Had a fun filled week on board the
Carnival Liberty. She's a bit bigger than Ramblynn: 952' long, 116'
wide, 27' draft, 13 decks, goes 22.5 knots, 2974 passengers, 1150
crew). We were on Deck 6 which would have been a perfectly central
location had we been midship instead of at the back. We got lots of
exercise running up and down the stairs and often the entire length
of the ship. I recommend getting a balcony cabin, feels very spacious
and we did spend time out there. I somehow got on the “allergy”
list so I got special dinners with no spices. One day I went off menu
and asked for pasta and mushroom with parsley (steamed). I wish I had
taken a photo – I got pasta, a bowl of mushrooms and an entire bowl
of parsley! Was pretty funny.
Day at Sea – we tried to figure out
where everything was (still got lost on the last day). Dinner was
formal so Gerry had to put his big boy pants on, poor guy. The
comedians put on a great show, better than the main show.
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| Ferry seating up top |
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| Cave attire |
Cozumel - a very bumpy 45 minute ferry
ride to the mainland (some people were green) for our tour of Rio
Secreto. Another bumpy ride (in a van), a cold shower (to wash off
oils etc.), suited up and into the caves we went. Weren't allowed a
camera and their photos were too expensive to buy so we don't have any pictures of the amazing stalactites etc. Footing was very
uneven, we were glad for our walking sticks. The best part was
actually swimming through the caves.
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| Back to the dock |
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| Inside the ferry is posher. |
Belize – weather was rainy and we
hadn't booked a tour so we just shopped until we dropped (Gerry
dropped early). We didn't hire a local taxi for fear we wouldn't get
back to the ship on time so unfortunately we just stayed at the port.
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| Belize is a tender port |
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| Tender close up |
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| Immigration office |
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| Belize shopping |
Roatan – we had a private tour so we
checked out a fancy marina (too expensive) and another that just had
moorings (but they were free). Gerry and Chris went ziplining (I've
already done that) and had a blast. We then went into the monkey cage
to have Hector jump all over us. They had a monkey named Jerry so we
had to see him. Wish we hadn't – he stole my hat and when I wanted
it back he bit me!
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| Roatan - very poor island, safer than mainland Honduras |
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| Mobbed by kids selling shells. |
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| Chris |
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| Gerry |
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| Hector (the one in the middle) |
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| Bad Jerry (one in the middle) |
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| Serious mooring lines |
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| I prefer the towel monkey |
Grand Cayman – it was sunny and hot
but the seas were too rough for Chris's catamaran tour and our jet
ski tour. The beach appeared to be nearby but after walking forever
we only found a stoney stinky one and after walking another mile to
no avail we hopped a bus to the tourist beach. It was horrible –
there were 5 cruise ships in port and I think all the passengers were
at the beach. We didn't stay long.
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| The kind of beach I loathe |
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| Rocks in the water and stones in the sand |
Day at Sea – Chris spent most of it
in the sun, Gerry fell asleep in one of the extra large round basket chairs on the adults only deck and I played a
few trivia games. Then the hard part – trying to get everything
into our suitcases and going home to the cold.
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