We recently found ourselves packing to go for what would later become our home away from home. Oscar & I along with our friends Jonathan & Kimberly, embarked the Carnival Glory on May 1st, to cruise along the western Caribbean; stopping at Cozumel, Belize, Roatan, and Grand Cayman. This would be our second cruise, even though we had already been to the destinations, we did different excursions than on our previous cruise.
I have to admit that cruising is possibly the best option for a vacation. We had an amazing time, there we many memories made in this vacation, from the 6 o’clock call to go to dinner to a pancake/ syrup soup, or our late night card games, the friends we made onboard (whayu/Kadek) and how can I forget ordering room service after we’ve already had dinner.
Ports of Call:
Cozumel
We arrived at Cozumel on Tuesday; we took a short bus drive that would take us to Playa Mia. Here we enjoyed the beach life. We snorkeled, ate, jumped on water trampolines, and water bicycle. The snorkeling was especially fun because they placed man made ruins under water, which makes it a lot of fun to snorkel.
Belize
Wednesday we took an hour long drive to the Belizean rainforest where an exhilarating zip lining adventure awaited. We truly got the RAINforest experience, as we zip lined from one station to the other we had to break sooner because of how slick the cables were. I was the only one in the group who had previously done it so I knew what to expect. Everyone seemed to enjoy the freedom from zipping through the rainforest.
Roatan
We finally arrived at Roatan, port of call Oscar looked forward to the most. Half an hour away from the port we arrived at a scuba dive shop that looked over the beautiful blue ocean. Our dive instructor got our equipment together and proceeded with instruction. We then took a boat ride and got in the water. Oscar a natural, me ….. well….. not so much. Great experience, however.
Grand Cayman
On Friday we went to Grand Cayman, we had no real plans for this port of call. We walked around through the shops; it’s not a cheap island. We then took a tour of some of the land marks and ended up at the seven mile beach. We enjoyed the beach for a while then headed back home, I mean the ship.
This was an amazing and much needed vacation!
xo, Val