✈️ Travel With The Honeys #8: Cruise With Us On the Most Royal Of All Cruise Ships!

Have you ever won an all inclusive paid vacation? We DID! This was the most amazing trip of all. (It's always more fun when it's FREE!). We started by flying from Seattle to Puerto Rico. Puerto Rico is absolutely GORGEOUS! When we got off the plane, the weather hit us in the chest like a lead weight. It felt like I couldn't breathe at first until I got used to it. We stayed at the Hilton right on the beach in the main part of town.

What really was interesting about it was, we flew in late at night, so, we didn't really see anything on the drive in. We get dropped off at this incredible hotel where water was $5 for a tiny little bottle. So, after a great dinner and some sleep, I was up at 5 am the next morning wanting water. So, I went down to the front lobby and asked if there was a little grocery store close by. They told me there was a Walgreens with in about 1 to 2 blocks from the hotel. So, I set out for water while Jamie was back at the hotel getting ready for the day. With in feet outside of the hotel it hit me! We are sheltered in this amazing hotel, and just outside, are homeless people. It was so sad to see. There was so much wealth and money in the hotel, and the contrast was startling. As I made my way in the early morning to Walgreens, I had my choice of the homeless people, or the really drunk non Spanish speaking American guys. I took my chances with the homeless.

So, from Puerto Rico we boarded the most beautiful ship! It was HUGE, and a bit overwhelming. We were going to be onboard for 8 days, hitting Barbados (the island of the cute little green monkeys), St. Martins, St. Lucia (my favorite), St. Kitts, and St. Thomas. Not necessarily in that order. Once on the ship, we learned that we had to immediately get called in to learn the drills, this is after everyone seemed to be knocking back the booze. Since Jamie's and my choice of beverages to splurge on is chocolate milk, we were the only ones sober at this point on the beautiful Royal Caribbean cruise lines. The funny thing is, they have so many activities on board, including rock climbing, which we did do ........ but you have very little time on the ship. Basically, you board the ship, and it cruises overnight. (I loved this part because we had our doors opened for the nice sea air.). This was me every morning having tea at my favorite place, on a balcony!

Then, you land on an island around 7 am, and off the boat by 9 am. You have enough time to check out the island and then back on the boat. We were with a group of people that also won the cruise, so, the only person I knew at all was my husband. There were 14 couples. (Some just brought their friend). One the first day, we all decided to go to a beach someone knew about called Oriental Beach on St. Kitts. We had a cab take us there, and we were meeting Will a bit later. Will got dropped off at the opposite end of the beach. As he's walking up trying to find us, apparently, he got dropped off on the nude side of the beach. I'm not sure why the cab driver assumed that was where he was going, but, Will started getting a bit panicky. As he's walking through the nude people trying to find the rest of us, he's thinking, 'Am I going to walk up and see all of them naked? What kind of a cruise is this?'. He finally found us, and lucky for him, we weren't naked!

So, at each island we got to do different things. We went on a hike in the rainforest, we swam with sea turtles. (OH MAN ARE THEY CUTE!). And we went on one of the scariest rides I'd ever been on! We hired this guy to take us to a beach, which, of course, the boats frown upon. They like you to use their guides, and we found out why! We each paid this guy $10 a piece, and he had a huge party bus! He went with us to the beach, and he was supposed to bring us back to the boat. He ended up staying with us at the beach, where there was a bar. He got SO drunk, that we had the scariest ride back! And we didn't think we were going to make the boat! Not sure what happens if the boat leaves with out you. But, we were so scared we were about to find out. Regardless, we did have fun on that trip! That was in Barbados where one of the green monkeys literally jumped up onto my lap. He was so cute, but, I heard they can bite, so, I was a little scared of him.











That was the drunk driver! We tried to convince him to let Jamie drive, since we don't drink. But, when that didn't work, we gave him an e-shot hoping to get him more alert!!

I have so much more to talk about on this trip, and I will do another more in-depth post on the monkeys and the sea turtles! I have to find those pictures though!! But, I promise, I will bring them to you!!!

In the meantime, here are a few more pictures from the cruise and the islands!

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