Spring Break Cruise: Onboard Activities

 Finally we have reached the last installment of my Spring Break Cruise series. One of my favorites things about Carnival cruises is the towel animals they make in your stateroom every night. Here are just a few shots of the animals we had in our stateroom.

These next two pictures were taken from our balcony. The first on was taken in the morning and the second is of a sunset.

After our day in Cozumel, Mexico we decided to eat at one of the specialty restaurants on the ship. We chose the Italian restaurant over the steakhouse because it was cheaper. They also had tiramisu which is my favorite. The food was so good that we decided to eat there again later during the cruise.

The second night on the cruise was our first formal night. You may recognize this dress from my previous post "Spring in my Step."

These next few outfits were just a few of the outfits I wore to the cruise casual dinners that week.

I had to wear these shoes at least once this week because of their cute nautical style.

I wore this outfit for the last formal night on the cruise. 

Our last day on the ship we had to wear these bathrobes everywhere just to stay warm. When we left Houston the temperatures had been in the high 80s low 90s. However, we returned to 50 degree weather which we were not expecting and certainly didn't prepare for.

Spring Break Cruise: Isla de Roatan, Honduras

The last port we stopped at on our cruise was Mahogany Bay, Roatan. This port was absolutely breathtaking! It was a tropical paradise and by far our favorite port on this cruise.

This was our view that morning from our balcony. The sun rising over the island was breathtaking. In this port we went on a catamaran sailing excursion that included snorkeling and lunch. Unfortunately there aren't many pictures from our excursion as we were afraid to take any electronics on the catamaran for fear of losing them. Fortunately they have a photographer on staff that takes pictures and they post them on Facebook for free.

If you look closely you can see me at the top I'm the person on the right of the two people out front. 

After we got back from the excursion we had a few hours left to explore the port. There was a scenic path that led to a beach area. If you didn't feel like walking the path they had a chair lift available to take you to the beach. Below are some of the pictures

This is a panoramic of the beach that you can walk to from the ship. This is where a bulk of the cruise passengers spent their day.

This the the panoramic view from our balcony as you can tell Roatan is so gorgeous!

There will be one more post about our cruise tomorrow detailing more about our onboard activities.

Spring Break Cruise: Belize

I promised more posts about our cruise so here we go. Day 3 of our cruise we stopped in Belize. At this port we chose to go visit some Mayan ruins close to the Guatemalan border. 

We had to take a 2 hour bus ride out to the ruins so we got to see a lot of the country along the way. there were lots of children on their way to school. Some were even playing in soccer games it was really interesting to see how different things were in Belize. For example the children get over an hour for a lunch break so that they can walk home to eat and walk back. Also an education is not free in Belize every family has to pay tuition.

Below is a picture of a typical market that we passed.

We finally made it to the ruins around noon and it was already terribly hot outside. After all March and April are Belize's hottest months of the year. It was really cool getting to walk around this ancient city and learn more about the Mayan culture.

After climbing halfway up the largest structure we were able to see these carvings on the sides of the structure. It was so neat to see history up close. I ended up having to take my super cute hat off and pull my hair up because it was so hot unfortunately.

We finally made it to the top of the structure. It was really scary getting up there because there were a lot of stairs without railings on the side of the structure. The view from the top was gorgeous well worth the climb to get up there. I was so nervous taking the picture below because I had to let go of the wall and walk closer to the edge.

After leaving the ruins we were walking around the visitors area and got to see some incredible wildlife. This iguana was just chilling in this tree.

I had told my husband as we were leaving the cruise ship that morning that I really wanted to see some monkeys and I got my wish. Our guides told us that these were Howler monkeys. 

We were finally fed lunch after leaving the ruins at a local restaurant. They fed us a traditional Belize lunch of chicken, a plantain and, beans and rice cooked in coconut milk. It was delicious I have never had such wonderfully flavored beans and rice.

All in all it was a great day but we were so tired by the end of the day and happy to be back on the ship to take a nap.