Coach Class Junior

So the kid wanted to see the Mayan ruins at Tulum on the shore of Mexico’s Yucatan peninsula. She was on a cruise that stopped at Playa del Carmen, or rather nearby, at the much less charming port of Calica. The cruise line would have taken the kid and the kid’s boyfriend on a shore excursion to Tulum for $79 each, but that was a little steep for her. (They’d only paid $175 per person for the cruise itself. Another story.)

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