Costa Maya, Mexico

Costa Maya

            On Easter Sunday, 27 Mar 2016, we slept rather late.  After breakfast, we went ashore and walked around for an hour.  We had hoped to find a church as has happened on some previous cruises.  Since it was a very long walk along the pier from the ship to the entrance of Costa Maya, we took advantage of the free shuttle.  There were lots of shops, bars, and restaurants around the port, as well as a large swimming pool and dolphin and walrus exhibits; however, we were unable to find a church to attend Easter Sunday Mass.  (We found out that this port was basically a tourist stop; the town itself was perhaps 20 miles away.)  After returning to the ship, we went for an hour swim in one of the ship’s pools; then we ate a very lunch.

In the evening, we met Merrill at the dining room, where we sat at a table for eight.  The others joining us were Karen and Evan from British Columbia, and Michelle and Dustin from Dallas.  Karen and Evan have been together for 11 years, but have only been married for a couple of months.  Evan recently retired and they are new to cruising.  Michelle and Dustin, a young couple, have been married for about five years.  Although Dustin works at a casino in Dallas, he has still been enjoying the ship’s casino.  Grace had a 6:00 PM appointment with an acupuncturist for back pain which has been troubling her and intended to join us later at our table.  However, she could never find our table.  After dinner, we found Grace sitting in the Piazza; we danced until after 10:00 PM to The Great Escape in the Wheelhouse Bar before retiring for the night.