Tuesday, October 13, 2009

I'm on boat!!

so about a week ago i got home from a very wonderful trip to the western caribbean!! it was so much fun and so relaxing...i loved it and want to go on one again right now!! my dad and i went on this cruise with a group of about 30 other people. it was interesting having a big group but we pretty much did everything on our own but did a few things with the group! we left salt lake on saturday september 26 and arrived in florida that night! it was so hot in florida it was ridiculous! that night we drove from tampa to cape canaveral, which is where our boat would be leaving from. after we checked into the hotel we walked to our room and at the same time we went to get in another couple was going into the same room so dad went and got us a new room. not only did we get another room we got upgraded to a suit! it was so nice....it had a livingroom, kitchen, jacuzzi, big bathroom, and the beds were king sized "my sleep number" beds, which by the way are amazing! these are pictures from the room! the boat was huge! we didn't really do much on sunday when we boarded the boat other than just walked around and looked at things on the boat. on monday we were at see and it was a relaxing day. i sat on the pool deck and read my book and got a lovely sun burn! on tuesday we were in labadee haiti. for our shore excursion there we went on a zipline. the whole time i was freakin out. i don't like things that are out of my element but in the end it was so much fun and i would do it again in a heartbeat! on wednesday we were in jamaica and we did the dunn river waterfall hike and it was amazing. the water was chilly but refreshing. dad never wanted to stay with group so i was always waiting for him but it's okay. after that we had a small tour of the island and that was nice. on thursday we went to grand cayman and went to sting ray city. it's pretty self explanitory. pretty much you go swim with sting rays. when we went there about 7 or 8 years ago i spent the whole time on my dads back....this time i was able to stand in the water and even better i was able to tough one of the sting rays. it's an increadible experience to be around hundreds of the amazing creatures even though i was terrified the whole time! on friday we were in cozumel, mexico. again i've been there before so we decided to go to the tulum ruins. and it was nice but very very hot! i got sunburned on top of the other days sunburns! it was still really cool to see them. i just wish that i could have climbed on them and what not! then on saturday we were at sea again. one of the nights i deceded that i was going to try the flowrider which is a thing that simulates surfing or bodyboarding. that thing is so much fun! i got to do both of them a few times each. i would love to do it again.
over all it was a really great vacation and just what i needed! i can't wait until my next adventure!!