Tuesday, January 22, 2019

Western Caribbean Cruise 2019

Western Caribbean Cruise Jan/2019 
(I don't know why pictures look perfectly clear until I add them to the blog and then they're blurry...sorry)


Boarded the Carnival Glory on Saturday morning- 1/12/19. Sunday was a fun day at sea. 
Monday the port was Cayman Islands--We did a tour with three parts -snorkeling, sting ray city, and starfish beach.  We got to hold a sting ray and kiss it and Dad got a neck rub from it. 
At the next stop we got to hold a starfish and see a few of them along the beach. You're not supposed to take them out of the water.
Starfish Point

 Tuesday was Roatan, Mahogany Bay.  Taxi driver took us to an animal place where we got to hold a sloth and let the monkeys jump around on our heads. We also held and fed the Macaws. It was pretty fun. The animals were very tame and friendly. It rained nearly the entire time we were out with the taxi driver. 




After holding the animals, our taxi driver took us to the Pirates of the Caribbean Zip line where we did the Extreme Extreme pkg. it included about 9 zip lines. And although we got super dirty and wet, I thought it was pretty fun.



Wednesday our port was Belize. We took an hour-long bus ride to get to the boat ride which was nearly another hour to get to the ruins.  The boat ride was pretty fun. It took us through a narrow channel at some pretty high speeds at times.  We got to walk through the jungle to get from ruin to ruin. There were three main structures that we got to see. The second one we got to climb to the very top of and look out over the jungle. Belize is very green and jungly.

Mayan ruins in Belize
View from the top of the ruins


Today we took a taxi to Palancar Beach.  We each paid $35 to snorkel by boat and went to a couple of spots, and we saw a lot of fish and even a turtle. Then we went back to shore and lounged on the beach for an hour or two. I enjoyed the day very much.
Palancar Beach
 
Another day at sea and we were back in Miami early Saturday morning to begin the long trip home.
Another great cruise come and gone. I'd have to say out of everything, my favorite spot was the dining room on board the ship! YUMMMM! And so fun to be waited on every day. I'm a fan of cruising!