Caribbean Cruise: Costa Maya

Our projected time to dock today was 7:00 AM and we arrived on time. We had a continental breakfast before departing the ship. Since we were docked and did not have to tender in, we had to walk to the shopping center to catch our tour bus for the excursion to the Mayan ruins. I had not planned on touring two Mayan ruins on this trip, but, we had to take a tour in Belize as a replacement for the one that was cancelled.

The trip to the Mayan ruins was a good ride. Great weather, no traffic and good company. Our tour guide was the best guide that I have seen. He brought along some artifacts and passed them around for us to watch. He also made up a lot of pictures and charts to show us. You would have thought he was a professor of Mayan history, not a tour guide, by the way he presented the information. He maintained control of the group and we got to see and hear a lot more than we would have. On the way back, they had cold beer for us to drink. Being good hosts, they offered us another beer and being a gracious visitor, I accepted.

We arrived back at the port and we had to go to the jewelry shop to pick up Linda's purchases, then back to the ship.

This was the night of our second formal dinner and we had to put on our dress clothes. Pictures were also taking during dinner by a professional photographer. This picture was better than the others that were taken so we bought one.

After dinner, we went to the Showroom at Sea for their show called an encore presentation. The show was good, but, we left early to get to the piano bar to find a set. Wt Greer was doing the Best of Broadway and there was a large crowd waiting for his performance. After the performance, we went back to our room to rest. Saturday would be a day at sea and we looked forward to another relaxing day at sea sitting on the deck and reading our books.