2007 Cruise

September 2007- Rob and I took our second cruise. Our scheduled ports were originally suppose to be... Cozumel, Costa Maya, Belize, and Grand Turk. However, the hurricane season changed our plans... Upon arriving in Tampa we were notified that our new ports would be Key West, Grand Turk, Ocho Rios, and Grand Cayman. We really didn't mind the changes as we had been to Cozumel and Costa Maya in the past. We spent most of the first afternoon getting ourselves familiar with the ship. When we woke up the first morning we were docking in Key West. We got off the boat and walked through the streets of Key West. It was so hot that we decided to head back to the boat and go to the pool. On Tuesday, we arrived in Grand Turk. We had breakfast and headed over to Govenor's Beach for to do some snorkeling. The water was beautiful! Wednesday we arrived in Ocho Rios.. This was quite an experience. Once we got off the boat we were surrounded by the locals wanting us to come in their stores, or take us to see the sites. We were so overwhelmed that we almost headed back to the boat. However, we ended up on a great tour of the rain forest, and a trip through the villages of Ocho Rios. We ended up at Dundee Falls for a few pictures and then went back to the boat. Friday was our favorite day! We arrive in Grand Cayman around 7am. We had breakfast and went to meet our tour guide. We boarded a bus and headed for the Turtle Farm in Grand Cayman. I had no idea that we would be able to hold the baby Sea Turtles. They were amazing creatures. Once we left the Turtle Farm, we stopped in a little community called, "HELL". Hell has its own post office and we mailed a few "Wish you were here" post cards and got back on the bus.. After leaving Hell, we went to a local marina and boarded a boat to take us out to Sting Ray Bay to swim with the Sing Rays. This was an amazing experience. We climbed out of the boat onto a sandbar and were greeted by several huge stingrays. I must admit that it was little scary at first, but we really enjoyed it. We spent Saturday at sea and arrived back in Tampa on Sunday morning...Check out a few pictures from our trip!