IT’S TRAVEL DAY. LETS GO!!!

Wherever I go my camera goes, and this trip was no exception. From the moment we woke up to embark on this awesome adventure, whether it was my camera, action camera, or phone camera, I was ready to shoot every moment of it.

Our journey started on a Thursday at 3:30am. Our flight was scheduled to leave from SLC International Airport at 6, and seeing that we were flying with Southwest, well, we were a bit on edge about making it to our destination. This was due to thousands of flights being cancelled by the airline in the previous days, so we were crossing all of our fingers.

Fortunately, our flight from SLC to Houston was right on time, even 20 minutes early, so we definitely started the day right! But then… Houston.

HACKED?

We made it to Houston early, and as we turned off airplane mode on our phones, well, the first sign of trouble emerged. Our next flight, which was scheduled to leave at noon, was delayed to 2:11pm. Ok, we are ok waiting a couple of more hours, no problem. But then… 3:41pm, 3:11pm, 2:41pm, 4:43pm, 2:59pm, 4:00pm, 2:50pm, and so on… This was all in a span of a few hours, and then around 3:45pm we get a message saying, “your plane left at 3:15 from a different terminal.” WTF?!!!

Well, we rushed to the service counter where they informed us the plane was still on its way and hasn’t left yet, but we did have to go to a different terminal. Sign of relief while we were rushing to the new terminal. We get to the new terminal, and the same of time hack starts again with departure times changing every 5 minutes this time. What is going on?! At least one of the times was correct and our plane started boarding at 4:43pm. Miami here we come!

I’M IN MIAMI &%$#!

Finally we made it! Now, you would think this would be the end of our first day adventure, well think again. We had a hotel booked that was supposed to offer shuttle service with transport coming by every 30 minutes. We were exhausted and a big cranky from the long travel day, and after an hour of waiting, no shuttle! Finally, after calling the hotel several times to figure this shuttle thing out, they assured us the shuttle was on its way. Yes that was true, and just as we saw it approaching and we started waiving the shuttle down, the shuttle kept on going and did not stop.

We called the hotel again and they assured us the shuttle would come by again in 30 minutes. ARE YOU %$^#&*@( KIDDING ME?! At this point we decided to get a UBER which said it would be 10 minutes to pickup. 10 minutes turned to 45 minutes, but finally arrived. The shuttle, not so much.

RADISSON RED

K our night is finally over. WRONG! We checked in to our hotel and we just wanted to get the much needed rest we needed to start our day early to get to our cruise. As we entered our room, we were amazed but the awesome architecture and decor. But then we look up… a bandage on the smoke detector…? Your guess is as good as mine.

Let’s just go to sleep.

OASIS OF THE SEAS

We took off bright and early to board our cruise, and this being my second cruise, I thought I wouldn’t be surprised by anything. But, the previous cruise I went on had nothing on the enormous size of The Oasis of the Seas! This Royal Caribbean cruise ship was a floating building that had my jaw on the ground. The experience from the moment we got to the marina sure took all the stress from the previous day away, and our real adventure began!

THE TRAVEL BLOG…

This is not going to be a review of the ship, I am a photographer on vacation, so much of the videos that I showcase here will be of Candice and myself taking the much needed vacation we needed. This will be a collection of pictures and videos of the awesome islands and activities that made this one of the best vacations ever!

I am not here to give specs or history lessons, just me and my camera/s walking around looking like a total tourist. From 5:30am wakeup calls to set the camera up for timelapses, to shows inside this awesome cruise ship, I’ll take you all on our experience on board The Oasis of the around the Caribbean islands of Labadee Haiti, St. Thomas, St. Marteen, St. Kitts, and Puerto Rico.

It’s travel time. Lets go!

Also, all music used on these videos will be from local Utah artists. Check them out and show them some love!

Music: Remedy by Poet Bones from the EP “The Absence of Perspective”