Wednesday, November 4, 2009

Caribbean Cruise

We enjoyed a wonderful break in October - our first ever cruise! Our destination was the Western Caribbean - Grand Cayman (Cayman Islands), Roatan (Honduras), Belize and Cozumel (Mexico). The weather was great, and the company was better since we had a small group from our home congregation who went.

Leaving Miami - standing on deck 9 to get that windswept look















A "friendly" pirate on Cayman Islands









The Turtle Farm at Cayman had turles of all sizes from BIG



to little.








The little version is MUCH cuter!


a lava-encrusted beach on Grand Cayman










and a lava field the locals have named Hell.





School children in Belize









A ship-wreck along the coast of Roatan


Some Roatan dancers re-enacting how they beat the French army many years ago - the warriors traded clothing with their women to fool the soldiers.






One of the many towel critters who greeted us nightly in our stateroom.