Day 3 Cozumel

Today we set our clocks back an hour but I ended up just staying on eastern time because for three days it wasn't worth trying to get use to the change. Dan changed his watch so we knew when we had to be at our appointed places throughout the day.

This meant I was up at 0445 ships time to go walking and this worked out really well because then I was done before six and didn't feel rushed to get ready to get off the ship.

Here we are pulling into Cozumel, did you know that Cozumel is an island off the coast of Mexico? I didn't until we starting planning this trip.

I always like the pretty color the water turns with the side thrusters are used and it is amazing just how easy the Captain makes it look when he is pulling the ship up to the dock.


The area where we got off the ship.

We got off the ship right after it docked, walked to the end of the pier and crossed over to another pier because we were taking the yellow boat to the mainland to visit the Tulum Ruins.

It took us about 45 minutes to get to Playa de Carmen. Forty-fine very long minutes, it was a very bumpy ride with the smell of diesel, but we finally arrived and all that was put behind us.

That's our bus up the street on the right.

We had about an hour ride to get to the ruins but Angel our tour guide made the time go by very fast with all his stories of the Mayans. Just so you know there are still Mayans in Mexico, a lot of them are 100% Mayan and speak one of the many dialects of Mayan.


This is the Mayan calendar which is set to end Dec 21, 2012, but that doesn't mean it is the end of the world just the end of that 5,000 year calendar.

Our first view of the ruins. It was a much larger area then I thought it would be and in very good condition.

Us, just before walking through the wall into the city.



Angel our guide, he was very passionate and knowledgeable about the area. Both of his grandmothers are full-blooded Mayan, so he learned the mayan language to communicate with them.

We learned so much that it is hard to remember. Buildings facing east to west were temples, if there was a thatched roof it was a dwelling. This whole area was mostly for religious activities.

There were iguanas everywhere we went and most of the ones we saw were pretty small.




Stairway leading down to the beach. After our tour of the ruins we could go to the beach but there was only about 50 minutes until we headed back to the ferry so Dan and I opted to walk around some more and then try some of the fish tacos. We were glad that we tried them but I don't think I will have them again, just not flavors that go together for me. Dan also tried one of the local beers, which he did at every port we pulled into. Had to get those beer caps for Jared.

And of course you can't get away from the good old USA.

Our trip back to Cozumel was much better because we were on a bigger, faster boat so it didn't seem so rough. Got back on board the ship at about 1730 and walked up the ten flights of stairs to the cabin, have I mentioned we walked a lot of stairs this weeks. Only took the elevator twice on the whole cruise.

Waiting for dinner.

Entertained tonight by the staff of the dining room, they sang and danced to "Won't You Be My Girl". As you can see Kim, Breann, and Michael were our dancers.

Another great day under our belt, can't wait to find out what happens tomorrow.