4:10 p.m.

Tuesday
Costa Maya, Mexico
January 20, 2009
Costa Maya, Mexico (more specifically Majahual) was our first port on the cruise.  It was the perfect weather for January – Sunny and 77° with 70% humidity…wonderful.  As you can tell from this picture I was just a tad excited to be there.  I fell in love with the area as [...]

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10:14 p.m.

Monday
At Sea
It took us a while to get our sea legs and this first complete day at sea certainly did not help.  The ship started roughly rocking almost as soon as we hit the Gulf of Mexico in the middle of the night.  Every now and then the boat would pitch to the side.  I [...]

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8:41 p.m.

Sunday
New Orleans

Neither one of us slept well.  Both of us use two pillows at night and we only had 2 in the room.  We tried to get more but the hotel was out of extras.  The bed was hard and we were (or at least I was) several times throughout the night [...]

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12:03 p.m.

Since it would be next to impossible for me to talk about my vacation in a concise (and eloquent) manner, I thought I would write multiple mind-numbing posts for your enjoyment.
You can thank me later.
Saturday
Travel/New Orleans 
I hate travel days.  You always wake up before the butt crack of dawn and then spend a good chunk [...]

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