Western Caribbean Cruise Photos

Kristen and I are back from our very relaxing cruise. I’ve posted about 60+ photos up on Flickr.The most enjoyable things were the warm weather, our Belize tour guide, and our self-made Cozumel day trip. The least enjoyable things were the bus rides through extreme poverty, the ‘in-your-face” sales people, and the contrived Costa Mayan port-o-call.The Sea Turtle Farm in Grand Cayman was also a lot of fun. Actually, just seeing how geeked Kristen was made it all worth while. She really, really likes turtles….almost as much as I like tequila.Speaking of tequila, we purchased about 2.5 liters of the stuff during the trip and at damn awesome prices. We picked up some Don Julio – Reposado and 1800 Jose Quervo – Reposado. The Don Julio is some tastey stuff, man. Some people on the ship were saying that Patron is Don Julio re-labled…hmm…I thought they were two completely different brands..weird. I’ll have to find out….googletime.

Leaving Grand Cayman

Kristen and I are on a Western Carribbean crusie and so far it is pretty relaxing and HOT…which is just what we wanted. After a day at sea, our first port of call was Grand Cayman Island. Oh my load is the water blue! Seriously. It was unbelievably blue. The high tempurature was 84 degrees with a slight breeze and sunny as ever. Coming from a high of 23 degrees in Grand Rapids…it was down right steamy…but it felt so good. Actually, our tour guide even said that this weather was unusally warm..damn El Nino.At Grand Cayman we signed up for the Bike Tour but only 3 other people signed up for it…and the bikes “were in repair”…so they canceled it . So…we made the best of it by doing some shopping, then hopping on a different excursion that was basically a 2 hr bus tour along the “Seven Mile Beach” — frickin awesome by the way — with a final destination of one of Grand Cayman’s Green Sea Turtle Farms. Kristen ‘really’ got kick out of that. The 30+ year old turtles were HUGE! I would say at least 4′ wide and 5′ long. There was a several tanks of little baby turtles that you could touch with out losing a finger. I’d post some of the photos but the ship’s computers don’t allow access to any of there usb ports…We are the only people at our dinner table….which is pretty sweet as we get to know our wait staff a lot better and ask for suggestions on what to see and where to stay away from at the different ports of call…seeing as most of them have been doing this cruise for nearly 8 months.We’ll…gota split and hit the breakfast buffet..and get ready for Costa Maya….