to come. *cue Twilight music*
*the photos in this blog post are not mine. they were copied from google images as 2005 was not the age of digital photos in the Raker household*
3 comments:
OOHHH I can't wait to hear more!! Not that I'm delighting in ya'lls misfortune, but I love a good vacation disaster story! That show on TLC is crazy! I love to travel, but I'll admit, that show makes me a little nervous!
I'm with Melissa - I'm staying tuned, esp. if they get crazier as we go along:).
We went on a cruise for our honeymoon too :) Luckily, we had great weather, though those sea days are fun too! I can't wait to hear about the other two times! I'm coming back for more :)
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