My vacation to Mexico was unbelievable It was a last minute idea by my aunt . I remember telling her "lets plan a vaction , Lets go somewhere fun". I wasn’t expecting her to right away come up with the idea to go to a cruise. I was at work when I recieved a phone call. It was my aunt, she tells me we are going to mexico!!". I was confused and said what do mean were going to mexico?" yes were going to a cruise" she replied."Do you think you can save eight hundred and fifty dollars in a month"? I've been saving up for something big so I had the money. I really had to get back to work so at the moment I said " why not? lets do it .

Ive been on a cruise before to St. john , Canada. The tickets were cheap, they were around four hundred dollars, I was excited but when we got there it was so cold, we didnt even go to the pool. We really understood why it wa so cheap in the first place. It was so dead also.we felt like we had the whole ship to ourselves. Which wasnt all that bad.The buffet all to ourselves, the gym, the basketball court, the ping pong table, and the casino.The point was to travel some place interesting, have some life expirience.That wasnt the case here so we wanted this to be different.

On our way to Mexico we got there and the boat was so beautiful and huge. It makes me think how something so big and heavy can float so lightly on the water. It was so hot outside so we wanted to get inside so bad where the air conditioner was waiting for us. But they take things very seriously before u get on the boat, They check your passport, ask you some questions and it’s a very long process but I don’t want to bored you with that part. Let’s just say we got inside the boat so smoothly and easy.
So when we get inside we got to meet the captain. It must be great being a captain on a cruise, always traveling the world, partying, always in a good mood. We started walking to our rooms which took us a while, everyone was trying to get to certain place first. People running around up the stairs, down the stairs, reminded me of a scene on “titanic”.When we got to our rooms, we saw that there was one bed?? There was three of us.But then on the wall there was two small ropes which we pulled and two beds appeared right off the wall which was very cool. After organizing all of our clothes, putting everything where they belong, we can suddenly feel the boat moving. You have to be careful when u walk because out of nowhere the boat will move and you will start zig zagging around like as if you were dancing.

   I think its crazy how you can do so many things on a boat, I wish it was the same at my house. You are able to play basketball, ping pong, mini golf, if you’re old enough you can head to the casino, relax and take a drink. There was this small museum that shows you the history of the ship, paintings of old captains, I really like how it was all set up. Let’s not forget the food, all you can eat buffet. There was Chinese, Italian, Mexican, and even regular American food. On top of that there was a dinner with the captain at six o'clock in the afternoon. I was really enjoying myself.

When we got to mexico I wasn't really expecting to be so beautiful, I woke up starring at my room window to a beautiful light blue beach, with nice palm trees, and It was just breath taking. I was just happy to have my grandparents with me because we don't really get to see them a lot. Their faces were priceless , they were very excited. We all got up and started leaving before we got stuck behind a huge line to get off the boat. When you get off , they give you a map to all the destinations you could go visit. We all decided for our first destination to go to the "seven mile beach". which was very beautiful, you can go kayak, you can rent a jet ski. The sun was burning hot , in minutes I was getting very red.

After an hour or two we decide to start heading to our next destination, They were saying it was a private beach, you pay fifty dollars and you can stay there all day, eat whatever you want, unlimited drinks. It was a good deal because I felt like I ate like a hundred and twenty dollars’worth of food. There were beautiful beds like the ones you see in a magazine or movies. People were very

friendly, because they were taking my money but I would like to think that they are just really friendly.

Overall it was a life changing experience , It was different, I'm glad to be living my life to the fullest, you only live once. My family has gotten stronger together from this experience and we are already planning to go back next summer.