The Cruise

At long last, here is a brief report on our cruise from last month.  We had a fabulous time cruising the Caribbean with our good friends the Ingles and Deragons. We were on the Carnival Conquest cruise ship for 7 days, with stops in Jamaica, the Cayman Islands, and Cozumel, Mexico.

Life on the ship was really fun.  We ate and ate and ate, and participated in lots of ship activities.


Brett got first place in a game show competition and received a great bottle of wine.  Since he's not much of a drinker, he looked all week for someone to give the bottle to.  He had someone picked out for the last day, and he decided to create a special moment at the last night's dinner and present it to him.  As the moment arrived, the guy said he already had one of those bottles.  So Brett just left the wine bottle on the ship.



Here we are with our favorite server Olga, who served us some unbelievable 3-course dinners every night.  Steak, lobster, filet mignon, fish, creme brulet, etc, etc, etc.  Delicious!

Chillin' in Jamaica, mon.  We had a blast wandering the streets and we feel like we were able to see the "real Jamaica."  We kayaked a river and wandered through the downtown area looking for souvenirs, but only finding lots of Jamaicans.  Very fun!

 Cayman was unbelievable.  We boated out to a place called Stingray City, a sandbar that is home to a big group of tame stingrays.  We carried, fed, hugged, and kissed a bunch of monster rays.  Talk about a once-in-a-lifetime experience!

 The group with a big mama

 

 It was a little intimidating to be surrounded by wild stingrays.  Many tourists claimed they heard Brett scream like a girl a few times. (This is Brett with a rebuttal: No they didn't.)

The happy travelers disembarking in Cozumel.

 The girls--Candy, Jessica, and Kasia

The guys--Dave, Billy, and Brett with medals from the Amazing Race competition which they absolutely dominated

At another tasty and filling dinner on the ship!

With a starfish after snorkeling at the Cayman Islands

Lunch at a local restaurant, Cayman  

 

We learned the "Thriller" dance on the boat, as well as the cha cha.  We have since forgetten both dances, so please do not ask us to demonstrate.

We found a very fun little corner restaurant on a noisy street in Cozumel and decided to eat lunch there.  We were rewarded with some exquisite local delicacies, and even got to leave evidence that we had been there!

In Cozumel we got to swim with dolphins.  It was really fun, and we were amazed how strong they were.  They turbo jetted us through the water, then kissed us to show us how much they loved us.  They have fish breath, but that's understandable.  It was FUN!

 This photo looks fake, but it's real!!

A little karaoke goes a long way.  Here Brett is singing with a live band accompaniment.  Usher need not be concerned about any possible competition.  See the hat?  It doesn't actually belong to Brett.  A member of the audience let him borrow to help him channel is inner-Usher.



What an amazing adventure.  We loved out cruise and would love the chance to go on another one some day.  Want to come with us?