December 25th, 2023

Christmas day in the Caribbean really does not feel like Christmas. Everything was open but that was mostly because 4 cruise ships in port. I got off around 8am and after walking the long dock and then through the shopping mall, that you have to go through, I grabbed a taxi to the dive shop. There was another person there from the cruise ship and she is arranging dives in as many ports as she can so I will probably dive with her again. We did 2 dives and finished about 1pm and shared a taxi back to the port.

Beautiful day in Cozumel

How many people get to go scuba diving with an elf and yes she did wear this when diving.

The beautiful water color of Cozumel and our ship

Kathy had gone to the gym and then made her way to Starbucks, which was packed, to download some shows on her iPad. So far the wi-fi has been better than expected on the ship but we know that once we start crossing the Pacific we won’t be that lucky.

We did bring a couple of Christmas gifts for each other to be a little festive. The ship had Christmas carols on the stairs in the living room and people lined all 3 decks, which look down on the atrium, to join in. We then met Jeff, Judi, Kathy & Michael for Christmas dinner and of course they had roasted turkey on the menu.

Our dinner group

We now have 2 sea days on our way to Cartegna, Columbia