We Skipped the Ship Excursion and This Happened in Costa Maya, Mexico
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Heat is no joke. It's bright, hot, humid. Shade is your best friend, but every turn looks better than the last.
The allocart was great because you can dabble at different things cuz the price was good.
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Jaime’s birthday in Costa Maya hit hard. Day 5 of our cruise, one full port day off the ship with a third-party ruins and lagoon run — real food, real chaos, and the kind of birthday you don’t get from a brochure. — hangover morning, Chacchoben Mayan ruins in the heat, Bacalar Lagoon of the seven colors, tequila on the tour, local tacos onshore, a surprise towel animal back on the MSC Seashore, then birthday dinner, gelato, and comedy to close the night. ⏱️ Chapters 0:00 Birthday hangover morning 0:36 Off the ship at Costa Maya 1:42 Finding our third-party tour 2:21 Costa Maya port history + drive 2:48 Chacchoben Mayan ruins 4:10 Hangover cure: tequila in the van 4:43 Bacalar Lagoon of seven colors 5:15 Boats, sinkhole lap & shallows 6:47 Local taco shop lunch 8:27 Back through Costa Maya port 9:04 Empty port + fish spa 10:00 Birthday card & towel animal 10:42 Birthday dinner at Ola Taco 12:51 Gelato at Vinci 13:38 Comedy show & birthday night 🚢 MSC Seashore series More days from this sailing are on the channel — binge the full cruise playlist from here. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIcIUGb7-a1XlyA1CnEgmbGJ0U-oiNnh 👍 Like if you’re here for journey-over-destination cruise days 🔔 Subscribe so you don’t miss Cozumel and the sea days 💬 Have you done a fish spa at a cruise port? Yes or never — drop it below #CostaMaya #MSCSeashore #CruiseVlog #Bacalar #Chacchoben #BirthdayCruise