What's that loud ticking???

  Cozumel, Mexico
Thursday, March 29, 2007

After dinner last night, we all pretty much collapsed and went right to sleep.  There seems to be some sort of sickness going through the group - thus far I haven't gotten sick, knock on wood!! It seems to be a 24 hour thing, and most people end up with a fever and the sniffles.  (Ross, I sure hope it wasn't your cold that I somehow gave everyone!)


Anyway, this morning we woke up rather late - I woke up a bit earlier at 7:30, but forced myself to go back to sleep - after all, there is only so much one can do during the day, so as much time as possible should be taken up sleeping. hehe.  Yes, there are actually quite a few hours in the day on this cruise that are a little "extra".

Jenn, Kate and I went into town - Cozumel is the quintesential Mexican tourist town, not unlike La Paz.  Pretty nice and built up and pretty clean, and just crawling with tourists! Of course I can't really complain, since I'm one! We went shopping again, and got some more good deals on silver...Kate and I got a necklace for 20$ and Jenn got one for 16$..which was originally quoted at 25$! So I think we did pretty well.  I also bought a really cool Aztec calendar. The most popular version is in fish bone, but that just kinda creeped me out - I totally don't want fish bone hanging on my wall!  It's really cool because it has a pretty in-depth explanation of the calendar on the back, which is something that was missing from every other one that I saw.

While we were looking for a place to drink, we came across the zocalo - and hundreds of children dressed in the most increadible costumes! There were lions and turtles and bears and just the most adorable costumes ever! They were really well done, so I took a couple of pictures of their cute costumes. 

Then it was beer time! We had cocktails and beer on a patio and just soaked up the sun - so much so that my feet have a nice sandal burn / tan.

Back on the boat, it was snack and hottub time.  My skin needs a bit of a break, so I decided to do some writing instead of hanging out by the pool today.  My face is pretty red - much more burnt than it got on my entire Mexico / Central America journey! I guess I'm not being as dilligent with the sunscreen. :(