On Wednesday we slept in. We ate breakfast and then went to play miniature golf. We arrived at Cozumel about 1:00 PM. Decided to eat lunch and then go off the ship. We didn't have any plans for Cozumel so we asked about snorkeling, etc after we got off the ship. We decided to start walking and see what we could find. We got about 3 blocks and a taxi driver stopped us and tried to get us to go with him and he said he would take us to a swimming beach, snorkeling and then to downtown for shopping. We decided to go with him. We all piled into his van, which was only supposed to hold 8 we had 15. We drove for quite awhile and were on the other side of the island when our worst nightmare started coming true. His van broke down. We didn't know what we were going to do. He kept telling us to wait by the van and he would go get help. He came back with a truck that he wanted us to get into the back of, none of us were about to do that. We were right by the beach and so decided to walk down by the water. He told us it as dangerous to swim there and so the kids just played in the sand. After about 1/2 hour he did not show back up so we decided to walk to a building which was close by which turned out to be a hotel. We asked there is anybody knew our taxi driver and none of them did. We had just been there for about 10 minutes and Miguel showed up with a new van. He then took us to a beach where the kids could snorkel and found a lot of conch shells. After we were done there he took us downtown and Chelsey, Brittney, Jamie, & Hannah got their hair braided. We were also able to get some souvenirs. Miguel then took us to his house and went inside and brought us out about 6 really nice shells that we could keep. He then took us back to our cruise ship. We made it back just in time to change our clothes and go to dinner. This was our last port and tomorrow we will be on the ship all day.
Chelsey & Brittney in front of the big slide on the ship
We are almost to Cozumel
Diane, Chelsey & Brittney in front of cruise ship
All 15 of us crammed into one van
The broken down van
Trying to hitch a ride (Not really)
Miguel our taxi driver
On Wednesday we slept in. We ate breakfast and then went to play miniature golf. We arrived at Cozumel about 1:00 PM. Decided to eat lunch and then go off the ship. We didn't have any plans for Cozumel so we asked about snorkeling, etc after we got off the ship. We decided to start walking and see what we could find. We got about 3 blocks and a taxi driver stopped us and tried to get us to go with him and he said he would take us to a swimming beach, snorkeling and then to downtown for shopping. We decided to go with him. We all piled into his van, which was only supposed to hold 8 we had 15. We drove for quite awhile and were on the other side of the island when our worst nightmare started coming true. His van broke down. We didn't know what we were going to do. He kept telling us to wait by the van and he would go get help. He came back with a truck that he wanted us to get into the back of, none of us were about to do that. We were right by the beach and so decided to walk down by the water. He told us it as dangerous to swim there and so the kids just played in the sand. After about 1/2 hour he did not show back up so we decided to walk to a building which was close by which turned out to be a hotel. We asked there is anybody knew our taxi driver and none of them did. We had just been there for about 10 minutes and Miguel showed up with a new van. He then took us to a beach where the kids could snorkel and found a lot of conch shells. After we were done there he took us downtown and Chelsey, Brittney, Jamie, & Hannah got their hair braided. We were also able to get some souvenirs. Miguel then took us to his house and went inside and brought us out about 6 really nice shells that we could keep. He then took us back to our cruise ship. We made it back just in time to change our clothes and go to dinner. This was our last port and tomorrow we will be on the ship all day.
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