Vacation 08 - Miami Marina

We had lots of time to kill when we got back into port in Miami so we headed to the Miami Marina. Enjoy the photos below.

We got wet.

Other people got wet.

This flock of birds flew straight at me and then landed on the railing. I didn't get pooped on.

I love my new lens.

The next two photos are in my top 10 favorite photos from the trip.
They had lots of crocodiles and several "Don't go over the fence" signs in the area.

Michele didn't pay attention to the signs!

Vacation 08 - Jamaica

Our last stop on the cruise was to Jamaica. This is were we had the most fun even when we got rained on a bit. Ocho Rios is were Mike Jagger had hung his hat for a bit. We even boated past the home he had owned on the island. The photos below are a mix from Gary and me. I didn't want to risk my camera in the water. As you can see from some of the photos that we did get very wet.

View coming into Ochos Rios.

It was cool and beautiful once we were into the jungle.

This fellow wanted me to give him money for snapping his picture. I told him I didn't have any film in the camera (it's digital).

I like the plant life.

Michele and I on the boat. We were jumping waves high enough that all you could see was sky then bang!! all you could see was a wall of water. Lots of fun. Look closely at the photo and you will see I have a white knuckle grip on the handle. Almost had to pry me lose.

Dunn's River Falls.

We didn't know that we had to walk up the falls and weren't dressed for it. The falls are 3/4 km long and we walked up the whole thing. We were all a bit tired after this.

We'll be back. Ya Man.

Vacation 08 - Grand Cayman Islands

The second stop of the cruise was in the Cayman Islands. Specfically the biggest of them which is the Grand Cayman Island. All we did here was hang out on 7 mile beach and soak up the rays. I actually fell asleep and thankfully Michele had the forsight to put an umbrella over me. The only thing I got burned was my feet. We didn't go to the town of Hell but we half way there. You could say we went half way to hell and back. :)

The Cayman Islands are home to about 500 banks and everyone drives on the wrong side of the road. Very disconcerting when your sitting in the passanger seat of the van.

One of the available tours was to go on a pirate ship. The ship would come up to the cruise lines and fire of a cannon and demand our surrender. Great fun.

This is how you risk destroying your camera. Made for a great shot.

Seven mile beach.

Cruise lines in the distance.

Just for fun. This is actually the name of a famouse slave and pirate on the island.

Vacation 08 - Mexico

Our first stop on the cruise was in Mexico. We actually stopped at an island of the coast but our trip to the Mayan ruins was on mainland Mexico on the Yucatan Peninsula. We boarded a ferry to the mainland and it became affectionately called the Vomit Comet by the passengers. I don't get motion sick but hearing that many people be sick will turn any one's stomach a bit sour. Neither Michele or I got sick but Michele was close.

We didn't have much time at the ruins which was disappointing but I still managed to take a couple hundred photos. Since I started reading National Geographic as a kid it has been a dream to see the Mayan ruins. I can now mark that one of my list. A few photos are below and some more from this trip will show up in the animal posts.

The lovely ladies I got to travel with. From left to right it is Michele, Diana (Mom-in-law), Jackie (Sis-in-law), Kaleigh (Niece). Gary's (Brother-in-law) leg can just be seen at the edge of the photo. The ship we were on in on the left called the Liberty and it's sister ship Freedom is on the right.

The water color was amazing.

The next few photos are of the ruins.

The scenery was beautiful.
Every time I photographed a plant it has spider webs all over it. Most I didn't notice until I looked at the photo's on the computer.
I was doing some advertising for Nunavut. I finally had to stop wearing it because people were constantly asking me were it was or what was it. It's amazing when a Canadian is asking were it is and an American from California pipes up and tells them were it is. *sigh*

Anyone need a bottle of Mother-in-law? No? Well I guess we'll keep her then.
A lot of the walls in Mexico were covered in glass to keep people from going over the top. Some of them were very pretty.

Vacation 08 - Miami

Some quick photos of Miami. We were only there over night and I covered that on an earlier post. When we came back to Miami after the cruise we went to the Marina to kill some time before our flight left. The photos from that will be part of the animal post.

Early morning sunrise.

Just to the side of Lowe's Miami Beach hotel.

Miami beach as we are sailing away. The seaport in Miami is the largest in the world.

Vacation 08 - Anagance

I will try to get all the vacation post out of the way this week and get back to Cape Dorset post again. This will be broken up into several post. Most likely it will be Anagance (this post), Mexico, Grand Cayman Island, Jamaica, couple of animal post and finally some ship photos. The blog has gotten a bit wordy lately so the vacation posts will be more photo orientated.

The swamp I grew up playing in.

Memories of fishing off the bridge.

My brother and I spent hours playing on these tracks growing up.

My grandparents were the original owners of this house and it is one of the first homes built in Anagance. It will be just an empty lot next time I visit. Lots of memories.

Fundy National Park. This photo is from the Caribou trail.

I didn't see the resemblance.

I've missed the cattails and...

.... the pine trees.

I'm guessing most folks miss their original homes. It's was nice to visit again.

Internet Connectivity Issue

We lost our Internet Friday night. It seems our modem is fried and we are waiting for a replacement to come or maybe the old one can be repaired. There are currently no replacements available in the community. Hopefully we will find out tonight what is going to happen and when we will have our Internet back. We are surprised that our Vonage still works without the modem. We just changed it to relay to our local phone. Until then please be patient.

Hello Cape Dorset!!

After a thankfully uneventful trip I am back in Cape Dorset. Just put a load of laundry in the washer, petted the cats and poked my nose into every room and I'm ready for a nap. After that it will be time to tackle all the boxes and suitcases. I don't plan to bore anyone with to many stories over the weekend I will just post some photos from the trip. See you this weekend.

Hello Ottowa!

I was unable to post during our cruise because I refused to pay the price. Worked out to .75c/min. Ouch. Michele is leaving for Cape Dorset tomorrow and I will be heading back on Thursday. I get to spend a couple of days with my brother and tour around Ottawa. I leave you with a random photo from our trip. I will update as I can.

PS: The cruise was amazing!!