Justice Cruised The Gulf of Mexico with Alex and Elizabeth

Alex’s Blog

My spring break was awesome! It has lots of adventure and fun. My family went with me to Mexico, and not the dangerous part of it.

First we had to stop in New Orleans, Louisiana, before going to Mexico. It has a lot of gambling, jazz, bars, casinos and Mardi Gras (fat Tuesday) stuff. New Orleans is home to the big Mardi Gras party. My favorite place we visited first was the aquarium. I saw an anaconda that was bigger than my dad’s leg! There were also parrots, piranhas, penguins, sharks, jellyfish, turtles, even an owl. Phew, that’s a lot! I even saw an albino alligator. Outside we saw a robotic dinosaur…weird!

The next day we went to the D-Day museum. We saw huge planes in the main room! I also saw a tank, a rusty army jeep, a big machine gun, a wicked motorcycle, battle boats, and other stuff. D-Day is the day when the USA attacked the Nazis (German army) who had captured France. We saw videos about D-Day and some other weapons. At the end we got cookies and Sprite.

Then we got on our cruise ship, the Norwegian Spirit. We went to a pool with two water slides. We just looked around. It had thirteen floors and about ten restaurants. My favorite restaurant is Raffles Court. Our room was on the ninth floor. It was a small room with two folded beds and two regular beds. An announcement came on that told us to watch a video on channel two and then go to your emergency station. After the video we got on our life jackets and we went to our station for the drill. The drill didn’t take long. We looked around the ship for the rest of the day.

The next day was a full day at sea. We swam in the pool. We even saw a pool that doesn’t have water slides. At night, we played in the arcade.

Our first stop on Tuesday was in Costa Maya. First, we went zip lining in the Costa Maya forest. I went really high when I zip lined! Next we went to the beach. While I was swimming I saw a crab and fish. At the end, we looked for souvenirs. I got a necklace. The symbol on the necklace stands for late August which is my birthday. Then we got on the ship.

Our next stop was Guatemala. We took a boat from a harbor to a water park. It had water slides, turtles, iguana, table tennis, even a bar in the middle of a pool. My dad and I went to the top of a small, stone, old lighthouse. I got an old drum-like instrument with a wooden stick.

Our next stop was Belize. We visited the one ruins of the Mayan tribe. We even climbed to the top of the biggest ruin. A man told us the Mayans sacrificed children for something from their gods. We were at a beautiful restaurant. I got an old mask.

Our last top was in Cozumel (Mexico). First we drove in a blue dune buggy to a beach where I snorkeled. I saw lots of fish, even an eel! Then we went to a celebration place called El Cedre. Then we went to another beach. Another dune buggy ran out of gas. Next we went to our shop so we could go home. I got a shark tooth necklace.

We had a great trip!

Elizabeth’s Blog

Our vacation was a blast! There we so many things to do. On Saturday we landed in New Orleans. We went to places like the aquarium, French quarter and Jackson Square. The next day we got on a boat to Mexico. The boat was huge! It had 13 floors. Sunday we spend the whole day at sea. We did almost everything on the boat. They were playing, eating and adventuring.

Costa Maya: The next day we were in Mexico. We took a bus through a jungle to go zip lining. Alex did it but I was a little too scared. When we got back on the van we went to the beach. We had lunch and explored the water. Most of the time I was in a hammock relaxing.

Afterwards we went shopping. I bought a dolphin key chain.

Back on the boat, after dinner, we went to the Star Dust Theater to see a magic show. The magician had broken five Guinness World Records!!! I loved the origami trick.

Guatemala: In the morning we took a smaller boat to the Amatique Resort in Guatemala. The water park was awesome! There was a castle and a pirate ship with slides. We ate lunch by the pool. On the resort there was a playground and everything in it was made of wood. There were even some turtles and iguanas. We climbed the old lighthouse and cracked open a coconut.

What was funny about being on the ship was that every time you came back from dinner the maids had folded the towels into different animals like an elephant, rabbit, lobster, dog and frog.

Belize: In Belize we all took a van to some ruins. We also learned a lot about sacrifices. Afterwards we went and had lunch at a garden-like restaurant. We went shopping and then went back to the boat.

Cozumel: In Cozumel we took dune buggies to the beach and went snorkeling. I didn’t want to go snorkeling because swimming with animals makes me nervous. We spent the whole day riding dune buggies and visiting beaches until it was time to go back to the boat.