Cruisin in Mexico!

Well, I'm back from my cruise to the Mexican Riviera. I still feel like I'm on the boat, like the ground is rocking. It was a work cruise so we had 15 participants and 3 staff and it was quite the adventure. But everyone had a great time. I came back with 3 postcards for dad, a tan, and peeling skin from being burned on my arms. Other than that, I didn't buy any souvenirs. What would I do with them? Anyway, I think I'm going to have to do some separate posts of all the stops on the cruise so you and I don't get overwhelmed with this blog.

Here is the view of the ship as we approached it to embark. We were on the Norweigan Star, going out of LA.

Here is the view of the ship and the port as we're just getting on.

Here is the view outside as we ate lunch waiting to start sailing.

Before sailing, they do a safety drill where you have to get your life jackets and then come out to your assigned deck and they do a roll call to make sure you're there. Lucky us, no emergencies the whole cruise! Here's our crew of 15. It was a chore herding our whole group around everywhere but everyone was super friendly to us.

This is miserable me. On the first day after we started sailing, I felt so sick. And the motion sickness drugs I brought were not helping. I went to lie down at dinner time and a few hours later, vomitted- several times- and then I felt much better after that. The reception desk on the boat provided meclizine (a pill) which made the rest of my trip enjoyable. I don't know why I thought to take a gross picture of myself after throwing up, but it was all for the sake of the blog. Weird thought when you're sick isn't it?

Here is the view of the atrium area from a few decks up. Also our mini bar in our room, and what our cabin looks like, with a debut of my foot in the bottom right picture!

Later I will post some pictures of our first 2 full days at sea. We sailed that long before reaching our first port!