2nd STOP - BELIZE & CAYE CAULKER

TENDERING IN BELIZE
(the water was too shallow for the ship to dock, so the workers from Belize with their boats came out to the ship and picked us up to take us into their village)

PUTTING SUNSCREEN ON THE KIDS AND OURSELVES BEFORE LEAVING ON ANOTHER BOAT (TAXI) TO CAYE CAULKER FOR LUNCH, BUT BEFORE LUNCH WE WILL
BE SNORKELING IN A COUPLE OF SPOTS

READY FOR OUR BOAT RIDE

WINDING AROUND VERY SMALL ISLANDS

TOO WINDY!

IN THE BACK GROUND YOU CAN SEE A TINY ISLAND WHERE PEOPLE ARE DROPPED OFF TO FISH, THERE ARE ALSO FISHING HUTS BUILT ON STILTS
IN THE MIDDLE OF THE OCEAN

(we passed several of them)

WE WENT TO TWO DIFFERENT SNORKELING SPOTS

THIS WAS THE FIRST WERE WE SNORKELED BY A CORAL REEF

OUR SECOND SPOT WHICH WAS EVEN MORE ADVENTEROUS WAS A PLACE THAT WE COULD SNORKEL AMONG THE SHARKS AND STING RAYS

LUNCH ON CAYE CAULKER

WHERE WE ATE LUNCH

MAIN STREET CAYE CAULKER

ON OUR WAY BACK TO BELIZE TO CATCH THE BOAT TO OUR SHIP

ONE OF THE WORKERS ON OUR BOAT

HEADING BACK TO THE SHIP

ANOTHER FORMAL NIGHT ON OUR CRUISE

TRIP TO THE CARIBBEAN - FIRST STOP - ROATAN, HONDURAS

WEDNESDAY
 JANUARY 23rd

 OUR FIRST STOP WAS TO ROATAN, HONDURAS

 I SHOPPED WHILE JOHN, JAY AND NATALIE WENT SCUBA DIVING

 

 THE VILLAGE WITH OUR SHIP AS IT'S BACK DROP

JOHN, NATALIE & JAY SCUBA DIVING

SCUBA DIVING IN HONDURAS

AFTER SHOPPING AND WHILE THE OTHERS WERE STILL OUT SCUBA DIVING I MET UP WITH SYDNEY AND COLLIN AND WENT TO LUNCH WITH THEM.  THEN COLLIN WANTED TO PLAY BASKETBALL AND SYD AND I HEADED FOR THE ROPES COURSE.  SYDNEY WENT THROUGH THE COURSE 5 TIMES!

I only had a picture of Sydney on the course while we were still in Galviston,

hence the shipping yard as a back drop.

Mahogany Bay was beautiful with green trees and shrubs surrounding the cove.

AFTER THEIR DIVE JAY, NATALIE AND JOHN WENT WITH ME BACK TO THE

VILLAGE FOR MORE SHOPPING

THE KIDS WENT TO DINNER WITH US THAT NIGHT

ONE OF OUR WAITERS  SHOWED SOME NAPKIN TRICKS TO THEM

GALVESTON AND 2 DAYS AT SEA ON THE CARNIVAL MAGIC

SATURDAY- JANUARY19th

WE FLEW INTO HOUSTON LATE SATURDAY EVENING AND WE WERE PICKED UP AT THE AIRPORT AND WERE DRIVEN TO GALVESTON WHERE WE HAD MOTEL RESERVATIONS

THE MOTEL WE STAYED AT ON SATURDAY NIGHT

SUNDAY MORNING - JANUARY 20th

WAITING OUT FRONT OF THE MOTEL FOR THE SHUTTLE
THAT WILL TAKE US TO THE SHIP

CARNIVAL MAGIC

the largest ship of the cruise line, it is still new only one year old

FIRST THING THE RUDEL KIDS WANTED TO DO WAS GO ON THE ROPES COURSE

EVEN BEFORE WE SET SAIL

SYDNEY WAS A LITTLE APPREHENSIVE AT FIRST, JAY WAS WAITING FOR HER

COLLIN WAS FEARLESS

EVEN PAPA ENJOYED THE COURSE

WHILE WAITING FOR SYDNEY AND JAY, PAPA JOHN 

AND COLLIN PLAYED A GAME OF CHESS

DEPARTURE WAS AROUND 5:00 PM

WATCHING THE SHIPS COMING IN AND OUT OF THE PORT AFTER SETTING SAIL

COLLIN SPENT AS MUCH TIME AS HE COULD ON THE BASKETBALL

 COURT THE TWO DAYS AT SEA

SYDNEY WAS ENJOYING CAMP CARNIVAL

MONDAY - JANUARY 21st

HAPPY WE ARE INTO DAY ONE

CHECK OUT THE LOBBY

A BEAUTIFUL SUNSET

 TUESDAY - JANUARY 22nd

YEAH! A SUNNY DAY, WE SPENT THE MORNING SUNBATHING


BACK OF THE SHIP ON THE LIDO DECK THIS IS THE SAME DECK

WITH ALL THE GOOD FOOD

 THE SLIDES WERE BY THE ROPES COURSE

 

 TUESDAY EVENING

  ELEGANT NIGHT  - WE ALSO ENJOYED A GREAT DINNER

I GOT TO DRESS UP FOR MY BIRTHDAY

AH, A CUTE TOWEL RABBIT