UMTravels

Well, back in the saddle, and if it’s Thursday it must be the all hands Marketing meeting for E&A. Due to a technical glitch I missed the first portion of the call, but all� is good now. Of course, after 10 days off, the billing for the next period isn’t going to be very big. [...]

After a long sleep there are piles of things to do. Mail Bills Laundry Pick up packages Get teeth cleaned Work Groceries Well, the house is still a mess, but three loads of laundry are done. By the time I go to bed the new sheets will be on (the bamboo ones from Shirts of [...]

3:30am is really too damn early. Luckily I did all the packing last night and even made sandwiches for the road. Swanda has even said it’s OK to just go back to sleep while he drives. The things that he will do for a Disney fix! We do have one stop before dropping off the [...]

It is soooo nice to have a day off. Even Swanda decided to bag Mickey and relax. During my morning shower I had an epiphany — since we had the day off, why not invite Dan and Lisa for dinner. It’s an hour and a half drive each way, but then I’d get my new [...]

Odd, odd culture shock to spend one evening off the waters of the Caribbean, and spend the next night on the Pirates of the Caribbean ride at Disney World. But that was our Sunday. Off the boat a little before nine after breakfast with Kate and Eric, and into the mad house that was disembarkation. [...]

Feeling a little better, actually got out of bed for breakfast this morning — Eggs Benedict in the Summer Palace. I got to the restaurant about the same time as the boat got anchored off Norwegian Cruise Lines private island (more like a pile of rocks and some sand). After a laid back morning of [...]

A quiet day at sea fighting my head cold. I finally broke down and went to the sundries store and picked up some NyQuil. $9.99 a box. At least the fingernail clippers were cheap at $1.50. I thought about bowling a couple of couple of lanes in the Bliss Lounge…. Decided against it at $7.50 [...]

Today’s early excursion is to the Tulum Mayan Ruins. And early it is — 7:45am boarding time. Ick. Today, we are docked in Cozumel — an island off the Mexican Coast. So the play is, disembark, head to the high-speed ferry, ride for 30 minutes, and arrive is Playa del Carman. I know I said [...]

Happy Wednesday to all… and greetings from Belize. Today’s adventure is the Ruins of Altun Ha (no relation to BBHa). Sorry, but the pictures probably won’t be posted until Sunday afternoon. It just sucks up too much bandwidth and time (at .40 a minute) to keep uploading them all. That, and I’ve been a little [...]

Today’s stop is Rouatan, Honduras. When I first thought about going ashore, it was overcast — by the time I got to the gangway, it was raining. Went back to the room for reading time. Here is a great shot of the “folklorico” band that greeted us: I spent about an hour wandering the streets [...]

Well, now I can say that I’ve seen Cuba. Here it is: But in reality, we are at least ten miles off the coast so I don’t get to add it to my “countries list” which I have yet to make up. Tomorrow we arrive in Roatan, Honduras, and that IS a new country for [...]