Day 6 Cozumel, Playa del Carmen & Tulum, Mexico

We arrived at Cozumel, Mexico very early in the morning and berthed at the cruise terminal. We had an early start for our eight tour to visit the ancient city of Tulum which was on the Mexican mainland.  So we ordered room service breakfast and stepped off the Carnival Magic into a ferry to transport us to Playa del Carmen to join our bus transfer and guide to visit Tulum.

The ancient Mayan ruins were fascinating and well worth the heat and long travel times to visit the site. On arrival our guide made sure that we were inside the area and gave us all of the tips and traps about our visit and then she let us all loose to explore the area. After one hour of walking around in the hot sun we called it quits and headed out to have some Mexican food which was very good and authentic. We then had time to wander around and run the gauntlet of the many shop keepers wanting to sell us souvenirs. We opted for a coffee in Starbucks, what else would you expect in a tourist destination.

We then made the return to our ship and finally got back to our cabin just after 5pm where we drank champagne as the ship pulled away from the Mexican coastline and headed to our next port.

 Our sunset on departure

 Tulum

The Castle or El Castillo at Tulum