Overnight, we sailed the whopping 10 miles to the Mexican shore at Playa Del Carmen. From there, we visited the Mayan ruins at Tulum. Denelle videotaped the entire lecture from our guide to use in her classroom since she will be covering Mayan history. Sorry, don't have an MPEG file of that, but you can still see some pics here.

The Mayan ruins at Tulum, Playa Del Carmen, Mexico

Next we visited the private resort Xel Ha (pronounced Shell Ha). There we saw kids swimming with dolphins. We snorkeled in the bay with tropical fishes (including a 3 foot yellow snapper).

A lifeguard competition on Ft. Lauderdale Beach and the view from our hotel window.

We returned to Ft. Lauderdale on July 21st and spent a day getting our land legs back. We stayed at the Harbor Beach Marriott and walked along the beach, shopped in their arts district, and were thoroughly entertained at a sing-along bar called "Howl at the Moon." It rained a bit, but that was the only percipitation for our whole trip, so we were very fortunate with the weather.