Scott Shelton

We awoke to cloudy skies with rain showers on the horizon. But we were optimistic that the day would still be a good one and it was! There was a delay getting ashore as we had to take a tender boat due to another ship docked in our spot at the pier in Calica. We finally got ashore at 11am, bought a ticket for transportation and admission to the Xcaret Park ($44pp). This was a beautiful ecological park with a lot of nature, with both aquatic and land creatures. After entering the gates, we walked through the rain forest and then visited the orchid and mushroom farm. In route to the beach area, we saw Mayan ruins, swim with the dolphins area, a turtle sanctuary, and aquarium. When we reached the beach area, the water was a beautiful blue color and the water was 79 degrees. Tyler and I went snorkeling and saw a lot of beautiful fish amongst the reefs. Also retrieved a huge conk shell with the live conk still in it! Snorkeling over near the boat docks, we saw huge numbers of silver colored fish of different sizes swarming all around us. God’s creatures really brought a blessing to us throughout this whole trip. We all finally settled down on the nice sandy beach area and had some lunch. The sun came out, so we sat in the sun and floated on the air cushions provided by the park.

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