Ancient Mayan Mini-golf

Sorry there was such a lag in Updates... I'll try not to let it happen too often... though I really wasn't sure how to follow up the underwater shots, which I love. So, here are just some more shots from around the ship. I promise to get to Cozumel before the week is up. Oh and happy comic-con to everyone, I'm not going.. but that won't stop us at Average Intelligence from talking about it... Oh, and I am bookending these pics with some sunset shots.. because they make me happy, unbelievably happy.

while this is the blurriest of the shots, I like it because Pheyden looks so angry

Nothing like Neon and Bronze

"Why does every alien planet look like a sand trap?"

The Exellis' watch a little kid get an amazing hole in twenty!
Oh, and check out these amazing ruins!

"I'ma punch you so hard!"
(yeah, I know, Pheyden needs to be more centered, but I was blocking other people from playing)

Not only was their calendar years ahead of its time, the Mayans also created an early form of astroturf

I'm not sure what I was going for here, but it's oddly cute

I love this shot, but I get distracted by the guy in the upper right and his club placement
(sadly, there was only so much I could crop)

"so, I'm guessing the name 'mini-golf' is meant to be ironic?"
or
"Lets see Tiger Woods bounce THIS sucker!"
or
"'What's my handicap?', yes, because I am short, I see. You thought of that yourself? How clever of you, your mother must be proud"

"How the HELL did this get to Mexico?"
or
"you know, you'd think there would be a tunnel here..."

nope, not making the "Pheyden's got balls" joke, I'm above... oh dammit!

"If I had some tablets, this would be SO blasphemous!"

Taming the Large-Breasted Monkey-Frog

...and speaking of Large-breasted...

Carnival loves those things so much, they made a mascot with that coming out of his head (I swear I am not making that up)

Malasada Exellis likes to travel incognito...

no, photo-shop necessary...

until next time!

Carnival Cruise 6/20/09-6/25/09

Well, I just got back from a 5 day cruise to Grand Cayman and Cozumel. It was a great trip, mostly because I was visiting my "brother" and his wife who work as art auctioneers on the ship. For the purpose of the trip, I became related to a tall, slender, red-headed Canadian (and those who know me know that is pretty far away from being possible... but hey, no one cared and the cruise was REALLY cheap because I'm family... like they say, it's who you know!) But they are awesome people and my wife and I pretty much spent the majority of time with them... and Plasma Pheyden, Arcos Exellis and a custom figure Piglet cobbled together from a number of junkshop figures. I call him Malasada Exellis... don't ask... but enough of me kibitzing.. on to the pictures!

like a portal into the void...

Gotta love the airplane window!

"What are you exactly?"

yes, even they don't like it

behind the scenes shot

Yeah, BUOY!!! (sorry, won't happen again)

under the bridge downtown...

and right past the bridge...

I SWEAR there wasn't anything there when I took the photo!

just driving home the cruise factor...

"BAH! We laugh at your concept of "officers."

"I'm checking in..."

no, even interdimentional explorers aren't above the tourist shot.

More to come... these are only a few pictures from the first 3 days of a 5 day cruise! Just wait until I get to the snorkling shots!