Sunday, February 1, 2009

MEXICO

For Christmas this year, Dustin's family all voted for a cruise together over presents. On January 10th we all flew down to Texas. Dustin's parents picked us up and we drove strait to Galveston to get on the ship. This time we rode Carnival Ecstasy. It was so much fun all being on vacation together, no work, no worries just good times. It was a five night cruise that went to Cozumel and Progresso Mexico. While at sea we went to shows... ...got our makeup done by Aimee for formal night... ... went dancing at the club... ...danced at dinner...
...sang karaoke (sorry no pics), laid out in the sun (in January... AWESOME!), played lots of Sudoko... ...and of course ate a TON...

When we got off the ship in Cozumel we took a taxi to a private beach and they took us snorkeling. It was our first time going and it was AMAZING!!! We saw a big sea turtle, lots of beautiful fish that would swim right up to you. We saw a few barracuda (that Dustin tried to swim up close to, he still has all his fingers don't worry) and right at the end we saw a HUGE stingray. It's wing span was probably about 6 feet! It was amazing. We did get stung by a few jellyfish but it was totally worth it. We took some really cool pictures with our underwater camera but haven't got those pics developed yet. In Progresso we went to some ancient ruins called Chichen Itza. Supposedly it's one of the seven wonders of the world. The craziest part is that when you clapped at this big ruin it would make this crazy sound back. They said that it was the Gods welcoming you there. Then on our way back we stopped at this sink hole. I guess they are all over this part of Mexico. This one was beautiful. They had built a tunnel to go down to it and you could get in and swim. Aimee and I jumped in for a few minutes. There were fresh water fish and the water was so clear you could see way past your toes.


All in all it was an AMAZING trip. After the cruise we got to spend a few days in Texas visiting family and doing a little shopping. Thanks Mom and Dad Robison for the amazing Christmas present!

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

Wow, looks like you guys had a wonderful time!! I want to go on a cruise! I'm glad you had fun, and got away from the cold!

Marie said...

Wow, you guys had some amazing adventures! I love seeing your pics. Cool that you got to see Chichen Itza...the only time i've seen it is in a Backyardigans episode called "Chichen Itza Pizza" where they must deliver pizza to the king in the golden pyramid! Thanks, Dani!

marie said...

oh my word! i'm so jealous of you! not only did you go on an awesome trip, you got away from your students!! fun times!

starimprint said...

Man you SUCK! You are the dumbest person in the whole wide world BECAUSE you left me behind!

R.A.A.H. said...

It looks like you had so much fun on your cruise. We'll definitely have to get together for lunch. Call me and let me know when you have first lunch and I'll pick up lunch for us and come by.

Chazlyn Robbins said...

How fun! Was this with Dustin's family? What a great time to get away from the yucky winter weather.