I FINALLY went ashore in Costa Maya, Mexico. What a cute little beach town. Basically, the entire stretch of "down town" (and I use that term VERY loosely) is along the beach. Natalie, one of my buddies from the cruise staff took me to a place she knows for $2.00 tacos. Not a traditional breakfast, but yummy nonetheless. We were joined by Debbie and J. (Jesus), two interpreters for the deaf, who are on board this week. After breakfast, Natalie took us to a place where we had strawberry daiquiris, made with fresh fruit. After that, we went to another place, again, right on the beach, called Tropicante. Natalie knows the owner and Jorge, who appears to be a manager. He climbs the coconut palm trees to get coconuts . . . and then made us a delicious coconut drink, served right in the empty coconut. I had to excuse myself "early," as I had to return to the ship for the behind-the-scenes tour (of which I host the backstage portion). I would have MUCH rather stayed and enjoyed the beach, drinks, and company. Ah well. Oh, and despite being in the shade for most of the day, somehow my forearms and back of my neck are sunburned! OY!
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| With J, the interpreter |
