Cruise

Matt with the view out our window in the back of the boat.

Me and Matt rocking the wind on the cruise Formal Night.

The main temple at Chichen Itza - the Mayan Ruins

The gaming area. You don't want to know what they did to the winner of this game. Let's just say that human sacrifice was a popular part of the culture.

The hoop where the goals were made. These things were incredibly high off the ground.

It started to rain while we were there. It POURED. The Mayan craft vendors all around were selling plastic rain ponchos for $5. Twenty minutes earlier they were only 50 cents. Funny how a rainforest doesn't feel that much different than summer in the south.

Me in front of the main Temple, in the rain. We got soaked.

The Temple of 1000 columns. They were everywhere.

Me and Matt on the ship in Rick's Cafe, modeled after the one in Casablanca.

Cruise to Mexico was completely refreshing. We had a great time. We went to some amazing Mayan Ruins and just slept and ate a ton. The seas were rough from Hurricane Ike passing through (we were safely on shore in Mexico when he went through the gulf). I think a lot of people were seasick but Matt and I did fine.

A cool note to my high school friends who went on the cruise for our Senior trip. This was the exact same boat. Pretty crazy huh? It hadn't changed much. I recognized the country western bar where we danced, the dance club, the tiki bar with kareoke (sp) and tons of other stuff. I couldn't remember where our room was though....