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Day 14
Wednesday, October 31, 2018
Cozumel, Mexico
We were up at our usual time and looked to see where we had been overnight.
It was yet another B-E-A-U-tiful day! By 8:20 AM, we were docked in Cozumel.
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DH and I booked the “Mayan Chocolate Experience and Island Tour” excursion through DCL. We were to meet at the Crown & Fin at 9:45 AM. Our neighbors booked a private island tour.
We went to breakfast at Cabanas a little after 8:30 AM and were greeted by this.
Oh, Happy Halloween, by the way!
After breakfast we waited until 9:30 AM to go to the Crown & Fin. Dustin gave us our number 3 sticker for our tour. Shortly after, we were led down to Deck 1 forward to get off the ship. We then met our tour guide and walked down the pier, up the escalator, up and around the entire shopping center, and then down another escalator to where our bus was waiting.
We saw performers and crew members getting off the ship to do some grocery shopping and find some WiFi.
I have to say, it was the tightest tour bus I have ever been on. There was hardly any room for our legs.
Our guide today would be Dante and our driver was Rodrigo. Of course, he was the best driver in Cozumel. Dante was a good guide, except after every sentence he would finish with “OK” or “Right”. It got to be very annoying shortly into the tour.
Our first stop was the Mayan Cacao Company.
We were greeted by a Mayan performer to greet us with an authentic Mayan welcome. He was both living and dead with skeleton drawings on one side of this body and markings of a jaguar on the other.
Once his welcome was complete, we were “encouraged” to get our picture taken and then to purchase and picture and frame to support the Mayan culture on the island.
Dante started by explaining how they counted in the Mayan language.
We then went through a gallery that showed how the cocoa beans were harvested and made into chocolate. We had no idea that cocoa beans actually grow in a huge pod. We also saw the Goddess of the Cocoa bean.
We were then led through a hut that showed the “Dia de la Muertas” offering. Since watching “Coco”, we understand the holiday a lot better than we did and, of course, the holiday is the next day.
To be continued. . .
Wednesday, October 31, 2018
Cozumel, Mexico
We were up at our usual time and looked to see where we had been overnight.
It was yet another B-E-A-U-tiful day! By 8:20 AM, we were docked in Cozumel.
DSC_5158
DH and I booked the “Mayan Chocolate Experience and Island Tour” excursion through DCL. We were to meet at the Crown & Fin at 9:45 AM. Our neighbors booked a private island tour.
We went to breakfast at Cabanas a little after 8:30 AM and were greeted by this.
Oh, Happy Halloween, by the way!
After breakfast we waited until 9:30 AM to go to the Crown & Fin. Dustin gave us our number 3 sticker for our tour. Shortly after, we were led down to Deck 1 forward to get off the ship. We then met our tour guide and walked down the pier, up the escalator, up and around the entire shopping center, and then down another escalator to where our bus was waiting.
We saw performers and crew members getting off the ship to do some grocery shopping and find some WiFi.
I have to say, it was the tightest tour bus I have ever been on. There was hardly any room for our legs.
Our guide today would be Dante and our driver was Rodrigo. Of course, he was the best driver in Cozumel. Dante was a good guide, except after every sentence he would finish with “OK” or “Right”. It got to be very annoying shortly into the tour.
Our first stop was the Mayan Cacao Company.
We were greeted by a Mayan performer to greet us with an authentic Mayan welcome. He was both living and dead with skeleton drawings on one side of this body and markings of a jaguar on the other.
Once his welcome was complete, we were “encouraged” to get our picture taken and then to purchase and picture and frame to support the Mayan culture on the island.
Dante started by explaining how they counted in the Mayan language.
We then went through a gallery that showed how the cocoa beans were harvested and made into chocolate. We had no idea that cocoa beans actually grow in a huge pod. We also saw the Goddess of the Cocoa bean.
We were then led through a hut that showed the “Dia de la Muertas” offering. Since watching “Coco”, we understand the holiday a lot better than we did and, of course, the holiday is the next day.
To be continued. . .