It's been a week and I'm finally unpacked!

Our Ship ---- The Carnival Conquest

A little side note... This is a ship. A boat is what you get on when the ship is sinking. Before you go on a cruise you should know the difference.

Our cruise to the Western Caribbean was 8 days and 7 nights. We went to Jamaica,

The Grand Cayman Islands and Cozumel Mexico.

This is the number ONE thing we did on the cruise... EAT!

There was never a shortage of food!

See these stairs behind us. This is the number TWO thing we did on our cruise.

Stairs, Stairs and more Stairs! I am happy to say we did not take the elevator even once. All though they offered a fully loaded gym and a running track around one of the decks of the ship, unfortunately the stairs were pretty much our only form of exercise.

Number THREE... Basking in the Warm Caribbean Sun! There was one big water slide, 2 pools and 4 hot tubs.

During the day we played and at night we enjoyed very elegant dinners. You know it is elegant when there is more than one course and none of them include corn dogs or chicken nuggets. We had a 3 course meal every night. During dinner we got great food and entertainment. Our waiters sang and danced for us a couple of nights. Here is Ryan dancing with Rizal and Ni Luh.

Every night after dinner we would come back to our cabins to find a fun animal made out of towels. Our steward would turn down our bed and leave us with chocolates and an animal.

Our first port was to Jamaica. We went on a Canopy Zip Line through the Jungle. It was a lot of fun. We went on 6 different zip lines, one leading into the next. The longest zip line was 280 feet up and 1300 feet long. Our second port was to the Grand Cayman Islands.

We went snorkeling and swimming with string rays.

Our last port was to Cozumel Mexico. We went shopping and walked what seemed like a million miles to find a white sandy beach. This is what we finally found after a half a mile of walking.We all decided that we learned a lesson from our port to Cozumel. Always book an excursion. We thought we could just find a great beach on our own and then go snorkeling. Not so. If you ever go on a cruise, book an excursion at every port. They take care of everything. You just have to show up.

One morning Benj and I got up at 5:30am to see the sun rise. This is what we got. It was too cloudy so the sun was covered by the clouds. We had hot chocolate and danishes and then went back to bed.

This was another fun activity on the cruise. Every night there were several "shows" to choose from. This was the lounge that they performed in. It seats 1500 people. There were magic shows, comedy acts, audience talent shows, Las Vegas dance shows, etc. There was rarely a shortage of something to do. And if you did get bored you could always find food somewhere to fill the time.

Of course we all had our separate cabins, but they were all located right next to each other.

This was the perfect vacation. I couldn't have asked for a better time spent with Benj and my family. It was really nice to have some quality alone time. Thanks to my mother for providing this vacation for us. We love you!