Carnival Cruise

Jarin and I escaped for 5 days and took a cruise on the Carnival Inspiration to Cozumel, Mexico. It was wonderful!! The ship had great service, great food (really great food, probably too great), and so much to see and do.
The only problem was that Hurricane Ida was in the Gulf of Mexico for almost our whole cruise. High wind advisory. The top deck of the ship was closed. We never even got to go on the waterslide. Our excursion to Grand Cayman was canceled. But in spite of that, we had a blast!! There is a hot cocoa machine in the dining room. We made good use of it!!
We did have a nice sunny day when we ported in Cozumel.
We took a boat to Playa del Carmen, then took a bus to some ancient ruins. They were so amazing!! And we went to a beautiful beach.

This is Jarin killing some time before we went back to the ship. I think he definitely relaxed on this trip.


In this picture, I think we actually look fatter than we did in the earlier pictures. You can see why if you look on the table. We ate their very delicious chocolate melting cake every night. Jarin ordered 3 lobster plates when they had the formal night. CRAZY!!! I just have to add that we had a server named "Fathor." Jarin liked to ask him for things just so he could call him "Fathor", then try to keep a straight face.