The funniest part about our cruise is the fact that we had bunk beds in our room! Not the ideal for a romantic getaway! When we booked the cruise, there were only 4 rooms left on the entire ship in our price range. We used a different website to book than the Carnival site because it was cheaper, and this site didn't have pictures of the rooms. After booking with our friends, we looked at Carnival's website and realized that we had just booked two rooms of bunk beds! Oops! We tried to get upgraded, but there just weren't rooms available, so it was the big laugh of the entire trip. I do have to say that the rooms were more spacious because of it though :o).
Here are some of the pictures of our trip. Our friends took some as well when we didn't have a camera with us, so I'll post those pictures later.
We had some mini-golf tournaments. The golf course is at the very top of the ship and most days it was very windy.
Monday we arrived in Progresso. There's not much to do in Progresso as far as excursions, so Matt and I just walked around for a few hours buying some souvenirs for Caleb. Here is us in front of our boat.
Monday we arrived in Progresso. There's not much to do in Progresso as far as excursions, so Matt and I just walked around for a few hours buying some souvenirs for Caleb. Here is us in front of our boat.
Cozumel was our next stop on Tuesday. We rented a jeep with our friends and drove around the entire island. The beaches on the other side of the island were gorgeous! There was a military checkpoint before getting to the other side to see if we had any drugs, which was interesting. We also did a snorkeling excursion that day. It was fun to see so many bright, colorful fish. We also saw 2 sting rays, barracudas, a sea turtle, and a huge lobster and crab. We all only applied sunscreen once, however, and we each got painful sunburns on our backs!
Just before we snorkeled
Sunday was a day at sea as well as our formal night. We met up with some other members of our church on the boat and were able to have a church service with them in the morning. We felt very fortunate that we were able to attend as the speaker, John Lund, shared some wonderful insights from his life. Here are pictures of our formal night:
Just the girls (it was very windy), Tahlia and I
Just the guys, Jeff and Matt
Caught a bit of the pretty sunset
At dinner
At dinner
The days at sea were really relaxing...lots of reading, laying out in the sun, playing card games, hot tubbing, and time in the sauna. The shows at night were awesome, but also the exact same songs and choreography as two years ago when Matt and I went on our honeymoon! Overall a wonderful trip.
As soon as I have all the pictures, I'll post about Caleb's week with Grandma and Grandpa as well as with Aunt Ariane. It sounds like he had a good time!
