April 26, 2006 COZUMEL

April 26, 2006 Cozumel


From our ship.








The very next day on our Disney Cruise we ventured into Cozumel. Dave and I picked another excursion for this day, one that we thought incorporated a good day of hiking, which turned out to be a day of walking from a bus to ruins, walking through ruins, back to bus, then to the beach. One good thing about the excursion Dad & Peggy decided to do the same one so we had company along the way. We split at the end after the beach to see if we couldn't get some bargain shopping in. Uh. I stink at bargaining... :)

Cozumel was devastated by Hurricane Emily the year before. The Cozumel docking ports were still in the middle of reconstruction so we had to, once again, tender over to land. You could see the devastation which occurred throughout Cozumel. We were told by our guide within a short period of time (I think he said 23 days or perhaps it was 36 days) the majority of main tourist spots were rebuilt.



This pier/dock was the place most cruise ships docked along the coast, however almost all were wiped away by the Hurricane and were under construction. This pier/dock actually went out farther than it looks here. The white & orange boat you see is our "tender" ship to take ups back and forth from the ship to Cozumel.





A closer view from our ship






This is our tour guide for the day. He was a little hard to understand because of his thick accent. He was funny, a couple of times during his speech of all that was Cozumel and the ruins he covered his eyes like he was trying to remember the book in which he, most likely memorized what to say.





At the ruins.









Dad & Peggy at the Ruins.


Not much of a hike.







Dad looking Touristy. :)






More of the Ruins of Cozumel













Then the beach - but I only took minimal photos because I was afraid of getting too much sand in the camera. I never was on the beach with it so I was a little scared. I thought this would be a cute one. (yes they are my feet)






Off to go shopping before having to board.




The Market Place where I only got $15. off of an outfit I may have been able to get $30 off of. Oh well - my first lesson in bargaining in Cozumel. :)




It was a fun day.

That night was "Pirate night" which I will get to in a little while.

The Disney Magic was basically embracing the Pirates of the Caribbean by using the Ship as an excuse to have the Pirate night which was a lot much fun. Dave and I skipped dinner at the regular 6pm time and went upstairs to where they usually have the buffet to get a nice quiet dinner. We were all given a pirate bandanna to use later in the evening. So everyone on the ship would be dressed up like pirates and have a show. They then showed on the giant "big screen" at the family pool after the big party highlights, the Pirates of the Caribbean. Oh and the people on board were the first ones to get to preview to the second Pirates of the Caribbean movie, which was pretty cool.

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