Esther
07-12-2005, 03:41 PM
Ok, we're back from our cruise, we got back to LAX last night, a day late because our cruise ship was not allowed to dock in New Orleans on Sunday due to Hurricane Dennis.
We got to New Orleans on Saturday the 2nd and had the most divine catfish dinner in the French Quarter. Our cruise ship sailed on Sunday the 3rd. Loved the spa and the Blackjack at the casino for our first 2 days at sea. In our first port, Jamaica, we did the canopy gliding, where you are harnessed in, and you zip along the tree tops on wires suspended among the tree tops. What a blast!
We made arrangements to scuba dive in Grand Cayman and Cozumel our next 2 stops. Had no problems with the port, even thought we dove down to 80 ft in Cozumel, next to a Coral wall that dropped 1000 ft. It was a little freaky, because it felt as if you were in an abyss, since you couldn't see any ocean floor at the 80 ft level we were swimming around in.
The weather was hot and sunny, and we had alot of fun. One our dinner companions was a gentleman who was just out of treatment for stage 4 lung cancer. His situation was identical to mine, in that we were treating our disease and hoping for extended periods of time without disease, and looking forward to better treatment options. I'm so immersed in the BC stage 4 issue, that I was barely even aware of others out there in similar stage 4 situations.
The great thing was that I had a blast, and I felt great the whole 10 days we were gone from home. I felt so "normal"! Just a vacationer out enjoying myself.
We got to New Orleans on Saturday the 2nd and had the most divine catfish dinner in the French Quarter. Our cruise ship sailed on Sunday the 3rd. Loved the spa and the Blackjack at the casino for our first 2 days at sea. In our first port, Jamaica, we did the canopy gliding, where you are harnessed in, and you zip along the tree tops on wires suspended among the tree tops. What a blast!
We made arrangements to scuba dive in Grand Cayman and Cozumel our next 2 stops. Had no problems with the port, even thought we dove down to 80 ft in Cozumel, next to a Coral wall that dropped 1000 ft. It was a little freaky, because it felt as if you were in an abyss, since you couldn't see any ocean floor at the 80 ft level we were swimming around in.
The weather was hot and sunny, and we had alot of fun. One our dinner companions was a gentleman who was just out of treatment for stage 4 lung cancer. His situation was identical to mine, in that we were treating our disease and hoping for extended periods of time without disease, and looking forward to better treatment options. I'm so immersed in the BC stage 4 issue, that I was barely even aware of others out there in similar stage 4 situations.
The great thing was that I had a blast, and I felt great the whole 10 days we were gone from home. I felt so "normal"! Just a vacationer out enjoying myself.