Labadee, Haiti

When we chose to go on this cruise we chose it for the ship and no other reason. We usually like to base our cruises on the places they go to but we didn't do that this time. Our first stop was Haiti which I wasn't that excited to go to. It was beautiful, however, and we had a great time swimming in the ocean and playing in the waves.

We decided to do the jet-ski excursion. I have been riding jet-skis my whole life so I was pretty excited to ride one on the ocean. Neither Eddie or Bernie had ever been on a jet-ski before but they ended up having a fun time. Jesse drove ours and at one point he was trying to make a sharp turn to follow our guide but we were going too fast so we were thrown off. After we got back on our guide was surprised that we hadn't been stung by jellyfish and, sure enough, when we looked in the water there were a bunch of small jellies swimming around. I guess we were lucky in that regard but I was bummed that I lost my favorite sunglasses.

It was such a fun day and I'm glad we had the opportunity to go to Haiti. I'm always humbled when we go to other countries that don't have all the luxuries we have. We are so blessed and I know I take that for granted quite often.