Ting-A-Ling's Photo Blog: Carnival Cruise

Came back from a 7-night cruise on Carnival! My second cruise in 2 months haha, but this time with family. We left from Laguardia Airport last week and flew to Orlando! Then took a private cab to Port Canaveral, all looks sooo familiar since I was just here 2 months ago with Royal Caribbean haha. Carnival's ship seems smaller and not as elegant, and so many little children running around it was like a huge floating playground. We got the oceanside room so there was a window and we could actually tell what time it was!

The sea days were kinda boring, and the most interesting part of the day was going to the pool with Evelyn and playing with her in the water, and it wasn't even that fun. Too many little kids the pool is so packed. Actually the best part is the naps that followed, quite comfortable sleeping in the sun. We went to Cozumel, Mexico first, where we took a ferry to Playa del Carmen to see the Mayan ruins. Everything was so rushed because we didn't have that much time and we kept getting delayed. Breezed through the ruins in less than an hour and then rushed back to catch the ferry. Plus it rained the whole day which made everything gross and humid and uncomfortable. Then the next day we went to Belize! Which was much more interesting, we got a private tour from a cab driver and he was so cool and friendly. Took us around the rural areas and downtown and told us about Belize's history. Belize and Taiwan are on good terms and Taiwan donates a lot of money to them, so there were Taiwanese flags everywhere hehe, and apparently there's a lot of Asians there and a bunch of grocery stores are owned by Asians. Go Asians! The driver took us to this rum store and we tasted different types of wine, at 9am local time haha. The next day we were supposed to go to Honduras, but because of rough seas the ship couldn't dock so we ended up spending another day at sea. Such bummers. And then the next day we went to Costa Maya, Mexico, our last stop. We just went to a private beach and there was an open bar! Didn't drink all cruise so I indulged a little bit hehe, but the drinks were so light and they were alright. But there was this huge floating inflatable playground and it was so fun! There was a trampoline and lots of obstacle courses and I was doing flips on the trampoline and off it into the water. And then another sea day and then we came back! On the way back I learned a lot about alligators in Florida from the cab driver. Very very interesting. Overall the trip was much more relaxed and laid back, and sober, than the Royal Caribbean trip. But I didn't expect it to be as fun because with family everything's very tamed haha. I've mastered how to entertain Evelyn and Chloe when they're whining and crying hehe. It's so tiring to entertain them, they're like bipolar when they're sleepy or hungry, or just agitated. Now back to the normal lifestyle in New York for a month before working in DC. :O