{"id":268,"date":"2008-11-26T16:40:57","date_gmt":"2008-11-26T16:40:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/adjustedreality.com\/blog\/?p=268"},"modified":"2008-11-26T16:40:57","modified_gmt":"2008-11-26T16:40:57","slug":"vacation-recap-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/adjustedreality.com\/blog\/2008\/11\/26\/vacation-recap-part-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Vacation Recap, Part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

Continued from Part 1<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Monday: Wastin’ Away in Margaritaville<\/em><\/p>\n

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Up at the crack of 10:30 and was smart and brought my water bottle, ate an apple, and grabbed my t\"\"<\/a>owel before heading to the gym – this picture is (sideways) proof I did actually get up and go, and since it’s a crappy picture I’m too lazy to fix it.\u00a0 Did 25 mins on the eliptical, abs, and a 15 min run.\u00a0 The gym was totally dead because we were in port at Cozum\"\"<\/a>el.\u00a0 Yes I blew off time in Cozumel to workout.\u00a0 The weather was sorta crappy and the ocean was so rocky they canceled all the water activities and told people they couldn’t swim at the beach because of the swells.<\/p>\n

Anyways, we grabbed some lunch, another big ass salad, some soup, and some random bits from the buffet.\u00a0 Then, we got off the boat, and promptly took off walking the wrong way.\u00a0 We walked by a bar where we saw 3 other gringos pretty much run out, and when they passed us, they said “d\"\"<\/a>ude, DON’T go in there”.\u00a0 When we got closer, we saw it was a really run down, falling apart gentleman’s club with some not-so-pretty ladies at the door.\u00a0 Then, pretty much no\"\"<\/a>thing for the mile and a half or so we walked.\u00a0 The sidewalk became a trail, the trail curved around, and once we passed a resort, the road got narrow with pretty much wilderness on each side.\u00a0 This was our sign we should probably stop, so we flagged a taxi and headed back the other way.<\/p>\n

We ended up at Margaritaville, a total tourist trap, but looked like \"\"<\/a>fun.\u00a0 We got margaritas the size of our heads (as depicted in the photo) and spent the afternoon sipping way too much tequilla and sitting right on the ocean enjoying ourselves, and watching other people make fools \"\"<\/a>of themselves.\u00a0 I guess there is a time and a place for table dancing, and that place is probably in the bar in Mexico.\u00a0 And, we got glasses to bring back (the ones in the picture), and see if we can transport them without breaking them!\u00a0 Hooray, gambling with glass (note: they made it!\u00a0 Woohoo!)!<\/p>\n

We snagged a taxi back – we had wanted to walk back at least part way along the ocean but it was getting late and we wanted to be back o\"\"<\/a>n the boat before it took off, so a ride it was.\u00a0 We ran into Zliten’s co-company founder person (pictured to the right with his wife), of all places, in a bathroom in Cozumel.\u00a0 Somehow, that seemed fitting.\u00a0 Yeah, we knew they were on the cruise with us but we hadn’t seen them until then.\u00a0 Also met up with hot tub friends again examining their pictures from crazy excursions in Cozumel.\u00a0 Got back on board, got changed for d\"\"<\/a>inner, and headed down.\u00a0 Zliten decided to continue drinking through dinner, I decided to sober just a little, and dinner was minestrone, and – uh – cough*friedcheese*cough (sorry folks, I had to), and jerked pork loin, which I could not finish even half of.\u00a0 I did put away some tiramasu though.\u00a0 Yes, it was a proud moment.<\/p>\n

We hit the return cruiser’s cocktail party (yay more free booze), and then headed to the piano bar for a moment, and to the casino.\u00a0 We quickly turned 40 dollars into 10 and then decided that was not as much fun as it used to be (I spent my 21st yea\"\"<\/a>r in Reno).\u00a0 Then, back to the piano bar again.\u00a0 We ran into these fantastic lesbians we met the day previous (we sat with them at the cocktail party and then ended up following them on accident to a smoking bar before dinner).\u00a0 Aparently there had been a fight, \"\"<\/a>a refused proposal, and one of the girls was getting drunk with a friend she met named Tina, so we joined them.\u00a0 There was some major boozing going on in the bar, the poor very pretty blonde russian waitress just got called “White Russian” all night, and there was a point that the entire bar had kidnapped the microphone and was singing from behind the pia\"\"<\/a>no.\u00a0 Somehow, seem to be missing those pictures, but I have a great one of most of us singing.<\/p>\n

Zliten’s co-person came back in to find us, we closed out the bar, and then just walked a bit and sat down and chatted looking at the ocean.\u00a0 After a while of being windblown (I dunno if my hair will ever be the same after that day), we headed in.\u00a0 Joel ordered room service (I was good and got veggie sticks – and yay for them having veggie sticks on the menu), and we drifted off to sleep.<\/p>\n

Tuesday: Progresso, or Day of Relax-o<\/em><\/p>\n

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I think 3 days of drinking is finally catching up to me, I’m pretty worn out today, but it’s not all my fault.\u00a0 I woke up at 5 am with some wicked cramps and had to take some painkillers.\u00a0 We’ve been drinking Emergen-c every day for the last two weeks (sickness on vacation, DO NOT WANT) and in our experiments, found out it also pretty much kills all but the nastiest of hangovers.\u00a0 So, even with all that’s been drunk-en, I have made sure to drink about 3 gallons of water a day, take my happy-fun-no-hangover-or-sickies fizzy drink, and to pace myself enough to not want to spend the day in the cabin sleeping.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Today, however, the fates are totally conspiring against me.\u00a0 Today is that one day a month where I pretty much hug the couch at home, and can choose between painkiller haze or death pains.\u00a0 Pain killers, ftw.\u00a0 You will be able to tell by the lack of pictures today.\u00a0 I slept until 10:30, read until about 11:30, when I finally drug Zliten out of bed, and we got lunch.\u00a0 First, I want to point out that yes, I’m reading a book (Snow Crash<\/a>).\u00a0 I am actually pretty into it.\u00a0 I hope I can finish it soon because what usually happens is I leave it for too long, forget what happened, vow to read it again from the beginning, and then just swear off books entirely like I usually do.<\/p>\n

Anyways, I caught the tail end of breakfast, so I had half a pancake, some bacon, and some fruit.\u00a0 Then, I got my trademark big salad (because damn, it’s remarkable how very seldom they just have veggies sitting out…burgers and pizza all day, but if I want a big lovely salad I have to get it within the hours of 12 and 2), and cruised the Indian food.\u00a0 Since Zliten is allergic to a lot of it, we don’t eat it, so I wanted to give it a go.\u00a0 OMG, Indian food is soooo good.\u00a0 The spiced lentil soup was amazing.\u00a0 The potato and leek fried puff thing was good (but it was fried, so that’s not really in question…in my book usually fried = tasty).\u00a0 Then there was fish, and some kebabs, and other stuff.\u00a0 Num!\u00a0 I think it was all about the curry sauce, which was both minty and savory\/spicy.\u00a0 I’ll have to try stuff like that at home.<\/p>\n

After too much lunch, we got off and walked around the shops at the port, and picked up the rest of our souvenirs, Zliten got a 3 dollar water that apparently does not taste like the ship water (whatever that means), we took pictures, and then headed b\"\"<\/a>ack.\u00a0 Now, he is napping, and I am typing.\u00a0 It’s about 230 and my choices are:<\/p>\n

A.\u00a0 Pop another aleve, get my lazy bones to the gym like I didn’t this morning
\nB.\u00a0 Grab my book, and sit up in the sun and read
\nC.\u00a0 Get in the pool and maybe the water slide
\nD.\u00a0 Go play minigolf
\nE.\u00a0 Stay in bed and read and\/or sleep<\/p>\n

Well, first I picked B – and got quite a bit further in my book, and then we did D.\u00a0 I figured missing one day of the gym on vacation wasn’t so bad.\u00a0 Up on deck, it was pretty much hilarious trying to play minigolf while the boat was swaying and it was super windy.\u00a0 We totally did not keep score but Joel declared me winner because, well, I dunno, but I WON!!!\u00a0 Woohoo!\u00a0 Our hot tub friends found us and asked if we would join them for dinner, and after thinking about it, said yes.\u00a0 I was apprehensive because we didn’t want to abandon our dining companions at our table, but we decided, hey, let’s go to both!\u00a0 The first dinner I had shrimp cocktail, lobster bisque, and chateaubriand.\u00a0 Sadly, one piece I got was way too rare, and the other piece was too tough, so I only ate a little.\u00a0 The tiramasu at desert was very unlike tiramasu, but it was tasty!\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

We walked around and took more pictures, and then headed to second dinner.\u00a0 They sort of didn’t like us coming in again but they finally took us to the table.\u00a0 I had the fish and shrimp plate I was lusting after and this most delicious cappucino pie.\u00a0 Way too much food today – and it goes on.<\/p>\n

We headed to the casino and I pretty much lost another 10 dollars in the blink of an eye, so we vacated pretty quick.\u00a0 We hit the hot tub for a while and drank some soul-warming tea, and then hung out with Zliten’s co-person and his wife and played in the wind tunnel and giggled.\u00a0 To explain, the front of the ship on the top deck was so windy, walking up to it you had to lean forward, and by the time you got to the doorway it was seriously pushing you back so you could do the “cheek flappy” thing.\u00a0 Hard to describe, but stupidly funny. And fun.\u00a0 I totally felt like I was about 8 years old again.\u00a0 Then, they were having this mexican buffet thing and I ate some – more than I care to remember.\u00a0 Then, headed back to the cabin and bed feeling pretty disoriented from the wind to sleepy sleep sleep.<\/p>\n

Bonus pictures from Day 3:<\/p>\n

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Check out the hair…this is how seriously windy it was in Cozumel.\u00a0 And by the look – how strong the massive margaritas were. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

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Every time a Jimmy Buffet song came on, the waiters and staff danced for us (and got drunk people to dance with them).\u00a0 It was pretty hilarious.<\/p>\n

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Inside it was a fun looking tropical bar, but nothing special.\u00a0 The view from the deck – spectacular.\u00a0 Dunno why anyone was sitting inside but hey, more room for us.<\/p>\n

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Our bar waiter, Iputu, who seemed to seek us out wherever we were sitting…very nice guy!<\/p>\n

Tomorrow, the 3rd and final (pretty short) part.\u00a0 Last day at sea and the trip home.<\/p>\n

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