Crusin' 2013- Cozumel, Mexico

On February 2, Ryan and I left on a western Caribbean cruise with a group of our friends. There were 3 couples: Ryan and I, Ben and Nicole Walker, Ben and Katie Smith, and our other friend, Brandy. Our boat was the Carnival Dream, and we had been waiting for this for a whole year!

 Our first stop was in Cozumel, Mexico. We decided to go to a private beach called Passion Island and spend the day playing in the water and relaxing in the sand. However, in order to reach said destination, we took a speedboat that went by the name of "Aqua Twister." And twist it did! We got going pretty fast, and the driver tried his damned-est to give us whip lash. Well played, sir, well played ;)

View looking at the beach from in the water

And another...

 Once we got to Passion Island, which by the way is where the Corona commercials are filmed, we learned pretty early on that not a whole lot of relaxing would take place! (Oddly enough, there was not a Corona in sight! They only served Dos Equis.)

The Bens discussing with our waiter how they could possibly not serve Coronas. At least I hope at some point that was discussed ;)

 They had inflatable water toys to play on, and they were calling our names! However, we quickly found out that we were no match for them. And I also learned that when salt water gets in your eyes, it burns like a son of a gun!

Please enjoy the video footage of us attempting- and failing miserably- at being graceful and coordinated. Go easy on us, it's harder than it looks :)

Perhaps Ben Walker is the smartest of us all! He decided to hold the fort down on the beach instead of get in the water. I'm sure he got a good laugh at us all!