Our third day on this cruise started about 9:30 am for us. We ordered room service consisting of 2 PBJs, milk & cookies! After waiting and waiting, the ship finally docked and we made our way to the gangway. Once ashore, we walked through the Puerto Maya cruise terminal toward the Taxis.
Seventeen dollars later, we were at Nachi Cocum. We were immediately greeted by a woman and asked if we wanted our pictures taken in their sombreros. OH NO WAY the germaphobe living inside of me screamed! GOD KNOWS THEY’VE NEVER BEEN SANITIZED. LICE ALERT!!! So I politely declined and we went to the check-in area. They collected our money. ($55 for the day) and took us to our palapa for the day. It consisted of 2 comfy lounge chairs and a table.
This resort is owned by 1 family and they all work to operate this place. The father is the chef—and that man can cook. Their food is all homemade and fresh. They have a bartender and a man acting as drink runner and waiter in the open air restaurant. They allow only 100 people admission per day. It makes for a very relaxing atmosphere. None of the craziness of places like Breezes or Paradise Beach.
Our admission price included a 4 course meal and unlimited alcoholic beverages and soda. After we received our first drinks, we ordered our appetizers. I got homemade guacamole & chips. Kolton got cheese sticks—and they were not your standard mozzarella sticks. These looked homemade also and had different types of cheeses in them.
We got into that blue, blue water and cooled off. It was a beautiful day. Sunny blue skies and a nice breeze. Spent quite a bit of time just gazing at the water and watching the sun as it sparkled across the water. Life is very, very good. Later on, we moved to the cover of the open air restaurant and enjoyed the rest of our meal. I got the fresh, grilled grouper with rice and vegetables and also a fruit plate. As always, the food was excellent. (Dessert was homemade coconut ice cream.)
We then went over to the beautiful in-ground pool and hot tub. Ahhhhhh. The pool has a built-in swim up bar. After soaking and more relaxing on the comfy loungers again, we decided to make our way back to the port. We walked back through the port area and looked in the shops. They were selling a wide variety of items from a pharmacy to stores selling cheap trinkets to a Diamond International store. And, of course, the requisite Fat Tuesday’s and Three Amigos bars.
Once back on the ship, we showered and went to the dining room for a lovely dinner. It was a quiet night on the ship as most people stayed ashore as long as possible. (All aboard was 9:30pm) After dinner, I decided the casino was calling my name. It had called my name twice previously on this cruise and I was down some money.
Three Card Poker hadn’t been good to me so, with some reluctance, I went to the Black Jack table. (I’d given up the game a few years back because it was frustrating to play with idiots—errrr.. people that did not follow the rules and hit when they should stay or stay when they should hit.) So, I sat down and started to play. I was on fire. Strangely enough, I never hit a lot of 21s. I have never had good luck with that. But as we all know, you don’t need a 21 to win! And win I did!!!! Every time I got $100 in chips, I colored those up and got a black chip that I deposited in the 1st Bank of Bra! I kept only enough to continue to play. I ended up winning enough to recoup my losses and pretty much pay the Sail & Sign card charges off. Yay me!!!!
I finally started getting cold about 2am so I took my money and went home!
