Day 3. May 29, 2010 - Adventures in Me-he-co
We are all a little tired, but today is a big day because we dock in Cozumel. We have the whole day here. Mom has decided to use her winnings from the casino to pay for an excursion. We decide to try to go to Cancun to an Eco-park but that trip is full so we have to come up with another plan quickly. We decide to go on an off road vehicle jungle trek on the east coast of the island.
After getting off the ship and driving for a while we pulled off by a row of jeep like ATVs. These little buggies carried 2 passengers. Dani drove with Dee and mom rode with me. We had a caravan of about 10 buggies. The guides took us on a winding, bumpy, dusty tour of the east coast that ended at a small Mayan lighthouse ruin on a rocky outcropping. The whole thing was exhilarating and beautiful. Afterwards we went to a beautiful resort on a white beach and had a nice lunch and a margarita. Not bad for a last minute idea.
We were really tired after our adventure, but we still managed to do some shopping. In Mexico it is appropriate to haggle. The venders were pretty aggressive. At first it was intimidating but then I got into it and had fun. I don't know that I got great deals but I think I got fair prices. After that I headed back to the ship by myself. I was so tired. I have been fighting a cold since the first night on the ship. I needed to get some rest. Mom came soon after. Dee followed and Dani just made it back before we sailed. She was playing at Senor Frog's with some of her new ship friends. That Dani! Hehe!
We laid around for a bit and then managed to get showered and dressed for dinner. We decided to dress up again since we had such a good time the night before. It was Italian night. The wait staff sang an Italian love song for us. Remember they are Indian. No one on staff is Italian. They tried. It was a good effort. The Italian passengers might have been offended though. :)
Afterwards we went to look at some of the pictures that the photographers took of us. We bought quite a few. At 10 and 20 bucks per picture they made lots of money off us! Again we split up for the evening activities. Mom and I went to the casino and Dani and Dee went to find their new clubbing and karaoke friends.
After losing more money at the casino than on the whole trip I decided to leave a bit early. I caught up with Dee and we went out on deck. The moon was out and shone off the water. It was quite beautiful. The wind was strong, but warm. We talked and/or walked for a over an hour mostly about Jalen and how she is trying to get him to think seriously about college. She is going to have him call me.
In bed by midnight. Dani got in about 5am. Not really sure what she was doing. Have learned not to ask. I think she is having fun though. She is pretty well known on the ship. Lots of people stop by to say hi and tell her how much fun she is. Being an entertainer she enjoys the spotlight. That's not my thing. I am content to just hang out relax and do my own thing. I think Dee is enjoying the glow of the spotlight. She is doing her best to keep up with Dani. She occasionally gets mistaken for Dani. I think she likes that. She is enjoying taking a few days off from being a wife and mother. Mom is just chillin' and we are all smiling a lot! Glad we are all having fun. To each her own
We are all a little tired, but today is a big day because we dock in Cozumel. We have the whole day here. Mom has decided to use her winnings from the casino to pay for an excursion. We decide to try to go to Cancun to an Eco-park but that trip is full so we have to come up with another plan quickly. We decide to go on an off road vehicle jungle trek on the east coast of the island.
After getting off the ship and driving for a while we pulled off by a row of jeep like ATVs. These little buggies carried 2 passengers. Dani drove with Dee and mom rode with me. We had a caravan of about 10 buggies. The guides took us on a winding, bumpy, dusty tour of the east coast that ended at a small Mayan lighthouse ruin on a rocky outcropping. The whole thing was exhilarating and beautiful. Afterwards we went to a beautiful resort on a white beach and had a nice lunch and a margarita. Not bad for a last minute idea.
We were really tired after our adventure, but we still managed to do some shopping. In Mexico it is appropriate to haggle. The venders were pretty aggressive. At first it was intimidating but then I got into it and had fun. I don't know that I got great deals but I think I got fair prices. After that I headed back to the ship by myself. I was so tired. I have been fighting a cold since the first night on the ship. I needed to get some rest. Mom came soon after. Dee followed and Dani just made it back before we sailed. She was playing at Senor Frog's with some of her new ship friends. That Dani! Hehe!
We laid around for a bit and then managed to get showered and dressed for dinner. We decided to dress up again since we had such a good time the night before. It was Italian night. The wait staff sang an Italian love song for us. Remember they are Indian. No one on staff is Italian. They tried. It was a good effort. The Italian passengers might have been offended though. :)
Afterwards we went to look at some of the pictures that the photographers took of us. We bought quite a few. At 10 and 20 bucks per picture they made lots of money off us! Again we split up for the evening activities. Mom and I went to the casino and Dani and Dee went to find their new clubbing and karaoke friends.
After losing more money at the casino than on the whole trip I decided to leave a bit early. I caught up with Dee and we went out on deck. The moon was out and shone off the water. It was quite beautiful. The wind was strong, but warm. We talked and/or walked for a over an hour mostly about Jalen and how she is trying to get him to think seriously about college. She is going to have him call me.
In bed by midnight. Dani got in about 5am. Not really sure what she was doing. Have learned not to ask. I think she is having fun though. She is pretty well known on the ship. Lots of people stop by to say hi and tell her how much fun she is. Being an entertainer she enjoys the spotlight. That's not my thing. I am content to just hang out relax and do my own thing. I think Dee is enjoying the glow of the spotlight. She is doing her best to keep up with Dani. She occasionally gets mistaken for Dani. I think she likes that. She is enjoying taking a few days off from being a wife and mother. Mom is just chillin' and we are all smiling a lot! Glad we are all having fun. To each her own
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