Day 71 - 79 - Cruise Week

March 13- 21

Errol and I headed down to Miami on March 13 so we could board the Carnival Valor for a 7 night cruise. It was work related, and some work did happen but not as much as we had fun.

Here we are flying into Miami

March 14 - we left Miami this afternoon and boarded this cruise

March 15 - was a day at sea .. so we just spent time in the sun, eating and playing in the casino

March 16 - Grand Cayman

We went on an excursion, it involved a visit to Hell, a turtle farm, rum cake factory and then some swimming with the Stingrays (and I forgot my bathing suit and waterproof camera)

Hell - there are these interesting rock formations, made of coral and limestone

Turtle Farm - we got to hold some baby turtles

We then went to Jimmy Buffets Margaritaville, where I had the best margarita ever!

March 17 - Isle Roatan, Honduras

It was so hot and humid today, it was a bit much for me. We visited a park where we were told some history with pirates, went through a bird sanctuary, and went into monkey land (or so we thought)

We got into a bit of trouble on the way back, it was raining - really heavy, and the cars and some buses were having troubles getting up the hill (you'd think they'd have better tires there as they get on average 3 days of rain a week) A bus had slid off the road and tipped over (not something us tourists really needed to see) it took a while, but we made it up the hill and back on the ship safe and sound

Happy St.Patrick's Day

March 18 - Belize

Today we went hiking, crawling and zip lining  through caves and the rain forest. It was an adventure.

March 19 - Cozumel

Nothing exciting happened today, we took it easy and just walked around.

March 20 - day at sea

another day to eat, drink and play in the casino

The galley

March 21 - back in Miami

We had all day to spend in Miami, so we went on an excursion up to the Everglades. Here we went on one of those air boats and we cruised around looking for alligators and crocs.