As we left the dock we had a very pretty view looking back at the city
As we traveled toward the ocean, we went past some very beautiful homes
The last home had this lighthouse
Some pictures of the very last bridge as we entered the ocean
We traveled with a group of friends and neighbors. Somebody commented that we clean up nice. I agree.
In Grand Cayman, our first port, the Legend shared anchor space with the Carnival Destiny and the Carnival Valor.
Rich and I went snorkeling in a park 5 minutes walk from the dock in the morning and walked a little around the town in the afternoon.
In Cozumel, Rich and I walked 1 kilometer to Discover Mexico, a craft museum.
They also had an outdoor area devoted to scaled miniatures of important Mayan, Aztecan, and current buildings in Mexico.
These first buildings are Mayan from Chichen Itza
These are Aztecan from Teotihuacan
These are buildings from Mexico City
Late in the afternoon of September 30th as she was leaving the port of Cozumel, the Carnival Legend was hit by an unexpected gust of wind and was blown into the Enchantment of the Seas. There was minor damage to both ships but neither was prevented from continuing their voyages. Our cabin was on the Port side so we saw the whole thing happen.
We crunched
The Enchantment of the Seas was damaged
We were damaged
They photographed
And looked
And looked
And looked
And cleaned up overnight
But we were crunched
In Belize we went cave tubing. I do not have any photos as we do not have a wet camera (Have to get one one of these days). We drove to an underground river that went into a large limestone cave. The tour guide outfitted us with headlamps (It is dark in there) and inner tubes. 6 of us linked up (my feet under her arms, etc) and we proceeded through the cave. Every so often the guide would have us all turn off our lights so he could point out formations. The trip was great.
In Roatan, Rich and I took a Zip & Dip tour. The Zip portion was 12-15 zip lines (we forgot to count) in the canopy in the foothills. We had a great time. Since I had the camera, I took several pictures of Rich as well as other members of our tour. We started with 12 people, broke into 3 groups of 4 each with a guide per group of 4. The guide went first and then helped stop us at each of the platforms. We were not in the first group so we had a chance to learn the first thing to do - jump off (If you did not, the platform hit you in the butt as you started down. We went from platform to platform, sometimes climbing a few stairs or walking a hanging bridge to the next platform.
This is the pair of us waiting to go
This is of Rich in the gear
This is a couple of the other guys
We sometimes climbed to the next platform.
Some guys got pretty crazy
Rich on one of the lines coming in fast
Some of the lines were pretty long
The Dip portion was a trip to a luxury condo beach and swimming pool. After the heat of the Zip the Dip was awesome. We had not brought our Snorkling gear with us for this excursion so although their was an awesome reef there we did not get to see it. Maybe next time.
On our return to Tampa we went to Busch Gardens.
When we first came in to the park we saw the stilt walkers. I love them - so graceful and alien.
The first thing we did was ride the Skyway to get our bearings
Next we rode the train
We were very hot so we cooled off
Then we rode one of the 5 roller coasters
And then we rode another but this one had 1 too many loops
And we were very hot
So was this tiger who backed into the water and laid down
Who could resist a road rally
with a busted bridge
You cannot be in Florida without seeing crocs and turtles
And birds
And more birds
And even birds on the walkways
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