Saturday, January 1, 2011

Awesome Rijsttafel at Indomania!













Awesome Rijsttafel at Indomania!

A taste of back home: NY20

Bottled NYC water for sale...ummmm, really? No, thanks. I'll get it back home for free.
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Oddly enough, today in Miami is the best beach weather we have had so far this vacation.

Rooftop deck of our hotel

Splendia comes through again :-)

South Beach

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Swing at our hotel

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Loungey

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Our room comes with a beach ball

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Our hotel in South Beach

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Leaving the port :(

Money can't buy you class

Jerks cutting the taxi line!
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This is how we feel about all the lines

Cheeeeeeeese!

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Offboard

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Tanning!

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Waiting for our zone to be called

Debarkation is taking a while but this gives us time to tan a bit on deck. Really nice weather today in Miami.
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Last breakfast on the ship :(

Last breakfast on Lido

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One last look from our balcony

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Back in Miami

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Eugene with a New Years hat

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Dinner - ahi tuna and crab meat

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Happy New Year!

From somewhere in the Caribbean, happy new 2011 to all our family and friends! Here's to spending more time with the ones you love!
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Thursday, December 30, 2010

No it's not a joke

Unbelievable that they are trying to do this during our sea day. Don't worry Mom, I told them to wash them another day and they said okay.

Eugene

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Turks & Caicos wrap up

We left T&C around 5:30 today. Grand Turk is beautiful. The beaches ring the island and the water is a translucent brilliant aqua. Grand Turk is actually less developed than its more commercialized counterpart Providenciales, but Carnival Cruise lines decided to build a port specifically for their ships. And since Provo doesn't allow cruise ships, Carnival is the only line to offer stops in T&C. But I'm not sure how the locals feel about these behemoth ships offloading thousands of passangers onto their tiny island.

We sunbathed for a couple hours midday. Water temperature was still a little too cold for my comfort, but we did go snorkeling in the afternoon. About 60 passengers crammed onto a 78 foot catamaran and "sailing" out to sea before snorkeling along a coral reef wall. Saw some fish, especially when the crew started throwing food (bread) to the fish. The water was freezing, but I wore Eugene's long wet suit and had a good time. Got some nice pictures on the way back to the ship.

At dinner now. Having trouble posting pictures, so updates wiLl be text only.
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Carnival Destiny leaving port

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Grand Turk pics