Last night definitely took a toll on us as we slept through our 6:15am alarm; and we woke up with a start at 7:15am. We needed to be in the Royal Theatre for our all day planned excursion to visit a Mayan temple. We grabbed a snack to eat from the Promenade and waited for our departure call. When it came, we made our way off the ship, walked a few hundred feet, got screened by drug and food sniffing dogs, and boarded a high speed cataram which would whisk us to the mainland. Moored in the harbor with us at the International pier were 3 Carnival ships including the Fantasy which we sailed our first cruise on some 15 years ago.
It was a comfortable 45 minute trip where we met our guide who led us to the bus which was about 3 blocks away. Along the way we saw the world's second largest rodent. It was adorable! The bus ride to the Mayan Tulum ruins was an hour's ride away. At the ruins Angela and I got separated from the group and it took about 20 minutes to find them. Once inside the walled complex, the ruins of the palace and temple were reasonably well preserved and interestingly the complex only was walled on 3 sides as the 4th side was a cliff rising up from the sea. We also spotted an iguana on the grounds.
It was a hustle to get back to the bus as the parking area is close to a mile walk from the entrance to the archeological site. Back in the bus we learned the wife of the couple seated behind us had been bitten by a mother iguana after the lady got too close to the iguana's baby. The lady was facing a trip to the hospital for an injection to combat the highly infectious bite. The tour operator arranged for a taxi to take them to the hospital when we reached our beach club destination.
At the beach club we were served a a nice lunch including wonderful ceviche and nice tacos. Afterwards we had some swimming time at the clothing optional beach. Angela went snorkeling and saw some small fish. It was then a short drive back to the pier where we boarded our 45 minute jet boat back to Cozumel island.
After departing the jet boat, we walked around the port area and did a bit of shopping until we re-boarded the Harmony at 6pm. Since we had a free dinner at Johnny Rockets, we ate there and enjoyed a delightful conversation with our Indonesian server. He was thrilled that we had visited Bali and was me were planning to return.
Our evening entertainment was a second watch of Columbus followed by the best rendition of the Marriage game show we ever seen. It was then well after midnight before we made it back to the stateroom. Along the walk back, a song from Les Mis came to mind: One More Day!
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