Trails 2 Travel

And now to write about probably my other close favorite stop on the cruise: Mahogany Bay/ The Isle Roatan in Honduras. First of all this stop is mostly great if you are on Carnival cruise line and really just want a cheap easy beach day. Mahogany Bay itself was developed by Carnival to be a great beach stop for travelers, and great beach stop it was! Other great excursion options included boating, wildlife exploring, and snorkeling. We went with the cheapest option. For just 20 bucks a person for the entire day you got unlimited rides on this magical beach chair life, plus a beach chair (with cover if you wanted) snorkel gear and a float pad for out in the water. We made use of all those things! One of my favorite parts about this area was just how accessible it was. After the 1.5 hour bus ride each way at Belize, it was fabulous to just get off the cruise ship and be at the beach. The chair life was probably a 5 minute ride and went over some lush gardens and gave us gre

 And the 3rd day/ second stop was especially SPECIAL as it was Belize AND my mom's birthday! The last  time she cruised to Belize they couldn't get off the ship due to bad weather so now she got her chance for adventure and You Better Belize it was an amazing time! First we had to get up super early to ferry in from the ship. There's our cruise ship floating way out at sea still!  And then we were in for an hour and a half bus ride each way through the city and then the jungle to reach the play ground of Chukka where we were going to Zipline and Cave Tube! We were sooo stoked! The city of Belize was.. well a little scary. I was glad to be on a tour bus but our bus guides were super enthusiastic about teaching us the culture and history of Belize. Oh! And how to talk like we're from the Caribbean. It helped make the bus ride not feel quite so long..  Once we got into the jungle, we got to take a school bus, may 1/2 mile over some sketchy roads to the Chu