Back from vacation

[WaLLy]

It's good to be back! However, we returned sick and with 2 clogged ear drums due to the 2 flights back home .

Here are some pics of our trip.

FOOD:
Deanie's in New Orleans
Spicy potatoes, they were really, really, really gooooood!

Gumbo: Wasn't a big fan of this food, but it was an OK dish.

Fried shrimp: they were epic!!

Carnival's food:
Guy's Burger Joint - these burgers were damn good!! Probably the best burger I've had to date. I ate 4 of them during the week

Their place:

Their menu:

The best dessert on the menu: Souffle! I had 2 of them that night. They were good!

Bourbon St., New Orleans
This street freaking STINKS!!! Since the wife and I don't really party/drink, we weren't too fond of this place. But if you're a party animal, I can already tell this place would be enjoyable for you. Tons of places to get drinks, daiquiris, dance, and see girls

The weather is crazy in New Orleans, 1 minute it is bright and sunny, and then BAM! Someone call for rain?



On the Carnival Conquest:
Where the magic happens

Forgot to take pics of the EA Sports Bar, but I took pics of these jerseys. You can kinda see the video walls of the games to watch while you drink. Watched the Packer game on Thursday on 'em. Epic! The video wall, not the game lol

The bottom left and right are actual screens that play videos of the video game. Neat.

You're also able to play Fifa, Madden and Golf (basically their EA Sports titles). I played 2 games on a similar screen but on the video wall.

One of the pools:

Need your Internet fix?

Carnival's theater, they put on 2 different movies every night.

Where the shows happen:

The comedy club was awesome!

Panorama shots:

Drinks:

Wife enjoyed them. Forget what they are called...

This one was good too

A daiquiri is Honduras, it was really good!

Roatan Island, Honduras
We didn't do much here. Just went to the beach and at some really good roasted chicken (didn't take a pic )

The Flying Beach chairs. We didn't ride on it cuz I was a waste of 12 bucks per person.

Belize
We went ziplining and cave tubing. What a waste of money that was! There were only 5 zips that we did, and the cave tubing was really boring! No pics of the zip lining or cave tubing as the water camera I bought I decided to return it. These are the only pics I took while in Belize.

Cozumel, Mexico
We went to ride ATV's and to the beach as well. Crazy weather here too!
Sunny right?

And when we came outside to join our ATV group, freaking pouring!!

Celebrating our 3 year Church wedding anniversary
The waiters brought a cheesecake for us and sang a song, but they made us kiss or else they wouldn't sing

Some extra shots:

Wish I knew where we were flying above

Purty!

Our view from our hotel room in NO

This was interesting! There was a restaurant that had a shit load of iPads for people to use while they waited to board. You were able to order food and drinks from them as well as surf the net and play a few games.

 

[MikeK]

I barely could watch the other photos because those food pics made me feel hungry as fk

 

[HIBred]

welcome back! I don't think we broke anything

 

[MikeK]

And I really hope you get better soon!

 

[Kyle]

Welcome back. Hope you enjoyed

 

[Sargass]

the unknown cocktail looks like a Mojito (white rum, green lemon, mint, bruising water,and cane sugar).

 

[HIBred]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_R6YpLpV90

 

[The Moment]

Dood. That looks like tons of fun!

Welcome back Waltah!
If you have any questions about recruitment, don't hesitate to ask.
Drew

 

[BluBirD78]

Yeah awesome pictures man, I need to go on a vacation like that!!

Also, pretty wife too, man I'm surprised she let you post pictures of her! Haha, you got a keeper

 

[Ethan]

Sweet vacation! Congrats to you and your wife.

I went to New Orleans this past summer, but it was with my youth group (We drove down Bourbon Street in a church van at like 3pm, hahaha). We walked a little on the street, but that was only to get po' boys after volunteering at a school right there on Bourbon.

and the gumbo! YOU DON'T LIKE GUMBO?

Did you see this church?

 

[SoRude]

You cutie with your wifey

Looked like a awesome vacation hope you had fun and had a good rest

 

[MelRose]

Welcome back! Looks like you guys had a great time. Hope you both feel better soon.

 

[Jack]

welcome back wally! looks like it was a blast.

 

[WaLLy]

Thanks everyone!

the unknown cocktail looks like a Mojito (white rum, green lemon, mint, bruising water,and cane sugar).

There we go! Wife says they are magically delicious. I didn't dare try them though. Maybe next time.

Yeah awesome pictures man, I need to go on a vacation like that!!

Also, pretty wife too, man I'm surprised she let you post pictures of her! Haha, you got a keeper

Cruises are always a ton of fun. I recommend them to everyone. There are many crazy chicks on them

She doesn't know I posted them. She'd kill me And yep, she's a keeper indeed.

 

[WaLLy]

Sweet vacation! Congrats to you and your wife.

I went to New Orleans this past summer, but it was with my youth group (We drove down Bourbon Street in a church van at like 3pm, hahaha). We walked a little on the street, but that was only to get po' boys after volunteering at a school right there on Bourbon.

and the gumbo! YOU DON'T LIKE GUMBO?

Did you see this church?

I'm not too fond of fish and the rest of their family (except for shrimp which I enjoyed in this Gumbo). Maybe next time I'll look for a jambalaya place.

And was that church on Bourbon St.? I don't recall seeing it though

 

[Ethan]

And was that church on Bourbon St.? I don't recall seeing it though

Haha. No it wasn't on Bourbon, but like 2 minutes around the corner.

 

[rocketfish]

Amazing! Looks like you both had a great time, hope you feel better soon. I had ear infection on my trip to NY ruined the first 4 days of my vacation, so I understand.

 

[WaLLy]

More stuff I forgot to mention:

Dinner:
For anyone that hasn't been on a Carnival Cruise, I'll give a little background. Come dinner time, you have the option of eating at a dinner table with full service. It's an excellent service, and you get awesome food. A drawback can be that if you go on a cruise with just you and your hunny there's a good possibility that they'll sit you with another couple or other couples. Last year, the mrs. and I were sat with 3 other couples. This year, they sat us with just 1 couple (24/23 yr old's), lovely couple.

We arrived first, so we sat first. They arrived probably 5 minutes later. A few minutes after they sat down, I adjusted my chair to try to scooch forward... Now, the table has a very large base, similar to this:

Soooooooooooo, while I scooch I ended up stepping on the base which once I moved, everything on the table moved. And guess what happens? The girl's water cup topples over and gets her nice dress soaked. I apologized and she said don't worry about it. She had to go change. Her husband didn't seem to bother. They understood and said it happens. That was our ice breaker lol!

The last evening we come to find out that the same couple were sleeping in the room next to us. Crazy.

I'll probably never forget that moment and ever since that night, I always checked on where I was stepping on before I scooched forward



How we got sick:
We were healthy as can be throughout most of our vacation. On our last stop in Cozumel, Mexico, our excursion was to go use ATV's and to the beach. Rain or shine, the excursion was on. While we were having breakfast, it seemed very sunny. Maybe 30-45 minutes later we come out for the excursion and wow, it was pouring!! The wife and I got pretty soaked. We had to wait for everyone else to arrive. And just before we left the area, it stopped raining and the weather started clearing up. We arrived at the ATV place about 10-15 minutes from the pickup. And they told us since it rained the day before as well as that morning, our route would have a lot of puddles. They weren't kidding! Some of those puddles got as high as my butt (while seated). The route was awesome! We were quite happy with this excursion, apart from the beach part... I hate beaches but that's for another time.

Both of us were fine throughout Friday, and once Saturday morning arrived, we woke up with a slight runny nose and it's gotten worse since. Well, I'm finally gotten a bit better; a cough here and there with just a runny nose for the most part. The wife is still sick as a dog though.

 

[tombraider]

i did this two years agon and it was the most fun thing ever 0

 

[Finch]

I'm so jealous looks like you had a lot of fun
Good having you back