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Day 280 (86) – Cozumel

Yesterday was our one day in port for the trip, and it was quite the fun adventure.  As I mentioned before, this is the same cruise that Tim and I went on last year, so we decided we didn’t want to spend the entire day shopping in Cozumel, but would rather see more the island.

Quick side note: we did see some of the same things as last year, such as the spot where Matt threw up from too much drinking.  As you’ll notice below, it got cleaned up at some point in the past year.

We accomplished having a different experience by going on a Jeep/Snorkel excursion.  It involved waking up early, which is one of the hardest things to do on this trip considering your rooms are pitch black and you have no concept of time (Is it 6am or 6pm?).  We then hopped in some jeeps and drove around the island.

On the trip we got a chance to see the more natual view of Cozumel – forests, rocky beaches, smaller villages, random shops – as opposed to the purely touristy area off the dock.  We also saw a Mayan temple (though it had nothing on the ones in Chichen Itza), and some fish and a sting ray while snorkeling.

Once we finished with the excursion we walked around for a bit near the dock.  We wandered into a popular tourist bar, Carlos N Charlies, and crikey was it jumping.  They were playing US-type club music, drinks were flowing, girls were dancing and people were partying like it was 1999 (all of this around 3pm in the afternoon).  Once it started to rain we decided it was time to get back on the boat.

Luckily the fun day was followed up with a hilarious night.  After the pretty good (not the best, but no real complaints) dinner, all of the youngins in our party (i.e. everyone but my mom and her friends) played a rousing game of Kings.  It’s been a long time since I’ve had that much fun with a deck of cards, and there were certainly some great moments (“Delightful” and “Duck Duck Goose” seem to stick out in my mind).

After about 2 or 3 hours of Kings we hit up the disco.  This was by far my latest night on the boat, considering we didn’t start dancing until 2:30am.  I learned a new line dance (thanks Megan), and also witnessed quite the sultry dance show put on by two MILFs.

Once 4am rolled around I was about done (of course Dave would say “Pies and Cakes are done, people are finished.” But to say I was finished makes it almost seem like I was murdered, which wouldn’t make sense, because then how would I be writing this?  Dave’s so silly.)