In Roatan we did a private excursion with Rony's Tours to the South Shore Ziplines and Mahogony Bay Beach.  Rony set us up with Norbert who took us to South Shore for ziplining and stayed with us the rest of the day.  Norbert took good care of us.  We really enjoyed the zipline--our first time.  It was not scary at all once we got there and started.  The beach was also great.  Such wonderful snorkeling there right off the beach (start in front of Infinity Bay Resort).  We had lunch and enjoyed the beach at Bananarama.  One note of caution--the waitress added a $5 service charge for the kitchen and other staff, but said gratuity for her was "optional."  I think we were taken on that one, but I didn't argue.  We paid the extra $5 plus tipped her.

Roatan

In Grand Cayman we did a private excursion with Stingray Sailing to the stingrays and for snorkeling.  Overall it was a good excursion, but we didn't get as much interaction with the Stingrays as we had on my last trip.  I'm not sure why--the water was a little rough. The snorkeling was okay--just not as spectular as other places I've been.

In Cozumel we did a private snorkeling excursion with Eagle Ray Divers.  The snorkeling was amazing!  And the crew with Eagle Ray was great.  The only issue was the boat was really slow, so it took a long time to get out to the first snorkel stop.  Not good for my BF who was a bit motion sick.  But the snorkeling was wonderful, and the included lunch at Money Bar was great too.

In Costa Maya we had a outstanding tour through Natice Choice of the Chachobben Ruins.  I had done this tour two years before, but wow this was even better because we had Ivan as our guide.  Ivan's Dad discovered these ruins and he was actually born in a house on the site.  Ivan was a wonderful guide with such a unique connection.  He told us a lot about the Maya, and about the ruins of course.  Normally Ivan does one of the smaller tours with lunch at a local Mayan's house, but when we were there he took the large group we were in.  Just can't say enough about how interesting he was.  After the tour we headed to 100% Agave for lunch.  Apparently it had been raining most of the day near shore so it was very quiet in town.  Worked fine for us.  We had a great lunch at 100% Agave and then headed to Tropicante for massages.  Because of the rain we were inside rather than on the beach for the massages but it was still good.

Overall it was a good excursion, but we didn't get as much interaction with the Stingrays as we had on my last trip.Overall we had a good time, but I think I'm more suited for the Millennium Class ships.

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