Spring 2012 – Day 9

The view from our balcony - another ship, the pier and the village

We awoke and were docked at the pier at Costa Maya, Mexico, which is a “town” made for the cruise industry. Before the cruise lines decided to get together and build this port, there was nothing here except a small town of 200 people.

So, they build a port, with a large pier and a new village with all of the typical tourist shops. It is built right on the Mayan Riviera, which is stretch of coastal land in Mexico stretching many miles south of Cancun.

The village at the port

The view from our balcony shows a very long pier, then the village and behind the village miles of just very flat land with palm trees – very un-developed. You could visit some Mayan ruins but it was a two-hour bus right and we didn’t feel the need to do that. There were a number of other “jungle” tours that people could take, but we skipped them all.

After spending about an hour visiting the port we had been to all of the shops and bought the prerequisite souvenirs that we needed. So, we headed back to the ship for lunch.

After lunch, we headed up to the deck for some sun – only one more day besides today to do so. As always, Barb is ahead of Ed with her tan!!

Buying a ring

Pretty soon it was time to change for the show and dinner. Tonight is the second formal night of the cruise and we are eating in the main dinner room.

The show was a major production by the singers and dancers on board. It was a very high energy show featuring all types of fast music from Irish Step Dancing to Tango, to Disco and much more – it was supposed to be a great up-beat show but it fell a little flat and did not have the energy that it should have – but we had fun.

Then we went to dinner which featured lobster tail. Can you imagine fixing lobster tail for a thousand or more people!

After dinner, we went to the casino where Barb finally hit a jackpot – not a great big one but a nice one!! Ed also did well so this was our best night in the casino ever.



Going out for the evening

We set the clocks forward tonight and tomorrow night – not good when you need sleep but tomorrow is a day at sea and we will spend a lot of time relaxing on the deck.

For all the basketball fans, we say Go Bulls and Go Syracuse!!

Night for now and thanks for everyone who makes it possible for us to be here – we will be home soon.