Da Cruise Pictures-Part 2 Cozumel

We spent approximately 8 hours in Cozumel.  Only about 5 of that was on the land though.  The rest of that time was spent on the Holiday.

The view from the ship:

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Two other cruise ships docked close to us:IMG_0219

The gorgeous blue water:

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On the island, we visited "Discover Mexico" where they had all of these really neat scaled down models of the various ruins throughout the country.

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Then some colonial models:

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And modern day architecture:

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Then some evil mystery bug bit/stung Thomas:

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But he was brave and let an iguana sit on his shoulders in spite of his injury.

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Then we went to Chankanaab park to eat lunch and swim.  (Had to look at the picture to spell it!)

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The "lagoon"

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Complete with cool coral formations:

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Before swimming, we ate lunch:

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And complained about the heat

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And enjoyed the view

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And listened to the local musicians serenade Gloria

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Then we went SWIMMING!

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Daniel, Michael, and Thomas all went swimming, too, but we didn’t have enough hands to hold everyone and a camera at the same time!

Then we went back to the ship and crashed!

Da Cruise Pictures-Part 1 on the Ship

Five days and four nights of nonstop eating, sleeping, swimming, sliding, and ponytail dancing head bobbing music!

We "set sail" from Mobile, AL on Carnival’s Holiday.  I think it’s the smallest one they have.  Here are some pictures from the Mobile docks:

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The marine police munched on pizza from the galley while they waited for us to get under way.

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The view of the bow with all the interesting winches, pulleys, and lines.

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The view down the stairwell through the hanging sculpture.

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Thomas’ favorite place on the ship was the big water slide.

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Here he is going down it.  He’s the little dark spot at the bottom of the slide.

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Gloria liked the pool ok, but really enjoyed the music of our steel drum player:

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There was a little play set next to the kiddie pool.  Gloria loved her "house"

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and spent a ridiculous amount of time sliding.

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She also enjoyed playing by the pool.  She took many showers

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and hopped around like a frog.

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Meanwhile, Thomas went trolling for little bits of trash using his trusty swim goggles.

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He managed to find numerous pieces of paper which looked to be a shredded twenty dollar bill.

 

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He tried to get Gloria into it,

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but she preferred to play chase with him in the pool.

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Daddy and Daniel catching the wind in their hair:

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Down in the shade.

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We did so much more, but I am not a shutterbug and prefer dong the action rather than hanging out behind the camera photographing it.

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