travel
Hello Hawaii
Looks like the trip to Hawaii is on! We leave April 17th and I come back on the 26th; :A: may or may not stay an extra couple of days. I am NOT thrilled about missing class for it, but my friend pointed out that school is school, and Hawaii is something I’ll always remember. … Continue reading
Booked a Carnival Cruise
I just did my first official actual booking through my travel agency, Cogswell Travel. It’s actually for myself, though…I’m putting together a group from a forum I participate on, and I wanted to set a good example by booking myself. It’s January 5, 2009 and leaves from Miami with stops at Key West and Cozumel … Continue reading
Boycotting Jamaica
I’ve been told that this column will disappear in a week or so when it is replaced with a new one, and I wanted to preserve a copy as well as share the information. This is originally from Wayne Besen’s column. It explains why I will never go to Jamaica, and if I’m on a … Continue reading
We’re Back
Just a quickie post. We made it back fine, got home last night around 9pm. All the flights were on time and everything. We spent several hours hanging around the airport in San Juan, and then had barely enough time to grab dinner in Atlanta before our next flight. Fortunately, that flight was only about … Continue reading
A Day at Sea
Sea days are a little on the boring side, if you ask me. I was woken up at 10am by the cruise director making a long announcement about the disembarkation talk, which is great to attend if you’re a first-time cruiser, but pretty useless if you’ve been there and done that. We laid out plans … Continue reading
Aruba – Our New Home?
We had an outstanding time in Aruba. We got there really early, and we had to roll out of bed early for an 8:30am tour. It was with the Pied Piper group, and there was some confusion in the morning because the bus was supposed to be private, and there were a couple of women … Continue reading
Kayaking in Bonaire
We spent today in Bonaire, which I knew only as a scuba destination, because a friend of mine spent something like three weeks here over the summer. We arrived in the afternoon as planned, but we didn’t tender as expected. The cruise director made an announcement saying that we had actually docked, and we should … Continue reading
Brief Grenada Stop
We didn’t do a whole lot in Grenada. Because we spent a week here in 2003, there was nothing we really felt obligated to see; there are a couple of geocaches on the island but none of them are anywhere near the cruise port. If :A: were also into geocaching I would have suggested taking … Continue reading
Visiting Dominica
Today we had a much more leisurely time getting going in the morning. I was surprised that I didn’t wake up until something like 9:30am, but :A: said she wanted to let me sleep so my burn could have more time to heal. I brought my laptop up to the breakfast area and had my … Continue reading