Wednesday, March 3, 2010

Caribbean Cruise 2010

South Beach, Miami:
I Think this picture starts my caribbean vacation off perfectly! clear/blue water, wind in my hair ,big classic RYANNE smile, flip flops( tan legs) etc...And its just one of over 1000 pictures taken in one week between 4 friends on a boat (75% of us with the name "ann") Leane, SueAnn, Ryanne... and your prise for hanging out WITH the "Ann's"- Nichole!
Im Pretty sure at this point in my life those of you that know me, know that I live by a motto...


"I will try everything once- Twice if i like it"That being said...There was a man with a snake at Miami's South beach and this particular photo op could and woulnd NOT be missed-♪ Welcome to Miami♪ ( one of many songs and catch phrases used for 11 days with my friends)

Port Of Miami:
SueAnn,Ryanne,Nichole,and Leane...smiling thru picture after picture after 2 late-late giggling girls nights, jet lag, passport checks, "im on a boat" quotes, and ready to be in the sun and on a beach!..but at least were
♪ ON A BOAT- Short'ey♪












Cozemel, Mexico:

Beach side-Dr Pepper in hand-Sunshine-Ocean( did i meantion BEACH SIDE??) Just the 4 of us on the sandy shore of Cozemel, Mexico with Scubba gear...to Snumba "In-and-under-d'e-water"as out instructor kept saying 1,000times better that snokaling EVER was!

Altun'Ah, Belize:


After dealing with sea-sickness, rain, and hunting down a tour guide(Officer-Steve[used to be a cop] and dealing with time issues) We made it to a Altun'Ah Myan Ruins in Belize! 2 huge cortyards full of old sacraficail templs, rainforests, what was once a swimming pool, houses and sacrificail virgin alters, this hidden still unearthed city (pictures: Me at the very top of the tallest temple,on the very edge with one cortyard and 3 temples behind me. Picture2: Nichole,Leane,Ryanne,SueAnn standing in front of the first main temple ruin)
Dont look to close, were sopping wet from humidity, being in a rain forest, and Officer Steves mini van
Rotan, Honduras:


Honduras was a BLAST! haggaling for the best deal in ziplining that involved a little broken down toyota packed full of people, and unsafly driven to the top of a rainforest mountain with a BEAUTIFUL view of the rain-forest canopy for what the sign said "Extreem Zipline" ( you should have expected nothing less from me...nor should you assume I just sat there gliding thru the rainforest - nope, i was all about the zip-line acrobatics!!) The picture is me, hanging upside down with my head towards the tree-tops(the best way to see the jungle) and my feet straight in the air! (or as you can see in the picture, behind my head) All of it worth the toyota-ride-of-death!
Hell, Grand Cayman:






In an entire island of white sand beaches, and blue water there is a patch of black,sharp,menacing looking volcanic rock in a town called "Hell" (knowing this only followed comments like "id rather be in Hell" or "go to hell" or " id rather be in Hell, than at work in hell" etc...) so here i am in Hell, posing with the Devil-one day we knew it would happen :) SueAnn and i soaking up the sun on 7-mile beach in the Grand Caymans-koolaid looking waterm soft white sand-all that was missing was a hammock!

Back In South Beach,Miami:


Last day of my vacation- shopping in down town Miami...and we stumbled across a midget phone!!! I was just wondering why we were the only ones who didnt look surprised by a 3 foot tall phone booth- ya just dont get that here in Utah

( PSSST: this wasnt even HALF of the pictures,HALF of the stories,or HALF of the adventures...wish i could share them all)
Its seriously time to consider another vacation!