We literally woke up in Costa Maya, Mexico. This is the view from our balcony. Gorgeous!
After a quick breakfast, we headed off to the Mayan ruins with Klint and Corinne. It was kind of crazy because as we drove around Costa Maya, we couldn’t imagine how the ruins could possibly be very big because we couldn’t see them from any roads. Then, all of the sudden, through the trees we saw this…
We drove a little while longer, and after a little walk, we came upon this…
We walked around the back side of this to see a section they’d cut away from the ruins.
After another little walk, we came across some smaller ruins that were where the Mayan people would build their houses. A little side note is that they’d build their houses on top of their dead ancestors. I promised Eric I wouldn’t build a house on top of him after he died. :)
Next, we took another short walk with some amazing scenery.
Then, we climbed the “stairway to heaven”. There were 33 steps to a lunar and solar temple.
The solar temple…
The lunar temple…
They were both amazing. But, the most amazing thing was the view from these temples back to the 1st temple…
A couple more cool shots…
After the ruins, we went back to the city and did a little shopping. Klint bought a Nacho Libre mask, and we bought a cool wood carved jaguar for Chandler and some bracelets for the girls. Then, we ate some authentic Mexican food, which wasn’t nearly as good as El Rico’s here at home. Then, we headed back to the ship for my favorite part of the day…my nap! :)
That night, we had a casual dinner… Italian night. As always, the food was awesome. But, the best part of the night was that the whole wait staff did a parade through the dining room, and then sang a song for us. This is them lined up on the staircase…
Our waiter, Avni, walked through like a little boy looking for his parents. Every time he’d walk past us, he’d wave his napkin like this…
And we’d respond like this which made him smile and wave even more…
After the dinner, we went to a great comic show. Jeff Brunner was the comedian, and we were so pleased that not only was he REALLY funny, he was also very clean. His jokes weren’t off color, and his language wasn’t bad. Eric and I saw him at the customer relations desk that night, and he said he was actually headed for AZ the next day. What a coincidence.
It was another great day followed by another great night!
4 comments:
Those pictures are awesome!!! Living vicariously... And you look fabulous, by the way.
Looks like sooo much fun! What an amazing thing to do! Miss you!
I can't believe you remember what nights we did what. It's all such a blur. I probably should have stolen the day of the week things out of the elevators. Why do I think it's Friday every day!!!!
So, this is the day that I'm really jealous of. The float through the cave, not so much. But the ruins, I love!!
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