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This summer Shannon and I went on a 12 day vacation that took us to Puerto Rico for 5 days then a 7 day Caribbean Cruise that ported out of San Juan. The cruise hit a new island each day, there were no days at sea so it allowed us to see at least a glimpse of many different islands. We hit St Thomas, Dominica, Barbados, St Lucia, Antigua, and St Kitts. They all were great but we definitely want to make it back to Dominica, St Kitts, and St Lucia to spend more time. We also enjoyed ourselves on the beautiful island of Puerto Rico, taking in sites from both coasts and the rain forests inland.

ITINERARY
We usually are pretty organized and have itineraries for all our vacations that we now make in Google Docs. This was one of the least planned in some ways as we basically booked it a month out, but for the most part we had something planned at all stops. Figured I’d start posting our itineraries in case you want to see what specific tours we did, etc.
http://docs.google.com/View?id=dffp362x_78hpm94pdf

PHOTOS
We took over a 1,000 photos but have edited that down to 740. Further I’ve uploaded only the best of the best photos and have added captions to these 200+ photos on Facebook. Even if you don’t have Facebook you can view these photo albums.

Highlighted photos of Puerto Rico portion of trip with captions:
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=289728&id=681715004&l=39467c88a1

Highlighted photos of Caribbean Cruise portion of trip with captions:
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=290506&id=681715004&l=a7d80dbcf6

All 740 photos from entire trip:
http://www.dajacobs.com/pictures/2009/CaribbeanVacation/index.html

VIDEOS
We got an underwater HD camera for this trip. The pictures it took out of water, we were very disappointed with. However the pictures it took underwater was fantastic and all the videos were very impressive. Here are just a few video highlights of the trip, with much focus on the snorkeling with sea turtles.

Waterfall Climbing in Puerto Rico

Shannon Zip Lining in Puerto Rico

Beautiful Waterfall Scenery in Dominica

Snorkeling at Champagne Reef in Dominica

Swimming with Sea Turtles in Barbados part 1

Swimming with Sea Turtles in Barbados part 2

Swimming with Sea Turtles in Barbados part 3

Swimming with Sea Turtles in Barbados part 4

Horseback Riding in Antigua

Jet Skiing in St Kitts