We woke up around 6:00 which included a 1 hour time change forward. Nikki got coffee and had some quiet time reading her book. I got ready and when I came out into the room Nikki was enjoying the sunrise from the balcony as we approached Isle of Cozumel. We then went and got breakfast and headed back to the room to pack our day bags for another long day. We got lots of messages about the violence on the west side of Mexico, but there was none reported on the Gulf side of Mexico. But, there was none reported on the Gulf side of Mexico. We felt safe since our excursion was out in the water. We met as a large group for excursions in the main dining room and then walked off the ship and had our bags checked for fruit and food before heading to the water taxi. We took the 35 minute water taxi to Playa Del Carmen and split up again into even smaller groups for our specific excursion. Santi was our tour guide and was wonderfully informative on the entire trip and was able to answer all the questions every guest had. We stopped and swam at Akumal beach which means place of sea turtles in Mayan. We saw several colorful fish and two sea turtles. It was amazing to watch them eat and the cone up for air. After we rinsed off the salt water we got back in the cramped van and drove to the Suelo Cenote and were blessed by Mayans in their native language with water and incense. We then swam in the Cenote which is basically a water filled cave. We were not allowed to take our cameras in though which was disappointing. Also the water was very cold, but after a few minutes of hugging each other we warmed up. There were bats on the cave and guppy’s in the water. After we got out we drove to where lunch was served on the beach. I had the beef burrito and Nikki had something with chilled shrimp and fruits. We then took the van for the last time back to Playa Del Carmen and then a water taxi back to Cozumel and directly boarded the ship. Nikki took the day bags back to the room and I got strawberry daiquiris to enjoy in the room. We both took showers and then went out to eat at the main dinning room. After we ate we were totally exhausted and went to bed.
