To the Land of Gold ... and Tequila!

I never thought I'd ever go on a cruise to anywhere. My boyfriend's family loves taking trips every year, so they've been talking about going on a cruise for a while. They finally booked tickets this past summer for an October cruise to Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico for Jason and his mom's birthday. Oh. My. God. It was wooooooorth it! We had to drive to Long Beach since that's where the ship would depart from. We arrived in LB in the early morning so we decided to have breakfast at Roscoe's Chicken and Waffles. I'm craving for it now...

Surprisingly enough, Jayce knows how to hula hoop. And he's really good at it lol. We tried having a contest in the sporting good store...

The family + me & Richard (Jayce's sister's bf). Funny how we all went to school together.

The ship! Carnival "Paradise"

inside the casino. blackjack, anyone?

What it looks like inside. There are 12 floors total.

From the highest floor inside

At the top. Every day and night we stood up there to watch the view. What a view it was!

Sunset up top =)

One of the many dinners we had. You can seriously keep ordering food until you burst.

Cheryl (youngest) and I

Hello, Mexico! That flag was huuuuuuuuge!

Horseback Riding! My horse needed some wax and shine though =/

Jayce & I headed to the beach

There was literally no one on the beach. The water felt good on my legs when the horse would gallop. OMG my nether regions were so sore the day after lol

on the way back

Everyone in Mexico HATES Patron. They say it's the lowest brand of tequila. Janely and I are taking a shot of Coralejas Tequila. One of the BEST tasting tequilas I've ever had. So good, we brought back a fatty bottle.

Richard, Jason and Jesus, our tourguide. The guys were already drunk by the time we came back from shopping. They each paid $20 for a wristband at Mango Mango that gave them UNLIMITED drinks.

drunk bastards

Another tourguide. He kept saying MABUHAY and bought us shots haha

Tea time! The best part was when a waiter came to our table and had a cart full of desserts. He even had cucumber sandwiches

The last dinner. We sang Happy Birthday to Jason and sang it for his mom the night before.

@ the main bar. Sunrise Tequilas all around

@ the night club on the ship. It was okay.

Going on a cruise is definitely an experience you must have. I hear there are talks of a cruise to the Caribbean with more people next year. All I know is that I'm down for whatever!