Celebrating a Decade- Jamaica

Our last stop on our cruise was Falmouth, Jamaica. We had been to Ochos Rios, Jamaica on our honeymoon, and although this port was much nicer, we ended up spending most of the day in Ochos Rios which was about an hour away, so it would have been nicer to have just docked there to begin with. Oh well. Jamaica was my favorite stop. It was the best day of the cruise, and probably the best day of my whole year! Such a fun trip!

Because of the travel time and all the things planned in our excursion we were away for almost the entire time we were at port. We left at 8:30 and got back to port around 4:00. It was a busy, fun day!

The bus ride was scenic with several great views along the way.

Our first stop of the day was ziplining through the rain forest. Brooke and I had never ziplined before, so we were a little nervous leading up to it.

These guys were ready though. No nerves there!

Heading through the forest

I wasn't too nervous until I was next in line and then it sunk in a little bit. Thankfully, I didn't have long to think about it before I was flying through the trees!

It ended up being so fun! I'd love to do it again. The guys were complaining that it was too tame, but I was happy with it!

We had a pretty large group, so there was a lot of waiting for our turn during the first two lines, but at the third they just started throwing us across, and we did four lines super fast. It was a whirlwind, but really fun!

Matt and Corey decided to make their own fun and flipped upside down whenever they could.

The last zipline was the longest and fastest, but Brooke and I were super comfortable by then, so it was the best way to end it! It was such a great way to spend the morning. The forest was beautiful and we all enjoyed a fun, new adventure.

We ate lunch at the park and then drove to Dunn's River Falls. Matt and I climbed the waterfall on our honeymoon and loved it. It was one of the highlights of our honeymoon, so we were excited to get to visit again for our ten year anniversary.

On our Honeymoon:

Ten years later:

The climb was fun and exhilarating and adventurous, and the waterfall and the plant life around it is so, so pretty. It was the best way to spend our afternoon in Jamaica!

Flashback to our honeymoon again:

And fast forward ten years. It was fun to reminisce and make new memories too.

They stopped and had everyone slide down a rock into the water.

The guides were great at keeping everyone safe and away from the really slippery rocks and still letting us have fun, sliding, playing in the pools and enjoying our time.

One more pic from our honeymoon:

And one more ten years later!

So, of course we have to go back to Jamaica for our 20th anniversary, right? I think so :). It's crazy to think about how old our kids will be then!

We really can't wait to go back. Thursday in Jamaica was my favorite day of the cruise and probably of the whole entire year. It was perfect and in the words of my five year old, the "Best Day Ever!"

Celebrating a Decade- Grand Cayman

Our next stop on our cruise was Grand Cayman. Matt and I stopped at Grand Cayman on our honeymoon and were not impressed. We just picked a bad excursion. This was SO much better. We'd love to go back and spend more time there.

For this stop we booked a Catamaran sail to Stingray city, and it was awesome. The boat ride was fun and relaxing, and the water was breathtaking. I thought the water was even better than Cozumel, perfectly aqua green color and crystal clear.

We sailed for close to an hour until we found all the other boats and sting rays!

I wasn't too sure what to expect when we got in the water with the sting rays, but it was really neat.

The sting rays are huge and extremely friendly, both because they get fed often, I guess. Matt did feed one and apparently didn't do it right because he got bit!

I was surprised every time I felt them slithering around in between my legs. Crazy!

I still can't get over how clear the water was, that these pictures turned out so well.

We had a chance to touch and hold them for a bit (mainly so the photographer could take pictures)

We had some time to just enjoy the views too. I mean that water, seriously! I'm ready to go back!

We were in the water close to an hour and then sailed back to shore and took a bus back to the port.

Grand Cayman was our shortest stop, and we had to tender instead of dock, so we got off the ship later than we had hoped because of that whole process. By the time we finished the excursion we didn't have much time to explore the shops around the port. We rushed through a few stores and grabbed a couple of souvenirs and stopped at Dairy Queen :), but then it was time to get in line to get back on the ship. Such a fun day though! We'd love to head back and explore the island more.