Great idea horrible execution

After two busy days excursioning we decided that we would take things a bit easier on our last day in port in Cozumel. That turned out to be a great idea but was matched by an equally bad outcome for the day as a whole.

As the city is much more touristy than the previous two ports there is much much more to easily do and see, and everything was much more commercialized as well. After the first successful snorkel day in Honduras we wanted to give it another go and asked around with the local tour guides of a good spot. While it seemed that half the ship was headed to paradise cove or princess beach or some super commercial spot we just went a couple miles down the road to Uvas beach. It wasn't much but was perfect for what we wanted to do.

Nice little beach and good water to snorkel in as soon as you got off the beach. We laid around for a bit and then headed out. This was the story for just about the rest of the day. Beach lounger ocean beach lounger ocean over and over again. Now this was the great idea, and at the time everything was perfect. 

My videography skills are a little better here.....for some reason the fish kept trying to eat the wrist strap on the camera.

Here are some other pics of our time in the ocean.

After leaving the beach and making our way back to the ship it became clear just how bad our day had really gone.  Every five minutes or so there would be a new body part that felt on fire.  Not sure if it was faulty waterproof sunblock or what but it was bad.  I pretty much had exactly one half of my body lobstered.  Anything that was above the waterline as I was floating around took a beating.  So looks like the next couple of days are going to be hiding in the shade and applying copious amounts of lotion. 

As the cruise has gone on we have run into more and more other ships.  The rumor was that there were 5 more ships at another port on Cozumel.  So 9 ships maybe close to 12,000 tourists decending on the island at one time.  No wonder the locals seemed more than happy to give directions and take our $$.