For this port, I hadn’t seen any HAL tour that I particularly wanted to take. I also watched the Travel Director’s informational talk about this port and realized that I didn’t see anything I wanted to do independently either.
We just decided to go to the port village and visit the iguana habitat that I had seen mentioned in her port talk. We were once again docked in an industrial port with no pedestrian traffic allowed so we were forced to take a shuttle ride to the port village. The NCL ship got the best dock. They could walk right into and out of the village from their ship.
The area was very crowded with passengers from two ships browsing all the shops (all seemed to carry the same merchandise), hanging out at the restaurant/bar, or persuing the “jade museum” (a little bit of information – a lot of sales pressure).
I kept looking for the iguana habitat sign and couldn’t find it. I finally asked a shopkeeper, and he pointed in the direction to go. I got to the area, but it was roped off. I looked all around and didn’t see one iguana. If there was a habit at one time, it wasn’t there that day. I think they were clearing it for more shops. Letting people see free iguanas vs. more shops with stuff to sell = no more iguanas.
So what did we do? Chuck bought a t-shirt and I bought a Christmas ornament and we went back to the ship. We had lunch and then attended the matinee performance of “Sing” by the HAL World Stage singers. They were excellent.
Next Up – Puerto Chiapas, Mexico
