Posted in Carnival Cruise, Trips on Jan 20th, 2009 No Comments »
Debarkation rocked! (In contrast to day 1 where embarkation sucked!!)
Destination: Long Beach California.
On a scale of 1 to 10, where 10 is rated high, I give Carnival Cruise lines a one for embarkation, but a ten for the debarkation.
Debarkation was a breeze, and pretty straight-forward. We already had our bags picked up last night, and [...]
Posted in Carnival Cruise, Trips on Jan 20th, 2009 No Comments »
Fun day at the Sea. Last fun day at Sea
It was a tough day. We had been having so much fun, and the trip was almost over.
Throughout this trip, we realized that cruising has to be one of the best vacations someone can take. It was the most relaxing one we have been on. There [...]
Posted in Carnival Cruise, Photos, Trips on Jan 19th, 2009 No Comments »
Another Cruise Elegant Night theme.
Just before 7AM, we arrived at third port of call – Cabo San Lucas, Mexico
This time, the ship was not supposed to go too close to the shore (not deep enough). So we had to take ‘Tender Boats’ which would get us from the ship to the shore – a 10 [...]
Posted in Carnival Cruise, Photos, Trips on Jan 19th, 2009 No Comments »
Around 9AM, we arrived at second port of call – Mazatlan, Mexico
Our excursion – “Shopping, Beach, and Lunch”
The excursion starts off by jumping into jeep like taxis, which take us from the ship dock through town (on what is described as a ‘scenic ride’) to the Golden Zone at the Aztec Theatre. There are some [...]
Posted in Carnival Cruise, Photos, Trips on Jan 18th, 2009 No Comments »
Around 8Am, we arrived at first port of call – Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.
Our shore excursion was starting around noon, so Nelly and I had a few hours to explore this city. We jumped on a taxi into the city. We went on a hunt for ‘Ponchos’. Chilumba was on a quest to finally purchase a [...]
Posted in Carnival Cruise, Photos, Trips on Jan 17th, 2009 No Comments »
Another fun day at the Sea.
We finally located the gym. Nelly and I decided that we will go to the gym every morning for quick work-outs in the morning, and then go for breakfast right after that before we proceed with the day. The place has decent machines which include elliptical machines, treadmills, Stairmaster steppers, [...]
Posted in Carnival Cruise, Trips on Jan 16th, 2009 No Comments »
Fun day at the Sea.
We toured the ship today, and admired how big the Carnival Pride is.
Today’s theme is ‘Cruise Elegant Night’, where we got to dress up for dinner (Chilumba is a spiffy sports jacket, and dress up pants; Nelly is a beautiful evening dress). It was also the night for the ‘Captains Reception’, [...]
Posted in Carnival Cruise, Trips on Jan 16th, 2009 No Comments »
Embarkation sucked!
Cruise seemed disorganized – no one to really direct you to place where to put your luggage. We had to haul suitcase around until we found someone we could ask. We went to place for drop-off, and there wasn’t a process in place which one could easily follow. We just loaded suitcase on cart [...]
Posted in Other, Photos, Trips on Jan 15th, 2009 No Comments »
During our LA trip, we finally got a chance to do some touristy stuff. One of the activities we did included stopping in Hollywood, checking out where the stars hang out. We checked out the Kodak Theatre, the place where the Academy Awards are hosted, and we took a stroll on “The Walk of Fame” [...]
Posted in Other, Personal on Jan 15th, 2009 2 Comments »
After being on a long vacation, I am finally back home.
Email – I think I am caught up with email. If I have not hit you back, my apologies – I may have “accidentatlly” forget to hit reply when I read your email; process of triaging through hundreds of emails.
Text Messages – I think I [...]
