The first day and a half of our vacation, as well as the last day, were spent on the cruise ship. I’ll recap those in a later post. For this post, I’m going to recap our adventures in Cozumel!
In Cozumel, we explored the port, and then took a walk outside of the cruise port to see life in Cozumel. We walked quite a ways in both directions just taking in daily life. When it was time for our excursion to leave, we went back to the port to meet our tour guides. They were going to take us to the same park that Dave and I went to on our honeymoon…Chankanaab National Park. The first time we went, 9 years ago, we went snorkeling. Obviously, snorkeling is out of the question with a toddler in tow. Instead, we went swimming with the dolphins! It was a wonderful experience (even though Monkey was freaked out the entire time. She would not let the dolphin very close to her, and for sure would not let the dolphin kiss her. LOL!)
Dave being pushed by the dolphin
Me, riding on the belly of a dolphin
Jedi dancing with the dolphin
This was about as close as Monkey wanted to get
Bug got kissed right in the face. She returned the favor by poking him on the nose.
Bug petting the dolphin
Monkey was freaked out. She did NOT want to touch it.
Gorgeous blue water in Mexico
The part of Cozumel we were in was called Puerta Maya
Beautiful buildings at Chankanaab
Towards the back of the park is an area of replicas of Mayan ruins
The park had tons of these guys running around the sidewalks as well
Jedi vs. an Iguana
Two of the kids and I in front of a waterfall
This was a funny replica...the kids all thought he was dancing
An alter set up
Dave and the kids and a replica
My babies in the sea.
Paradise!
A hermit crab the kids found
Playing in the lagoon
Barefoot in Suburbia 