To celebrate an early anniversary, this past week Mike and I went on the Baja Cruise. It was SO much fun. When we got back from the cruise and got into our car, Mike and I decided we were going to start saving for another one. 
The first Day we got there we just explored around the ship. That thing was so big, I never figured out how to get around without Michael. First stop was Catalina Island. There we went Kayaking, it was so much fun. We had a great tour guide. I was afraid I would see a shark, but the only thing we saw were dolphins and from far away. Once we kayaked for a while we stopped to swim and walk around the beach. Catalina was a cute little island with lots of shops and a nice little private beach. The weather was perfect also.
The next day was Ensenada. I'd never been to that side of Ensenada before. I've only been to the blow hole and to the flee market. Mike said he didn't need to see the Bufadora this time so we went horse back riding instead. When we got off the boat a couple of cowboys were waiting for our group. We got on a bus and headed for Los Bandidos Ranch. It was beautiful. The view was great. I'd never ridden a horse before, it's scary stuff. Thankfully the most we did was trotting. I loved it. AND half of our group was from BYU. Interesting.
After going up the hills we headed back to the ranch. The tour guide was another one of my favorite part. He was So great. We had the option of getting left downtown or going to the ship, so ofcourse we went downtown. I never noticed how crazy those sellers can get. We didn't buy anything though. We walked around for a long time until we found some fish tacos that I approved of. (I didn't want to go to the restaurants downtown because it was too crowded and over priced) Our search was definately worth it.
Once our tummies were full Mike kept talking about how cool it would be to rent quads and go around town. I was hesitant at first because riding quads on the street and in Mexico just sounded scary. But Ensenada is nothing like Mexicali or Tijuana. There's not that many cars, the cars are polite to pedestrians and will actually stop for you, and the whole city was very nice. Since we haden't spent that much money anyways, we decided to rent a quad, ride around town, and ride on the beach. It was a great idea.
The last day was a day on the boat. The boat was SO much fun, there was always a ton of stuff to do. Not to mention, the FOOD was so delicious. The buffet had soo many options and our sit down dinner was always SO fancy. I want to upload tons and tons of pictures on here because we really lived it up this past week. On the boat there was alot of games shows, dance shows, Battle of the sexes, How well do you know your spouse game, (Mike went up for battle of the sexes but I didn't take a picture because the camera was in his pocket and they had split up boys and girls, plus I didn't know he had gone up until I looked on stage), comedy shows, Karaoke (Which I did for the first time!) dancing, swimming, jacuzzi, lots of eating, our steward would hide in our closet and everytime we would come back from hanging out on the boat our bed was made and a towel gorilla or towel monkey would be there waiting on our bed. We also made friends, our dinner table buddies were great. They were all young couples (most of them not married) but they were very fun to hang out with. We had such a great time on the Carnival. Actually having time to spend with each other was also really nice since we're always on the go and with such different schedules. For example: We got home from the cruise, ran errands, went to cut my hair, deposit our tax money (YES) and when we got home Michael started packing for a camping trip which he should be back tomorrow for, but I will be working. The beauty of life, always on the go go go, thank goodness for cruises and vacations :)
No comments:
Post a Comment