Lifes a Beach....

The past few days have been bloody brilliant!! constant Port days have meant everyday has brought me a beautiful beach to explore!! 

We docked in Antigua and went to a laaavely beach, I took my snorkel and we went in the water and we saw a sea snake..well I fecking nearly passed out there and then....a snake on land is bad enough but one that has the freedom of the ocean jeeeese its like facing a flying snake on land! I freaked out once again in the middle of a snork sesh and legged it out the water haha! I must grow some balls!

lovely beach in Antigua

Ha next stop was Dominca...all in all it looked like a bit of a shit hole when we got off the ship and it was a 30 min taxi to the nearest decent beach and it was spitting sooo we decided to screw the beach and we hit a local bar in the search for some good Rum Punch..boy did it have a punch!! haha i had only half of one and I felt very tiddly indeed, im a lightweight at the best of times so christ only knows what the hell was in this concoction....note to self and to all of you, drink anything but the rum puch!! Anything! ha, in my tiddly wisdom though I managed to sneak out my snazzy cup as a little souvenier for myself :) hehe

me and my 1st Rum Punch..rocket fuel!!!

Last night we docked back in Barbados for the final time :( booooo we had an overnight stop so of course we all went on a big night out to a bar called Harbour Lights, its $20 to get in then a free bar...uhh ohhhhh haha I was wasted, as was everyone else! I honestly have no clue how the hell any of us made it back on the boat at stupid o clock in the morning without getting breathalised!! pah haha It was a great night though and we all had such a giggle...as always I made a B-line for the burger bar after Id had enough ha, im a piglet. Today I was on IPM so I had to get up at liek 8am which KILLED me seeing as we didnt get back on board the ship until like 4am or something! ugh and I had to do embarks and meet and greet all the new passengers so I worked from about 1.30 until near nidnight and I only ate some soup and some mushrooms :( im so tired...and peckish!

some of us at the boatyard in Barbados

and again

me and Mr Sea Turtle :)

Im going to bo bos now for some much needed beauty sleep cos I look and feel rough as a bears ass..Nighty Night

Laura xXx

Laura the Explorer :)

I have a feeling I will be neglecting this blog a little, im just so busy all the time be it working or playing :P haha. sea days officially suck ass!! ugh theyre long hard days, my poor tootsies are killing me!! :(

me at the waterfalls looking a little scared!! haha

We went to Jamaica on 3rd March and we went to Dunns Waterfalls and climbed them, they were so beautiful I loved it!! Then we headed on to a bobsled place where you go up right into the top of the rainforest and bobsled down just like Cool Runnings, I screamed like a little bitch the whole way down hahaha it went so bloody fast I thought I was going to fly off the end of it!! So much fun though!!

waaaaaahhhh

 I also went to Grand Turk, you can literally step off the ship onto the beach here its just lovely, we went to a resort called margaritaville and there was another ships passengers in there but they were all Americans and their ship was a booze cruise!! Ha they we are hammered beyond belief but it was such a fun day we met loads of people and had a laugh with them all, it was like being at Spring Break!!

 Yesterday was St Maarten and we went to a place called Aeroplane beach where the runway is right next to the beach and all the planes fly over you and land its really cool there...untill the biggest jumbo jet takes off and the jets blew us all over in to sea and it was just like a sandstorm...my frickin back was savaged and red afterwars!! ahhhh haha one of the lads lost his shoes tho so he had to walk around sheless for the rest of the day, I took some small pleasure in that pahaha. I wouldnt bloddy do it again tho, it hurt!!

Today we are in St Lucia but its my turn to stay on board :( sooo im having an exciting day of doing my washing and updating this...I may go up to the deck and take some pics..pretend I got off, no one will know really hehe.

Ciao for now

Love Laura xXx

The Newbie

Above is me in front of the ship when I forst arrived YIPPEEEEE

Sorry this is the first chance Iv had to update this, since I landed in Barbados Its all been very manic!! Once I landed I met a girl who is joining the same ship as me in the airport we got a txi to the port ready to start our new jobs together!!

When we arrived at the port I just could not believe how big the ship was...Iv never really seen a cruise ship before and It was just so humongus I was so shocked!! I was very tired when I arrived after flying Manchester to Gatwick and then Gatwick to Bridgetown...It was about 7pm when we finaly arrived which was about 11pm in england so after being up since 5am I wa pooped. We went to meet our manager and then she took us on like a mini tour of the ship...I unpacked all my stuff so I felt a little more at home and soon as my head finaly hit the pillow I was out like a light!!

First day was preety easy we only worked from 8.30 to 11 because there were flight delays so the ship couldnt leave until all the passengers arrived!! Whe the ship finally did set sail I bloody felt it haha!! I felt like I was walking like Id had one to many cocktails pahaha. Everyone said that was really mild though so I was a little worried for if it ever gets rough cos Il be falling over ha! Im fine now tho I cant really feel it too much I think I was just not used to it.

My first port day was in Bonaire, we got off and went to a little rocky beach with some snorkles and went snorkling, it was so beautiful. Iv never seen fish like that before but I must admit I was a little freaked out to be so near them I have this weird phobia of things in the water touching my feet..I hate anything touching my feet!! haha. Only bad point was I got stung by a jellyfish twice!! grrrrrr little shit bag!!

Above is my ship docked in Bonaire...so lush daaarling!! haha and Im on a little pontoon thing where I was snorkling from!!

Im burnt to a crisp now so today im not sunbathing, Im in Aruba today but todays my turn to stay on board :( boooo hence my catching up with my blog etc.

Got a sea day tomorow again which Im not looking forward to its a really long day, the work is pretty easy really its just physically draining but Im sure I will get used to it!

Everyone on boards really nice iv already met lots of people from all different departments and everyone seems up for a laugh nd stuff which is good, I can eat for free so Im in my element here haha Iv been stuffing my face at any opportunity so im sure Il come home nice and fat! ha

Im rather sleepy today so going to try get some shut eye ready for work tonight and hope that my lobster chic look has dyed down by the time I wake up haha!!

Love Laura xXx