and finally continues.

Sorry it has been soo long since my last post.  There were pictures that needed to be scanned in and i just kept putting it off.

Our final destination was Grand Caymen Islands.  It was GORGEOUS!!

Warning!!  This may be picture overload, but it was way to fun to not take a lot :)

This is the view from the front of our tender boat.  The cruse ship couldn't dock due to the reefs so it just had to anchor and we got transported to the shore.

This is what our tender boat looked like.  There were 2 tenders leaving from the boat at once.  I can't even imagine if there were only one how long it would take.

The cabin of the tender boat.

Us waiting to take off to the shore :)

View of our boat from the tender...Zach stuck his head out the window to take this picture.  I was way nervous considering he doesn't have the best track record with cameras and water on this trip :)

Here are some more gorgeous shore pictures.

Eric and Sara on the boat to take us out to the Sand Bar to see some Sting Rays :)

We are soo excited :)

We had to wear these snorkel vests.  We are being good tourists and making sure they are all blown up so we won't drown :)  They actually said that we didn't have to blow them up if we didn't want to, we just had to wear them due to there safety guidelines :)

This is from the boat taking us to the stingrays looking back to the shore...if you look closely, you can see our ship in the back ground.  We traveled almost the whole way across the island and we could still see our boat on the other slide.  

Zach looking cool for those sting rays :)

Standing on the sand bar ready to see us some sting rays.  It was kinda scary walking around because we had to do what they called the sting ray shuffle.  He said that if we picked up our feet and stepped on one (since they bury them selves under the sand) then we would get stung.

This was our guide, I don't remember his name.  The sting ray he is holding is Cleo :)

He is showing us the barb on the sting rays.

The underside of the sting ray spiting out water.  We had to take the picture with the random guy, because they aren't suppose to lift the rays out of the water.  There were "sting ray cops" there...if that is what you want to call them...making sure that everyone was following the rules.  We all lined up blocking the police while the guide lifted Cleo up for all of us.

Giving us ready to hold Cleo.

My first attempt at holding Cleo.

Me holding Cleo!

Me and Zach with Cleo

Zach holding Cleo

Giving Cleo a big kiss :)

 

Eric and Sara holding Cleo

These are just some cool pictures of the sting rays.

This is Zach's favorite picture that we took (I didn't know they were taking a picture obviously ^_^). I didn't like how it felt when the sting rays would rub up against my legs. It was kinda creepy feeling.

On the boat after swiming with the sting rays, on our way to the spot that we will be snorkeling.

I honestly don't know what Zach was doing in this picture.

Waiting in line to get on the tender boat to take us back to the cruise ship

Enough of picture overload for now...to be continued in the next post :)

and continues...

The next day we were at Belize and we went to a museum that used to be a jail.  As I was going through the pictures, I noticed that we didn't take any pictures of the museum.  We couldn't take any inside, but we didn't even take any of the outside.  So, sorry you only get pictures of us in the street. 

We thought this was a funny thing to be able to sale :)

My little monkey :)

This is a picture down one of the main streets.  It was really crazy.  This was the capitol city and it was soo run down.  Closer to the museum there was a lot of piles of trash on the side of the road.  You would think that it was the slummy part of town, not he capitol city.

Our next towel animal, a swan.

That night after dinner, we went out on deck.  Erick and Zach decided to play on the big chess bord.

Eric making his move

Zach in deep thought.  Eric won this match and Zach really wanted a rematch but every time we went back someone else was playing. 

The next day we were at Isla Roatan.  These guys were right off the boat.  They played all day until everyone got back on the ship.  You would think they would get tired of standing there playing all day, but they still had smiles on their faces.

Sara and I at a fountain just off the boat

Eric and Zach thinking they are all that :)

The island from just off port.

More of the island.

We just decided to go to the beach this day...since all the shore excursions were going to the beach anyway and this way was a lot less expensive :) ...  Me at the beach

Zach at the beach

I wrote our names in the sand

Zach took a picture of Sara's shadow.  He thought she looked like Medusa.

Us getting photo bombed by Eric

Eric was so happy to be there :)

Me after the swim

It was one of the most gorgeous beaches I have ever been to.  The sand was soft and the water was so nice.

Another picture of the beach.

This was a cashew apple tree.  The taxi driver said the fruit is really yummy but they can't transport it because they go bad too fast.

Here is a closer look.  The dark green thing at the bottom of the apple is the cashew.  They have to husk it and clean it before it is edible because they have a coating on them that is poisonous.  There is only one cashew per apple.  Crazy! 

Picture from the taxi ride.

Our boat from another shore.

Eric and Sara back at port.

I posted this picture for one reason.  Apparently, this picture was taken to distract me from Zach who is somewhere behind me buying me a present for Mother's Day since I was pregnant on the cruise.  I had no idea.  I thought he was gone going to the bathroom or something.  It was an amazing surprise!

Zach and I back at port

All of us :)

These next pictures are taken from the boat.  It was such a gorgeous island.

Our next towel animal, an elephant.

He looks so sad

-and still more to come :) -