So we wake up and we are all of a sudden in a different country. This cruise thing is pretty cool. :) Today is Costa Maya, Mexico. I started the morning out in the weight room again. Then we ate breakfast in the buffet restaurant, Raffles. The activity on the ship this morning was a lot more hectic than yesterday. I guess everyone is up and about to get off the ship and do their exursions - or whatever else there is to do in Costa Maya.
Costa Maya - what can I say about it. No one has ever heard of it probably. That's because it looks to be a town that the cruise industry fabricated just so they can have another stop. The port was nice and clean and the buildings seemed new. There were a bunch of shops that were willing to 'deal' with you - yeah right. There was one little thing we wanted and they would never give it to us for the price we wanted - and we could have found it in Wal-Mart for even less. I can't complain, though, because the one souvenir I wanted, I got here today - a Nacho Libre luchador mask - yeah baby!!!
There was one good thing at the port, and it was one of the highlights of the whole trip for us. There was this dude painting these really cool paintings with nothing but spray paint. His pictures were cool
- i don't really see how you could safely transport them, but that is beside the point. He had this sign above his little booth, and when you read it like Nacho Libre - it is stinkin' hilarious:
Kelly and I can't stop laughing everytime we read this - lol.
Our excursion in Costa Maya was to visit the Mayan ruins of Chacchoben. It was rainy on us, so that kinda put a damper on this excursion, but these ruins were pretty cool to see. The most impressive thing to us about these ruins is how everything was built up. This whole area of Mexico at Costa Maya was basically marsh lands - it was kinda like a Mexican version of Louisianna, but all of a sudden 60 kilometers inland there are hills???? We think we heard the tour guide say that the Mayan people built the hills and then also put these temples and their village on top. There were some pretty impressive sights from the top parts that we had access to. Also, I got to summon my eagle powers for my match against Satan's Cavemen later on that night (major Nacho Libre reference).
There were some more shops at the ruins as well. Again - no one wanted to deal with us. Poor Mexican families my rear. They were selling mini cans of Off for $10.00!!!! Overall, the excursion was cool. How often do you get to see Mayan ruins? They were awesome :)
We got back on the boat on time - this is something we were very mindful of. There is no way we want to be left behind. We had another great dinner, and then we watched a Cirque de Solei type show. It was 2 aerealists and the girl was very bendy. This was was awesome and we were amazed at some of the things that this pair was doing. Absolutely stunning.
Overall, we weren't too impressed with this port because it felt so fabricated. Tomorrow is Roatan. I hope this port is better.
Here's some more random pics of the day:
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