2012 Caribbena Cruise Day 3 Cozumel Mexico

We woke up to another beautiful day--sunny and warm. The high was projected to be in the 80's. After another leisure breakfast, we departed the ship and headed to the area where we were to catch our excursion. As usual, the check point was in the middle of the shopping area at the port. We took a stroll through the shops, but didn't buy anything since we were going to catch a semi-sub for a tour of the reef. It really wasn't a sub. It was a glass bottom boat that you entered and sat 4 to 5 feet below the water level.

There was some debris on the ocean floor from the last hurricane that had come through. There were a few fish in the area, but not many. When we got to the reef, we expected to see all the bright colors of the fish and coral formation, however, we mostly saw shades of grey. The tour guide said that the reef was actually brightly colored, but because of the depth of the formations, they did not show the color. This was true of the fish also. When we first saw them, they were mostly shades of gray, however, when they got close to the window of the boat you could see the different colors.

After the tour we went back to the shopping area around the docks. We then decided to walk outside the dock area to see what was there. We started walking to the center of Cozumel which was 3 miles away. Along the way, we stopped by the Dolphinaris, an area where you could swim with the dolphins. We watched the dolphins for awhile and continued our walk into Cozumel.

We arrived at a town square that was well designed and very clean. There were many stores to shop at, but, we did not go into many. You could not walk by a store without the clerks approaching you and trying to get you to come in and buy something. Linda did shop for some t-shirts, but that was all.

We eventually made our way back to the ship and to our cabin to rest for awhile. We spent what little time we had before casting off just walking the deck. The weather had been perfect and continued to be. This was our first trip to Cozumel and found it to be a very pretty town.

The evening entertainment at the Coral Theater was Bobby Arvon, singer/impressionist/pianist. His claim to stardom-he sang the opening song for "Happy Days". He was very entertaining. After the show, more strolling the deck, checking out the photo gallery and sitting awhile at one of the bars listening to the music.