Cozumel, Mexico

At the Entrance Gate

Outside One of the Many Bars

            On Monday, 28 Mar 2016, we slept very late, but still managed to make it to breakfast before the 11:30 AM closing time.  (When we cruise, our challenge is always to fit in three meals!)  At 12:25 PM we went ashore and walked around for a little while, took a few photos, and returned to the ship at 1:05 PM.  Although we looked for a post office to mail postcards, we found out that it was located downtown, which was not within walking distance.  Since there were five ships docked at this port – one Princess, two Carnival, one Holland America, and one Celebrity – we had to be careful to re-board the right ship!  Then we swam for 1-1/2 hours and then ate our late lunch.  While we were finishing lunch, the ship started out to sea; then we could see two more ships docked at another Cozumel port!

            Since this was a formal dinner night, we dressed for dinner and met Grace and Merrill at 5:00 PM.  We started dinner early tonight in order to make it to the Captain’s Circle Party at 7:30 PM.  At dinner, we were joined a couple from New South Wales, Australia, Shirley and Stephen.  Stephen is a retired police officer and was very, very talkative.  They have traveled extensively, including 21 Princess cruises.   They also joined us at the Captain’s Circle Party, where we danced a few songs before the awards program began.  Grace had another acupuncture appointment and was unable to attend the party with the rest of us.   After the party, we talked for a little while longer and then retired to our cabin for the night.