Hello!  My name is Kyla Gurganus, and I love to travel!  This winter, I was fortunate enough to take a week-long cruise on the Carnival Valor.  I booked my trip on Travelocity (a "guarantee"-category inside single cabin) with air and transfers included for $1600.

This trip was a last-minute decision, so my normal trip-planning did not occur.  I read Frommer's Caribbean Ports of Call 2004 from my library and bought Lonely Planet's Central America on a Shoestring (also 2004).  Websites that were helpful were VirtualTourist.com.