Cruise

Two summers ago my family went on a seven-day cruise. We left out of Galveston, Texas. For the first day or two we were just on the boat. There were a lot of things to do; we played bingo and also watch people go on stage to play games. There was one game that I really remember where a few guys went up on the stage and they had this box strapped to their butt. The people had to shake it to get all the ping pong ball out. Who ever got the most out won the game. This one guy tried to shake it really fast and ended up ripping his pants. In the end he won because he shook all the ping pong balls out. I was surprised how good the food was on the ship. There was an omelette station in the mornings where you could make your own. When you wanted something sweet, there were ice cream machines all over the boat. I always ended up getting pizza because they were open day and night or I would order room service. My sister and I ended up getting in trouble for calling it in so much by my mom. When we finally got to Cozumel, Mexico we did a lot of shopping which was cool because I got to haggle with shop owners. Some would even flag us down to give us a better deal. The food we ate there was a lot different than the so called "Mexican food" here. I liked the real Mexican food while my mom missed her favorite Tex-Mex. My sister got a Cuban cigar from a little shop before the ban was lifted. When we arrived at Belize we had a personal tour. He took us to go cave tubing. I enjoyed that because we got to see bats on the ceiling of the cave. We also got to talk to a Jamaican man who climbed coconut trees for fresh fruit every day to sell to the tourists. My mom loves coconuts, so she got one from the man and loved it. After that anywhere that sold coconuts my mom bought one. Our last stop was Roatan, Honduras and because it is a very dangerous place, we did not get to experience the local culture like we had been on our trip. They had a nice place for tourists to hang out and a really pretty beach to tan or swim. Roatan was a nice chill place to end the cruise on. Over all we have a lot of memories and a lot of souvenirs from all the places. It was a great family trip to go on.