Key West 2008

Last stop on the cruise, and our second time in Key West. We went on our own evening bar crawl to the Green Parrot, Irish Kevin's, Sloppy Joe's, and Hog's Breath Saloon.

Southernmost point

Hemingway's favorite lighthouse (for stumbling home drunk)

Key West is full of beauty and art

Kevin sings at Irish Kevin's

Hog's Breath Saloon

Cozumel, Mexico 2008

This was my second time in Cozumel and it did not fail delight again. It's kind of a low-key party island. I love it.

Arriving in Cozumel


Walking by the ocean


The town

At the Scuba Statue

At the Cafe Bar


Getting our gear


I'm a little nervous about jumping off the boat

My favorite picture ever (first time I went snorkeling!)

Private beach where the catamaran took us

Lots of drinks on the way back- look how big our smiles are!

Dance party on the boat!

Grand Cayman 2008

Our first trip out of the country was to Grand Cayman in the Cayman Island as part of a Norwegian cruise I named our "engagement cruise."


On Seven Mile Beach


Kevin swimming in the ocean


Statue of the Grand Cayman Blue iguana, rare species found only on Grand Cayman


Stingray Fountain, you don't see these everywhere

Cozumel, Mexico 2007

I spent my 28th birthday in Cozumel with Brian, Sarah M, and Paul. I fell in love with the city. There is no better place to spend a youthful birthday. Cozumel is an island in the Caribbean Sea off the eastern coast of Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula. Cozumel is a tourist destination for its scuba diving and snorkeling, neither of which I did on this trip. I did party on the beach though.

Near the port with Paul and Sarah

The port

Through the town

At the beach

Me and Sarah drinking piña coladas


Shots with Paul and Brian

These things make me very happy

In Mexico, I am tall and leggy

Santo Tomás de Castilla, Guatemala 2007

Guatemala is in Central America and is bordered by Mexico to the northwest, Belize and the Caribbean Sea to the northeast, the Pacific Ocean to the southwest, and Honduras and El Salvador to the southeast. When our ship landed, Sarah and I did an excursion to Santo Tomás de Castilla, a port city in the eastern Gulf of Honduras coast.

The Dulce River flows into the largest lake in Guatemala, Lake Izabel. At the entrance of the lake rests the Spanish Castle of San Felipe. Sarah and I toured the 17th-century fortress that once served to keep pirates of the Caribbean at bay.

In front of San Felipe Fortress, the major non-Mayan landmark in Guatemala

In a Spanish Prison Cell in San Felipe Fortress

Sarah in the San Felipe Fortress courtyard

Our tour guide showing us the original canon the Spanish used for pirate-shooting

On top of the fortress

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Fruit and vegetable market

Clothing market

Lush green country