This was our last port of call to visit. The pier is over four miles long. We were once again back in the Gulf of Mexico, so the water color was not as vibrant as in the Caribbean.
Again, we chose to chance it by not buying a ship sponsored excursion. We were glad. When we got ashore, we bought the same package tour we had looked at onboard, for about $20 cheaper, apiece. We took the free shuttle to the flea market. We had a couple hours before our tour left so we ate some nachos and took a walk along the beach. There were many vendors eager to sell us things, but we just looked around. We walked back to the flea market to sit in some shade. It was VERY HOT. We laid on a bench til time to meet our tour.
We had a private tour bus, just like the one provided on the ship tours, only there were ten people in our tour as opposed to close to 100. We took a 15 minute drive to see some Mayan ruins (more in the next post.) Our guide took us through the museum, and out to the ruins. We then were shuttled back to the flea market for those who wanted to stay in town. Otherwise, the bus took us back to the ship. My husband and I were the only ones wanting to go back to the ship, so we had the private bus all to ourselves!
