August 7, 2009 – Cozumel, Mexico

Today was all about Mama. From the very start of the cruise she had been looking forward to seeing the ancient Mayan ruins in Tulum, so today we hopped on an optional tour to take her there. It was so hot and we had to do a lot of walking to reach the ruins but I knew that I had to do it for Mama so I tried my best to not be troublesome.

Of course Mama still had to carry me all through it, but I thought this would be a good way for Mama to have an authentic experience of how Mayan mums would cart their children around the village.

I gave Mama a break for a minute to run around on my own, and I thought it would be good for me to have some Mayan dirt on my face just to complete the experience. Oh and my pants were dirty too, as were my white shoes. I looked so much like a Mexican baby that I fit right in when Papa took a photo of me with some of my local friends.

Big ligo for me when we return to the ship!