Saturday, August 7, 2010

Haiti

After days of rain we landed on Haiti and this was the first sight we saw... blue skies and beautiful water. Haiti was my favorite stop. Needless to say it wasn't officially Haiti, just a beach area owned by Royal Caribbean on Haiti, but still gorgeous.
This iguana greeted us. Is that weird?

Then we went and did our practice run for the big zip line. So far so good.

Next they put you on a truck which takes you to the top of the mountain, better known as the launching zone.
And this is what it looks like from up top. Beautiful day!!!

We thought we should probably get one last picture just in case something went wrong, but we were feeling pretty excited about this.

This is me hooked up and ready to go. Unfortunately it goes by weight so you have to admit how much you weigh to a group of strangers. It's a real confidence booster when you have to stand in line with grown men. I wanted to shout, "I just had a baby a couple of months ago," but no one really cares except you.

And this is the final product, soaring over the ocean at about 30 mph. It was fantastic. My feet almost touched a wave. Travis won the race down against a few other guys so basically he's a rock star.

When we were done we wandered into this paradise and camped out on some chairs.

This was Travis' view. We went snorkeling by those rocks to the right and found some colorful fish friends.

We ended up showering off at the little kids water park because it's much more fun than using a real shower.

There was a great barbeque put on by the cruise. It has ribs, Caribbean music, and dessert. Does it get better? Overall best day of our cruise for me.

4 comments:

heidi said...

wow!! looks like a good time. nothin' like relaxing and playing all over the place and then getting to come back to the same room at night to sleep--never having to move your bags! i love a cruise.

Brittany said...

Alright, you win...a cruise IS better than Dollywood! I'm jealous. Did I tell you that J thinks if we go on a cruise we'll get some weird mass disease. Glad to see there is another set of survivors who lived to tell a disease-free tale!

Chris and Cassie said...

that is beautiful! glad you had a great time...well deserved. tell travis hi for us. hope you're having a great week friend.

egypt said...

how beautiful photos....