A little further north, we stopped at Costa Maya, Mexico. A town literally made for tourists. But, it’s also close enough to some Mayan ruins that it was a fun stop.
Although I love history, I admit I don’t know as much about the Mayan culture as I do about some others. However, as I understand it, no one really knows that much. Enough of that, on with the pictures!
Upon arrival, we navigated our way our of the modern, ultra-touristy mall complex, through the standard maze of aggressive taxi drivers and quasi-tour operators to find the tour we booked. Fortunately, this was a much better company than our experience in Belize. We hopped on a bus to Chacchoben ruins about an hour away. Here are the images from the city that was built sometime around the 8th century in the current era.
These ruins were only excavated in the last 20 years and open to the public since 2002. So, it’s kinda nice to be a little less well known.
Anna was a trooper to trudge around all day, again.
Ravishing, don’t you think?
An insect’s eye view.
A not-so-little friend we found walking back to the ship. He was just hanging out.
One of the most interesting experiences that day was stopping to buy some pineapple. It was slice of super fresh fruit in a plastic bag, AND had cayenne spice. Absolutely delicious! Yumm.
Anyway, that covers our brief time in Mexico. We were supposed to stop in the Bahamas, but high winds and waves kept the tenders from safely operating and consequently, we just hung out on the boat for another day. That was just fine with us.
After we finally disembarked, we spent another couple days checking out the sights in Miami. Unfortunately, our good friend Tom had already moved to Europe, but he offered some good tips.
Until the next post…
–Jim