Grabbed towels from the pool deck to bring off and back onto the ship for excursions

I like getting them before the meeting time to pack them in a bag rather than carry them out

Cove Café for Vietnamese coffee and Quiet Cove area very nice and quiet

Because of the tender port all port adventures start later in the day

10:15 Worlds of Marvel for port adventure Nic was outstanding tour guide

Lots of notes from the excursion

Minister NDM YouTube

11 off tender boat

A 10-minute walk to the bus which was a nice bus (huge difference to previous port adventure in Cozumel)

The island is full of beautiful houses

All beaches are public beaches

800 banks on the island lots of money laundering

84,000 population and 84,000 chickens roaming island

Hurricane Ivan (9/11/04) destroyed the two major chicken farms which allowed all them to escape and now the government pays for each wild child you kill or fines you $500,000 if you are caught feeding them in public

Lots of commercial fast food but no McDonalds because there is a small family restaurant with the similar name and McDonalds wanted them to change, they said no and McDonalds has never been invited back

If caught speeding $20 per mph over, $50 per mph over in school zone

The first name of island is turtle island

Tax free economy, work visa pays for paved roads

Only pay house taxes once when purchase the house 12%

Therefore lots of abandoned homes especially after bad hurricanes

$6 per hour minimum wage

Rent is very high

Turtle stew/soup is now only offered one day per week because they are endangered

Mosquitos are very bad on the island

1503 Christopher Columbus found the island

First called Turtle Island

Lunch included either a chicken or fish dish with rice, beans, pasta salad and drinks either iced tea or lemonade

The food was outstanding with fish being so fresh and fried perfectly

I was I could have seconds

Eastern Star Fish Fry

Therefore about 45 minutes

Rain was very bad early on in the port adventure

Next stop blow hole for about 15 minutes

Graves are located on the beachfront because rocky soil only 3 feet down

Next stop Wreck of 10 sails

A 15-minute walking tour and saw some of the wrecks still in the ocean

Next stop Star Fish Beach for 45 minutes

Lots of starfish in the water

Can pick them up but not take them out of the water

Bathroom and shower very helpful at the spot

Next stop Tim Hortons

Back to the ship around 5:15 pm

Great tour, great day and Nic was an excellent tour guide, would recommend this excursion