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Christie
A Day at the Beach

Since we only had a day to consider what excursion to do in Costa Maya, we opted to wing it, upon the advice of the bar staff. Since our port of call days were pushed up by a day, the Captain anticipated arriving in Costa Maya at 2pm, and leaving at 7pm, which was slightly disappointing. Much to our surprise, however, we docked around 11am and were off the ship no long thereafter! Costa Maya is absolutely breathtaking. We were told by Todd that Costa Maya today is what Cozumel was about 15 years ago. While the port itself is very “tourist-y”, the rest of the city is very rustic. At the port, there are the typical souvenir shops with somewhat pushy salesmen, and amphitheater with typical cultural entertainment, and fantastic swimup bar, and two restaurants with traditional Mexican food. There is also a “beach” with lounge chairs, however the coast is too rocky for swimming. So we took a cab ($5 round trip per person) to a small beach called Mahahual. After getting off the highway (a 10 minute trip) we took dirt roads to this sleepy little fishing village. Here there are some small bars, restaurants and shops. We picked lounge chairs on the beach ($3 for the day), and relaxed. The water was warm but refreshing and crystal clear, and the sun was shining, even with the hurricane coming! After a few hours and a few beers, we were ready to head back to the ship. Finding a cab back was easy as can be. I’m glad we were able to visit Costa Maya before it becomes too “tourist-y” – there was a good deal of development occurring near Mahahual.

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