Sorry... Ive been MIA lately... but I finally have a weekend to myself! Lol... its been crazy, you would not believe. AM is awesome... but busy!
(More in-depth :P)
Happy Valentine's day... haha well, actually, the day after we stopped at Roatan, we had a Sea Day, which also happened to be Valentine's day. What could be more romantic then at Sea, stuck on a swaying ship, alone and with an assignment on the mind? Hahah.... no, it wasnt that bad. It was just another regular day at Sea... but it was nice. It was the first night I got to fully watch a sunset... if you believe that! :)
Really, it was pretty uneventful. I basically hung out around the ship and worked on my AM assignment at the time, which was the Overlap Assignment using a Pendulum. I will not even upload an example of that horrible piece of work... I didnt have a chance to watch the lecture, my critique or any of the other students' work, so I was sort of on my own... which resulted in a piece of crap, to be honest. haha. Oh well... I was able to revise it, so it was ok. ;)
That night ended up being formal night, and I was not intending on dining with my family that night, but decided on going down at the last minute. When I got down there, a large ice sculpture stood by the large entrance doors into the hall. It was lit red with a heart and two angels/cupids. It was cool.
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Dinner was nice... I think I tasted escargot that night, or perhaps it was the night before.. I forget. haha.
We werent able to pick our dessert from a menu that night, instead all of the desserts were the same - cheescake and chococlate something. lol.
It wasnt bad tho... but the chocolate was RICH. Wow. haha...
After that, when my sister and I went back to the cabin, there was a heart-shaped towel on the
bed.. haha, before that was a monkey hanging from a towel, a manta ray, and then a dog. They were so cool. :)
The next day we went to Progresso, Mexico.
When we got off of the ship, my brother realized he had forgotten his sunglasses, so like the genius that he is, he asked my uncle to throw them down to him - we were on the port, and my uncle was still in the cabin, looking out from the balcony- who was a good 20 feet above us. Still to this day, I dont know why my uncle listened, but he did as my brother asked, and threw the glasses down. The glasses got caught on the wind, and when they
dropped down, they landed on the cement about 10 feet away from us. Nice start to the day. haha....
<-- See how high? :P
We went into the duty free and then into the shops around there. We ended up going to this one shop called Progresso tours, and payed
for a tour around Mayan ruins that were about a half hour away. We had originally wanted to go to the famous Chichen Itza ruins, but they were a good 2 hours away, and we didnt have enough time. :( But the tour we did take was awesome.
On the way there we saw a flock of flamingos (are they called a flock? I have no clue ... lol) and then we stopped at an area where the Mayans would make salt. Our tour guide, who's name escapes me at the moment, went out and got us some, and it smelled like rotten eggs. haha... nice. :P
When we got to the ruins, it was H.O.T. Wow... really hot.
They were so tall, and so cool. When I rounded the corner into the main courtyard, there was a huge stone-gray lizard sunbathing on the stones about 5 feet away from me. It was so cool... when I got closer to it, he scurried up the side of the
ruin into the shade. I was amazed I even noticed it... it blended in so perfectly! It was a fricken chameleon! haha.... Later on I was told that the tree next to me was LOADED with them... almost like how a tree is loaded with Squirrels... well there they were loaded with the 'Mexican Chicken' a.k.a the Lizard. Heh.
To the right was the entrence to the courtyard, if I am correct. Don't quote me... I might be wrong. haha.
The whole experience was really cool. I got to climb one of the stepped ruins, and we saw the Jail... and the blood-stained stone, a church-like building and more.
It was really cool. We were told that that area had just only been discovered 7 years prior, and that it had been hidden amongst the trees the entire time. Archeologists are still discovering new and untouched ruins still to this day.
Aha.. our tour guide was Yazmin! :D I remembered. ;)
But it was still HOT!
When we got back... we were exhausted! Lol... it was really fun. We stopped in the main market place, and wandered the different tables and stalls.... but nothing really... caught my attention there. Well... nothing except for this AWESOME hammock. It was the coolest thing. I bought it. haha.... but I have yet to install it. This Summer. :P
I did see my first Pelican though. Haha... he was a bit smaller than I had imagined... and a lot more gray. haha... At first I wasnt sure what it was, because it was far away, but then I watched as it scooped up a fish, and then I knew. I named him Nigel.
<---- Meet Nigel.
That night my sister and I found two swan towels on our beds, and packing tickets as it was our second to last night on the ship. It was sad, but to be honest, I was NOT looking forward to another day of swaying. It was like a constant rock-a-bye fest! I ALWAYS felt sleepy. No joke! :)
I swayed for the next 3 days. haha.... no joke!
Our last day on ship was another Sea day, as we sailed back to Galvaston, TX. It was a nice relaxing day, and I got to see my second sunset that night, and got to see my first Deep Ocean Oil Rig. It was so cool....
At dinner, the entire waiting staff performed their last and final dinner performance as they sang and entertained us before dinner. It was really funny... they guy next to our waitress Yuliya was singing Jingle Bells. haha.... he didnt know the words to the song, I guess. :P
