Jellyfish Nightmare

Dear Jen and Tom,

My husband and I just recently got married and decided that for our honeymoon we would take a cruise to the Mexican Riviera. The first couple of days at sea were very eventful. We tried our hands at the slots, played a little mini golf and even climbed the rock wall! Our first port was Mazatlan andinstead of booking a shore excursion we talked to some of the locals and booked a little boat ride to a secluded beach with some of other couples. The beach had gorgeous white sand crystal clear blue water and best of all there weren't too many tourists at all. My husband and I decided to go snorkeling but after 10 minutes or so he was grabbing my arm and we were running to shore. I had no idea what was going on but apparently there were a bunch of clear jellyfish swimming in that area and it turned out my husband's arms were covered with jellyfish stings. Some of the locals told us to use lime juice for the stings and fortunately they had some on them. Thankfully they only lasted a couple of days and now we know the next time we go on a cruise we're booking the shore excursions through a travel agent.

Sincerely,

Beth and Sam

Boston, MA

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