Cozumel Mexico

This morning we stopped at the island of Cozumel, Mexico early in the morning. We have two excursions today, and it's a hot, humid and sunny day in Cozumel.
Our first excursion was a submarine ride. About 20 of us boarded a submarine full of side portholes to take a plunge into the Caribbean Sea off the coast. The waters were very clear but the colors are washed out due to the sea water and depth of our sub. We only went down 100 feet but could still see the reef, nurse shark, tuna fish, sea lobster, manta rays and loads of other small fish swimming in their native reef habitat. There was also a ship that was sunk to help create more fish and coral habitat. Divers were diving inside and around the sunken ship.
Had some time in between excursions, looked at the ships. Bought Christmas ornament and magnet. Had some lunch, with tequila ice tea....yummy!
Our second excursion was to a chocolate factory for the history of cocoa in Mexico. The Aztecs even used the cocoa beans as currency with the Spanish long ago. They showed us how the beans can be ground by hand with cinnamon, and sugar to make a crunchy chocolate paste they use for cooking. Then we tasked authentic mexican 'tacos' that were masa tortillas with fillings like beans, rice, chicken, pork all covered with cream and lettuce. We also made our own guacamole from the avocado and lime. Then we used a mortar and pestle to cruse salsa from tomatoes, onion, cilantro to go with our tacos and chips.
There were 3 ships at port and ours was by far the smallest with just under 400 passengers. The others had 3000, 5000 and 7000 passengers (third largest passenger ship in the world). I cannot imagine being on a ship that large - ours is just fine.Read more