Well some probably knew I was gone on a cruise for a week and just got back. Here are a few quick highlights of the cruise. I still have to get the pics from the rest of the group ( we are sharing pictures). I have way more than these but I figured you would get the idea.

Our hostel, yes hostel, not hotel, was only about a block away from Miami Ink. Of course I went by but not one person from the show was working at the time, and they are WAY overpriced to get a tattoo.
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Here is our wonderful hostel ( it was a dump actually, lol)
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My home for the next week
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Ice carving anyone?
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Our Daily towel animals
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Sunrise in Mexico
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Mayan Ruins of Tulum
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An outing in Grand Cayman
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What Crystal came back to after Grand Cayman
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Then at supper
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So all in all, it was an awesome trip, we are already planning to go on another cruise in 2009. We can't wait.

Looks like a lot of fun. My Mom has made the trip down to Mexico the past two years to see the Monarch butterflies in the forest where they end their migration. Unbeleivable. So many butterflies that their weight breaks branches!

Looks like you guys had a great trip. BTW, how the hell did they get the elephant'* trunk to stay up?

Nice Mike!! good lookin pictures!

What is it with Miami anyway? Every damn building has a tower crane attached to it. They never seem to go away

Looks like ya had fun!

i was on the triumph a few years ago... still have the id card/room pass somewhere... room 6209 IIRC.

I know it was a fun experience for me,
it looks like it was a verry fun experience for you!

what i'd give to be on a cruise right now instead of sliding around on snow-covered with a 1/2" sheet of ice.

Looks like a nice vacation. I need one of those. lol

Only question I have is, I have heard that the cruise trips sometimes seems so scheduled. Was that the case on your cruise? Just curious.

Happy belated Birthday to Crystal and the vacation shots look great. I've never been on a cruise but sure would like to.

The days at port were scheduled, so you had from say 7am till about 4 pm to do what you wanted to do.

I liked it, that way you got to see new things, but the days at sea were resting days, hehe.

7am to 4pm? thats a good amount of time. Not bad. Hopefully I will get to go on a nice vacation like that. Only thing is, I wont fly

And happy belated Birthday to your wife

Ooooh looked fun! I so wanna go on a cruise someday! Those towel animals are the cutest!!

First off that isn't my wife. Sat will be our 6 month anniversary together, but I do plan on asking her. I have a ring being custom made right now.

For the schedule
Saturday we left port at 4pm
Sunday was a day at sea
Monday Cozumel Mexico from 8 am till 10 pm
Tuesday was another day at sea
Wed was Georgetown Grand Cayman from 7:30 am till 4:30 pm
Thursday was Ocho Rios, Jamaica from 8 am till 3:30 pm
Friday was a final day at sea
Saturday we got to port at around 6am, go off the ship around 10 am