I haven’t been diving since I finished my scuba certification in St. Thomas back in February. Seeing as I’ll be going home soon, I decided I needed to get out diving while I have the opportunity to. Getting myself out of bed this morning to go diving took a LOT of effort. I'm having such disrupted and anxious sleeps lately, plus I was up late, having a much-needed phone call with Laura. Plus I had to get up so early for the tour. I was really really dragging this morning. So tired. And really really nervous. Just because I hadn’t been [View Full Entry]

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Während den Osterferien war mein Bruder Christoph auf Besuch...zwei wirklich sehr aufregende Wochen....see our pictures :-) LG Martina & Zsolt [View Full Entry]

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Today Mom, Lee & I were adventuring in Grand Cayman. We went snorkeling at Stingray City, then to Rum Point Beach. What a chaotic yet wonderful day. Normally tours run very smoothly. Unfortunately, today’s did not. First the buses were late picking us up. Half an hour we were left standing on the hot pavement waiting. Guests were already irritated. Later, there were problems with the boat; our driver hit the dock, then rocks. The coast guard came up beside us and boarded the boat. We were late returning to the island and therefore late back to the ship. The ship’s [View Full Entry]

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Seit 1. Februar sind wir nun auf den Cayman Islands! Zsolt arbeitet für das Marriott Hotel als Koch und ich arbeite als Hostess, Gästebetreuung, Server im Ritz Carlton, Grand Caymans. Unsere Arbeit ist sehr abwechslungsreich und des öfteren auch sehr anstrengend. Ein wunderschönes Appartment haben wir auch schon gefunden. Jeder der uns eine Karte schicken möchte unsere Adresse: 101 Court Road, Summerfield Place 4, Grand Caymans, Cayman Islands! Freuen uns über jegliche Post! Die letzte Woche erkundigten wir mit einen Mietauto die Insel...siehe unsere aktuellen Fotos! Jetzt erwarten [View Full Entry]

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Landed a few days ago in a tropical storm, we could see the clouds from the plane, it was all going well until I looked out of the window and saw lightening around us so that sent the nerves going a bit. We landed in really heavy rain, after a wet English summer I just wanted some sun. Well a few days on and now we have it. Its so beautiful out here, reminds a bit of Hawaii but not as progressive. Its a little wierd to be driving on the same side of the road as the UK but the [View Full Entry]

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Cayman Islands Lolol I guess this is how we had to end the trip, a little hard wind and rain to get the blood pumping. The tickets we got for the trip have changeable dates and locations (somewhat) so the Cayman Islands werent even on our original itinerary..... but as the trip started to draw to an end, we cut a day here or there in Europe to save money and added the Cayman Islands to round the trip out... nothing like a little sun and relaxation to bring us home relaxed and refreshed. As we looked at adding the Caribbean [View Full Entry]

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We didn’t tell the kids what tours we had booked for them so they were excited to find out today we were doing the Pirates of the Caribbean Tour on a real pirate ship. After getting the tender to the island we were taken on board an authentic pirate ship for a themed experience. Straight away the kids were singled out to fire the cannon, swab the decks much to the parents delight. Many photos were taken of kids scrubbing the deck whilst the pirates poured barrels of salt water over them if they weren’t scrubbing hard enough. After this everyone [View Full Entry]

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After a long and late night of DJing for the teen dance, hitting up the crew bar, dancing in the disco and staying up late down in crew cabins, Michelle and I managed to drag ourselves out of bed this morning and tendered to shore in Georgetown, Grand Cayman. I was on a mission to buy my personal Grand Cayman souvenir - a carved wooden stingray I'd seen weeks earlier when I wandered around Georgetown with Brooks. We went to the market area, disappointingly didn't succeed and spent some time in a few shops until I get everything sorted. I don't [View Full Entry]

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Last night was a big disco night and getting up this morning was difficult. While a big group of us had planned to enjoy a beach day in Grand Cayman, only Emma (dancer), Marvin (showband pianist) and I actually made it off the ship this morning. We went to Treasure Island, a hotel on Seven Mile Beach. No fee to go to the hotel. They have a small spot of the beach. Really pretty, but the water was rather rough so we didn't stay down there long. Mostly we stayed by the poolside bar enjoying free internet and nice food. NOTE: [View Full Entry]

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This is Sam, the social host’s, last cruise. She really wanted to do something fun. So we went on tour together today in Grand Cayman. We first visited the Turtle Farm. At the farm, they breed sea turtles. Since 1967, they’ve set something like 70,000 sea turtles into the wild - major numbers for these endangered animals. The farm also raises turtles to be sold as meat, a delicacy in some places. This really disturbs some people. While I have no desire to eat the meat, I think that if it helps them fund the breeding and freeing of the turtles, [View Full Entry]

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