We were on the Carnival Pride with about 2300 other people. There were also about 4 other newlyweds on board, one of which got married on the ship the day we left Long Beach. We were at sea for two and a half days before arriving in Puerto Vallarta!The first thing we did when we got off the ship was of course to visit.......Wal-Mart!!! It was right of the dock and we needed a few things. After our trip to something familar we went exploring, our adventure took us to the wrong side of town, which we figured out after about 4 blocks and 3 blisters later! We were lucky enought to find a nice taxi driver who took us around all of the city and then up into the jungles, his english was good and he loved to crack jokes!
He took us everywhere that the other passengers went on their excursions. We ended up in the
jungle where the movie "Predator" was shot, there is a really cool restaurant there that has rock slides and a rope swing into the river. We got a few pictures here, one with the helicopter and alien from predator. You can't really see the alien but he is standing on top of the helicopter.The only problem I had with this restaurant was the unwanted guests you could find near your
tables. This had to be one of the biggest spiders I have ever seen in my entire life, and it was just hanging out by one of the tables!! It's legs were almost as long as my pinky finger!!!!
So the taxi drive then took us to a "private beach", haha yea right! It was a beach for hotel guests to use, and we were allowed on it for awhile, it was nice other than the people hounding you to buy something off them. We swam for a bit, then decided we were ready to go back to the ship. We had our driver for about 4 hours and he was probably one of the best tour guides we could have asked for.
When we got back to the ship there were two other ships in port with us, the Norwegian Star and
the Holland America Oosterdam. The Norwegian Star was the ship furthest from us and the Holland America was the ship closest to us. We all left port with in 15 minutes of each other, it was really something to see. Those Captains do a great job of getting those big ships out of some tight spots! Off to Mazatlan!!!
So on Thursday we woke up to the ship just pulling in to port in Mazatlan. We didn't get to see much of Mazatlan except for the downtown tourist area, which I guess was okay, if we ever go back I'd like to go see the Cathedrals, the only pictures we got of Mazatlan were as we were leaving port so here you go! Away we go to Cabo!!
Friday, the last port day was in Cabo San Lucas, by far my favorite port out of all three, there were no docs so the ship had to "doc" in the middle of the bay (the first picture is actually showing this in Cabo!) We had to take little boats to the marina to get into town, we stopped at the aquarium and contimplated swimming with the dolphins but then thought Kylee might get pretty upset with us if we did that with out her, so we decided to go to the beach and just hang out for the day. We stopped at the Hard Rock so Casey could get his souviner shot glass, then headed to the beach. Of course there were about a gazillion people there but it was still fun. We rented a jet ski and took off into the open water.
We couldn't get really close to the area with the famous Arches because of all the divers and
what not but we still managed a picture in front of it (kind of!) We had to be careful not to get hit by the boats coming in the harbor and the boats out running around, not to mention all the other jet skiers! It was so much fun! After an hour we took the jet ski back in and swam for a bit, then it was time to head back to the marina to catch our little boat back to our big boat, we got a few more pictures on our way back.
This is us trying to get a picture of us on the beach with our big boat in the background, see it huh, do ya!?!
You know we had to do the whole "names in the sand" thing, come on now!!!
All done with Cabo, time to go home, I hate to admit it but I was ready! I was missing Kylee like crazy and only got to talk to her twice the whole trip and for not longer than a couple of minutes each time! We were ready to go, maybe not back to work, but home sounded good!!
All in all it was a great honeymoon! That's all I have for now, check back soon to see what our next adventure holds for us!!!
When we got back to the ship there were two other ships in port with us, the Norwegian Star and
the Holland America Oosterdam. The Norwegian Star was the ship furthest from us and the Holland America was the ship closest to us. We all left port with in 15 minutes of each other, it was really something to see. Those Captains do a great job of getting those big ships out of some tight spots! Off to Mazatlan!!!
So on Thursday we woke up to the ship just pulling in to port in Mazatlan. We didn't get to see much of Mazatlan except for the downtown tourist area, which I guess was okay, if we ever go back I'd like to go see the Cathedrals, the only pictures we got of Mazatlan were as we were leaving port so here you go! Away we go to Cabo!!
Friday, the last port day was in Cabo San Lucas, by far my favorite port out of all three, there were no docs so the ship had to "doc" in the middle of the bay (the first picture is actually showing this in Cabo!) We had to take little boats to the marina to get into town, we stopped at the aquarium and contimplated swimming with the dolphins but then thought Kylee might get pretty upset with us if we did that with out her, so we decided to go to the beach and just hang out for the day. We stopped at the Hard Rock so Casey could get his souviner shot glass, then headed to the beach. Of course there were about a gazillion people there but it was still fun. We rented a jet ski and took off into the open water.
We couldn't get really close to the area with the famous Arches because of all the divers and
what not but we still managed a picture in front of it (kind of!) We had to be careful not to get hit by the boats coming in the harbor and the boats out running around, not to mention all the other jet skiers! It was so much fun! After an hour we took the jet ski back in and swam for a bit, then it was time to head back to the marina to catch our little boat back to our big boat, we got a few more pictures on our way back.
This is us trying to get a picture of us on the beach with our big boat in the background, see it huh, do ya!?!
You know we had to do the whole "names in the sand" thing, come on now!!!
All done with Cabo, time to go home, I hate to admit it but I was ready! I was missing Kylee like crazy and only got to talk to her twice the whole trip and for not longer than a couple of minutes each time! We were ready to go, maybe not back to work, but home sounded good!!All in all it was a great honeymoon! That's all I have for now, check back soon to see what our next adventure holds for us!!!
2 comments:
Haha! Cute "name in the sand" thing!! I LOVE your pictures by the way!
The sand thing is a little to 'newlywed' for my taste. But your picture with the Predator! Priceless.
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