Our last port was Cozumel, and the weather was uncooperative. The harbormaster closed the harbor to ships smaller than 50 feet, so our excursion, which involved a boat ride to a beach, was canceled. All the beach and water excursions were canceled because of the weather, actually. This day was supposed to be our big beach and water day, and my big "worry about getting a sunburn" day. So, the good part was that I didn't end up getting sunburned on the trip! The bad part was missing out on a whole day of beachy fun. It made us sad.
Because our excursion was canceled, we decided to just take a cab into the shopping area and hang out, look around, eat some tasty food, and have some drinks. We got into the cab and started talking about going to the museum over by the shopping area, and the cab driver told us that we should head over to the ruins at San Gervaisio. We conferred in the backseat, discussed how much cash we had brought with us off the boat, and decided sure, let's take a ride out to the ruins, an exceptional historical site (notice the sign!).
They had raccoons that they fed tortillas at the admissions area. Banditos!
The ruins here in Cozumel were different from Altun Ha in Belize. There weren't the massive pyramids here--the structures were much smaller. You could still see the roads, too. There was an archway through which we joked you could see the end of the world coming in 2012.
As we were getting ready to leave the archaeological park, we stopped and listened to one of the guided tours that happened to be in English. The guide was describing the site and talking about the goddess to whom it was dedicated and when people would visit. It was dedicated to the goddess of the moom, and Mayans would send their young women there to worship the goddess of the moon to ensure fertility. That's right, folks, we visited the shrine to the Mayan fertility goddess on our honeymoon. And no, we didn't leave any sacrifices. Our cab driver asked us if we did and we assured him that we did not--we'll wait a while and go back :-)
After we returned to town, we looked around, bought a couple of things in the shops, walked on the beach, and then assessed our monetary situation again. We realized that we had exactly enough to get some ceviche and one cerveza a piece at this little restaurant off the main street and take a cab back to the port. And let me tell you, that ceviche was amazing!
His "The Most Interesting Man in the World" pose.
It tasted even more delicious than it looks.
After we ate, we took a cab back to the port and got on the boat one last time. From our balcony, you could see how blue the water was despite the cloudy sky.
All that's left is a day at sea and then time to come home!
2 comments:
I have loved reading about your trip! The pictures are great! Also- foreign language translations, especially at historical sites, are the best!
I'm thinking "Team Bass" should be the name of the book you create that shows all the historical sites you and Bird have been too. That "TEAM BASS" written in the sand might make a good cover :)
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