Majahual (November 8)

Three cruise ships are here this morning: The Star Princess, the
Carnival
Victory, and a RCCL, with total passenger capacity of about 7,000,
probably
all came here as substitute for Cozumel.

Majahual (Costa Maya) pier is (outside of it) nothing but a huge
circular
store-front of wall-to-wall tourist-trap shops. Boring. Since I was
in Majahual
before, my sightseeing lasted about 30 minutes re-living the gaudy
memory.

One could arrange to take tours to the ruins, such as Xel Ha, and even
to
Chitzen-Itza (aka 'chiken pizza' to some), but those would be pressed
for
time since our cruise ships departs for Grand Cayman at 4 pm.

I learned that there is actually a scuba shop in that
cruiseship-passenger
two-tank
boat dives for $70, with all equipment included.

Since Majahual is usually the FIRST stop for several cruise ship
itineraries,
the price of the same junk are much higher than the same items at later
ports of call.

So, basically this is a nothing-to-see, nothing-to-buy, and
nothing-to-do
port of call.

Greg Mossman...

Sounds lovely. Enjoy your internet cafe. It must be nice to have time to
travel to places where there's absolutely nothing to do. I'm always forced
to travel to desirable locations given my limited time frame.