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| Author: | Talya [ Tue Jan 19, 2010 12:21 pm ] |
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Sortof. Still at home today, not back at work until tomorrow, but I had a great time in the Caribbean! Apart from the normal beach lounging, swimming, eating, shopping, dancing, and plenty of typical vacation fun, I also... -had margaritas -swam with dolphins -had tropical rum-drinks -went "tubing" through caves on an underground river in Central America -had more margaritas -swam with/fed Stingrays -lots of wine/champagne -played with sea turtles -margaritas! |
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| Author: | Loki [ Tue Jan 19, 2010 12:26 pm ] |
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Welcome back! |
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| Author: | Xerxes [ Tue Jan 19, 2010 12:28 pm ] |
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Welcome Back Talya! |
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| Author: | darksiege [ Tue Jan 19, 2010 12:32 pm ] |
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welcome back |
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| Author: | Rafael [ Tue Jan 19, 2010 12:33 pm ] |
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Did you bring back any margaritas for the rest of us? Hope you enjoyed it, and for the record, you suck for leaving us stuck in this cold *** terrible weather. |
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| Author: | Müs [ Tue Jan 19, 2010 12:33 pm ] |
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Pics or it didn't happen. |
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| Author: | Aizle [ Tue Jan 19, 2010 12:49 pm ] |
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welcome back |
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| Author: | Talya [ Tue Jan 19, 2010 12:49 pm ] |
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Rafael wrote: Did you bring back any margaritas for the rest of us? I did bring some back, for me! Sortof. Of the two bottles of alchohol we're allowed to bring back through customs, we got some rare brand of tequila from Mexico, and a liter of Grand Marnier. Now i just need lime juice, ice, and salt! Quote: Hope you enjoyed it, and for the record, you suck for leaving us stuck in this cold *** terrible weather. If it makes you feel better, it was a chilly 41 degrees fahrenheit when I arrived in Miami, an unusually brisk 66 in Cozumel Mexico, which wasn't really what one wants out of a tropical vacation. But it did climb to 75-80 in Belize, Roatan, and Grand Cayman. Müs wrote: Pics or it didn't happen. I will actually work on that. There's one I'd really like to post, but it's on paper, not digital, and I have no scanner. If I can get the quality good enough, I could take a picture of it... |
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| Author: | Ranelagh [ Tue Jan 19, 2010 12:51 pm ] |
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Welcome back, glad you had fun. |
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| Author: | Foamy [ Tue Jan 19, 2010 12:53 pm ] |
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Couldn't wait to get back to nice cold Canada, I'll bet. Welcome back. |
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| Author: | Talya [ Tue Jan 19, 2010 12:55 pm ] |
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Foamy wrote: Couldn't wait to get back to nice cold Canada, I'll bet. I actually was very much looking forward to getting home. We left our kids with my in-laws. I missed them! 
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| Author: | LadyKate [ Tue Jan 19, 2010 1:23 pm ] |
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Welcome back!! I'll try not to be overcome with jealousy *aaaack!!!*  Would love to see the pics! (scanners are fairly cheap these days...) |
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| Author: | Sasandra [ Tue Jan 19, 2010 1:49 pm ] |
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Talya wrote: Sortof. Still at home today, not back at work until tomorrow, but I had a great time in the Caribbean! Apart from the normal beach lounging, swimming, eating, shopping, dancing, and plenty of typical vacation fun, I also... -had margaritas -swam with dolphins -had tropical rum-drinks -went "tubing" through caves on an underground river in Central America -had more margaritas -swam with/fed Stingrays -lots of wine/champagne -played with sea turtles -margaritas! Sounds like my type of vacation 
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| Author: | Jasmy [ Tue Jan 19, 2010 1:59 pm ] |
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Welcome home! Sounds like you had a great time! |
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| Author: | Aethien [ Tue Jan 19, 2010 4:19 pm ] |
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Welcome back! Sounds like a fun trip. Sasandra wrote: Talya wrote: Sortof. Still at home today, not back at work until tomorrow, but I had a great time in the Caribbean! Apart from the normal beach lounging, swimming, eating, shopping, dancing, and plenty of typical vacation fun, I also... -had margaritas -swam with dolphins -had tropical rum-drinks -went "tubing" through caves on an underground river in Central America -had more margaritas -swam with/fed Stingrays -lots of wine/champagne -played with sea turtles -margaritas! Sounds like my type of vacation Yeah, I was detecting a theme here. |
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| Author: | Lydiaa [ Tue Jan 19, 2010 6:01 pm ] |
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welcome back Talya, did you get a chance to pillage? |
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| Author: | Rodahn [ Tue Jan 19, 2010 6:12 pm ] |
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So did you have any margaritas on your cruise? |
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| Author: | Elessar [ Tue Jan 19, 2010 7:31 pm ] |
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Did you enjoy getting hassled to buy all the cheap crap at each port of call also too? hehe. It's always so much fun bartering with the street vendors. |
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| Author: | Micheal [ Tue Jan 19, 2010 10:14 pm ] |
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Welcome home, happy you had a great time. |
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| Author: | Kirra [ Wed Jan 20, 2010 8:46 am ] |
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Welcome back Taly! Can I come along on your next vacation! It sounds like it was wonderful! My ideal vacation: sitting on a beach where the only movement is to bring the margarita glass to your lips...and then put your flag in the sand so they bring you another
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| Author: | Dash [ Wed Jan 20, 2010 11:45 am ] |
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Welcome back Taly |
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| Author: | Diamondeye [ Wed Jan 20, 2010 11:50 am ] |
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Welcome back! Tell us more about the dolphins, rays and turtles please! |
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| Author: | LadyKate [ Wed Jan 20, 2010 1:40 pm ] |
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Diamondeye wrote: Welcome back! Tell us more about the dolphins, rays and turtles please! Seconded. Taly your return is distinctly lacking in stories and anecdotes and stuff, not to mention pics! Come on! The retelling of your tropical adventure is the closest some of us will ever get to a vacation.
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| Author: | Talya [ Wed Jan 20, 2010 5:07 pm ] |
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Pictures will be sparse! However, I'm working on getting access to a scanner for a few, and some friends have some pictures I want to get sent to me, I may choose to post some of those. I can also find several generic pictures online easily enough! It was not just my husband and I on the cruise, we went on the cruise with several friends who also booked. Trip summary, for those seeking anecdotes: We drove down to Buffalo, NY on the 9th. The temperature outside when we left was -6 F/-21 C. Our flight stopped briefly in Atlanta, where there was snow on the ground (!!), then finished in Miami, where people were shivering still. It had snowed in Daytona, and even Miami was a chilly 41 F/5 C. Not what one expects out of a trip to South Beach, but we arrived at 9PM anyway and went right to bed. The next day wasn't much better, the temperature never climbed above 55F/13C on Sunday when we boarded the good ship Carnival Glory.  From there we went south. By Monday, it was warm enough for shorts, although swimming on deck was not fun. The day got steadily warmer as we headed south, and we spent most of it drinking and eating and drinking and dancing and drinking and stuff. This was also the first "Formal" night aboard the ship, so we dressed to the nines. It was a blast.Early Tuesday morning we made port in Cozumel. The weather was a comparatively balmy 70-75F and rather than take the expensive shore excursions offered on the ship, we went on our own off to Chankanaab national park. Great beaches, some Mayan ruins, great margaritas, and the opportunity to swim with dolphins--at half the price that the same tour was offered by the shore-excursion desk on-ship. (Picture still incoming). We spent the day there, before getting back on the ship around 4pm, and repeating a more casual version of the previous night's festivities. Wednesday the ship moored 6 miles off the coast of Belize, which has no port to dock at. Belize is a very poor country, but it was still quite the experience and a hell of a lot of fun. We caught a tourbus which took us about an hour inland, to a river coming down from the mountains. There we all got into life-jackets, put on water-proof head-lamps that a miner might use, and floated underground in big inflatable tubes through a series of caves and caverns that just blew me away. Pictures here are from "cave-tubing.com". We couldn't really take any useful pictures ourselves, the caves were pitch-dark apart from our headlamps and little waterproof cameras tend not to have much capability of handling that size of a cavern anyway.   The next day we arived in Isla Roatan, Honduras. Most beautiful beaches I've ever been on. We laid there on various beaches, drinking beer and margaritas most of the day, no big explorations, just wonderfully stereotypical vacation fare. The next day was our stop in Grand Cayman. Here we travelled 3 miles out into the bay, to a sandbar where the water was only 4 feet deep. There we got out and fed the stingrays, which were as tame as kittens. This was also our second "Formal" night, so the evening was again quite the party. Pictures courtesy of google search:   Then there was another day or partying and indulgence at sea as the ship once again rounded Cuba for the trip back to Miami. Personal photos still to come! |
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| Author: | LadyKate [ Wed Jan 20, 2010 5:59 pm ] |
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Oh man!! Ok I can no longer hold back the envy! When I read about the part with the inner tubes and the caves...oooooo that sounds like bliss!!! |
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