We departed Miami Saturday afternoon.
The itinerary is as follows:
Saturday & Sunday at sea all day
Our Ship - Explorer of the Seas -
Royal Caribbean Cruise Line
1,020 Feet Long - 138,000 Tons
Passengers and crew total about 4,500
the ship is two years old
Our friend who joined us on the
trip - Rosa and Klaus Nowitzky from Germany
This is the standard Life Boat Drill that all ships have the
first day
Rosa and Klaus are in the cabin
next to us. We are in the middle of the ship, 8 stories up.
We have individual private balconies with our rooms.
Cynthia in the gym on the ship
Pool side on
the top deck. Just to give you an idea as to the size of the
ship, this pool area is only about 25% of the top deck
Fun and games on
deck - the horse races.
Monday Laberdee on the coast of the Haiti
Looking back at
our ship as we are taken to the beach
Laberdee is a private section of
beach owned by Royal Caribbean Cruise Line. It is a beautiful
swimming area.
Wednesday - Jamaica
Ocho Rios in
Jamaica - Dunns Falls
A Tourist (Me)
Thursday - Stingray City at
Grand Cayman Island
Taking the boat
from land out to ''Stingray City''
Rosa and Klaus - Cynthia took the
trip the last time we were here.
She decided to shop instead of going again.
Lots of people swimming among the
stingrays.
See the stingray in the red circle. Those black dots are
all stingrays.
A stingray in
the red circle above.
They gave us food to feed the stingrays.
Friday - Cozulmel Mexico
The midnight
buffet. We ate nothings. We just took photos.
Cozumel Beach in
Mexico
Cozumel Beach in
Mexico
Saturday at sea
Sunday morning back to Miami
Other Activities
on board BESIDES eating and swimming
Volleyball and Basketball on ship
The Rock Climbing Wall
Miniature Golf