Sunday, February 20, 2011

Caribbean Cruise 2011


the view of Miami from our hotel room



Michael at the American Airlines Arena where his favorite player, LeBron James plays for the Miami Heat

SUNDAY: We boarded the Liberty of the Seas


the view of Miami as we are leaving the port, from our balcony on the back of the ship

we had a lovely suite, this is Michael's room


and our living room



and our balcony on the very back of the ship

Michael on the top deck with Miami in the background

the jogging track on the top deck

the interior promenade of the ship


Rich and Michael started their cruise with a round of mini-golf:




MONDAY: at sea



the ocean is such a beautiful shade of navy/royal blue! I love it!

Michael and me on the top deck

it was really windy and kind of tricky to maintain balance


sunset on the ocean

TUESDAY: Jamaica, Mon! We hired a taxi in Ocho Rios to take us to see some of the sights. The phrase for this trip became: "Every t'ing's gonna be irie!" (everything is going to be alright - with a Jamaican accent)


a "fire breather" along the road

our ship from the hill in Jamaica

the city of Ocho Rios

our first stop was these falls; there had been a lot of rain so the were rushing with dirty water



our next stop was Dunn's River Falls which is a long waterfall over rocks that ends in the ocean, the adventure is to climb up the falls, which Michael and I did! this beach area is where we began the climb.


we started out dry, but soon were very wet!


looking back down from about half way up

at one point we had to go under this bridge





at one point Michael took a step into what he thought was waist-deep water and disappeared, fortunately he bounced back up quickly having never touched the bottom
, it was an exciting adventure and we were glad we did it!
It took over an hour to climb up the waterfall.

getting back on the ship at the end of our day in Jamaica

another beautiful sunset at sea

view from the portal in our room


we had a couple of "formal nights" for dinner this staircase reminded us of the one in Titantic

my handsome men

a windy picture

WEDNESDAY: Labadee, Haiti ~ a beachfront owned by the cruise company


Michael went on a wave runner for an hour and enjoyed the ocean

THURSDAY: at sea

FRIDAY: Bahamas, the Atlantis resort





Michael went down this water slide which is a straight drop and then goes into a tube with sharks swimming around you! Together we did the one that goes through the sharks on a tube and is a little more tame.


the beaches at Atlantis are gorgeous!

especially with this handsome hunk!


there is also a cool aquarium there


SATURDAY: we disembarked back in Miami and made our way home to the snow.

It was a great vacation and we were happy to spend some time with Michael. Another highlight for me was ice skating on the ship and watching the ice show.

3 comments:

Richard B said...

Looks like you had a great time and enjoyed some fun activities. Thanks for your Blog and being a wonderful daughter!

Troy said...

I am so jealous of that water fall climb! Other than base jumping off the church office building, that would be my dream adventure. You're one tough Mama Janet. I'm impressed!

Gram said...

Wow! that was a lovely vacation! I loved reading about and seeing the photos. Nice cruise ship - the waterfall hike looked like fun. I am glad that Michael was there to do it with you. Keep up the great activity and you won't end up like me. I thought I was staying active but it just crept up before I knew it. I remember hiking to Stewart Falls on PFFW. Oh, well....Love you!