We had a long day of travel from Uxmal to Cozumel that included a 5:45am wakeup, a 90 minute car ride, a 5 hour bus ride, 3 taxi rides and a ferry ride, along with lots of waiting in between. Our bus had a minor breakdown along the way, adding (thankfully, only) an hour to our wait time and subtracting air conditioning for the rest of the ride. Because our bus was late we just missed the 3 pm ferry and had to wait until 5 pm. Happily, the ferry terminal is right on a beautiful beach in Playa Del Carmen so the kids were able to run and play for a bit.
Our first full day in Cozumel, Thursday, was mostly a rest day. We bought groceries, rented a car and stopped by the Dolphinarium a couple blocks away to buy tickets. It turns out they are really busy on the weekends with cruise ship passengers so the kids got their time with the dolphins on Thursday. Because there weren't many people there, we got to be out on a sandy ledge in the water with the trainer and a dolphin all to ourselves. There were other dolphins in the pool and sometimes they would come over and participate in what we were doing. Otis loved to have a splash fight with the dolphin and then the trainer called two other dolphins over to play, which turned the victory definitively over to the dolphins. Sofia enjoyed feeding the dolphins and watching them do jumps as a group. Otis wants to go back when he can swim so he can swim with the dolphins.
Friday we took a drive around the island. Cozumel is gorgeous! We stopped at a beach on the east side for a little to see the waves, then found a beach club on the west side to swim at. It was a great way to spend the day.
Pictured below:
Our rental car (Sofia got to pick the color.)
Hammock time
Breakfast-omelet Cozumel style
At the beach
Sofia's new hair-do
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