Article: Costa Maya: something new under the Mexican sun. (Port of the Month).

We were on the top deck as our cruise ship, Celebrity's Zenith, docked at Costa Maya, the newest Mexican cruise port on the Yucatan peninsula's Caribbean shore. Costa Maya is the official designation of some 100 miles of unspoiled beaches in the sparsely settled area stretching from Puerto Herrero, on the shores of Esprit Santo Bay, to Xcalac. But it's also becoming the popular and widely used name for the area's new cruise port, also known as Puerto Costa Maya.

It's a surprising view from above the port's L-shaped pier. Stretching off to the horizon in every landward direction is a continuous jungle. It's not the tropical jungle of howling monkeys and colorful ...

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