Our Travels

SO, after examining our rooms we were off to get food and drink! The best part of any vacation. We decided to go to the World Café, which is the buffet style restaurant. The Café was excellent. They had a large selection of food and drink and the staff was very friendly and attentive. We were pleasantly surprised for a buffet.

After dinner we visited an area of the resort which very much resembled a bustling native marketplace. There were tons of vendors selling arts and crafts as well as clothing, cigars…..all sorts of fun things! There were artist creating their works for people to see, and some of the formats they were using were pretty amazing. One artist used nothing more than spray paint to create beautiful landscapes of the Tulum ruins on tile.

We all decided to get henna tattoos from one of the vendors. We all got the same design. A Chinese symbol meaning ‘enjoy oneself’. Check out the pic:

After the marketplace we decided to call it an early night. We went back to our room and were surprised by a basket of fruit and a bottle of champagne! They did remember the Anniversary request! However, at that point we were too tired to enjoy the fruit and beverages, so it will have to wait!

Ok…so a little note. The beds here are really hard. We’re told that’s typical for Mexico, but wow. I thought there was just a sheet on a board! But surprisingly we both slept fine! One other note, we have the squeakiest bed ever constructed by man. If you breathe too hard it squeaks. That makes for some challenging………activities:)

The bellman took us (and all of our luggage) in a golf cart to our room. Again, we had slight disappointment when we found out that we would be on the first floor. Previous to coming to the resort I had requested 2nd floor if at all possible. We figured that we were probably put on the first floor because the hotel was full and that was all they had available, but when we found out John and Libby (who didn’t make a room request) were on the second floor we didn’t understand why our request for 2nd floor could not be honored. Now that we’ve settled in we are actually happy to have a first floor room. It’s close to the pool and the pool bar so we can easily run to get a drink without having to go up and down stairs.

I always get very anxious when I’m about to open the door to a hotel room for the first time. . As we were getting ready to open our door and go into our room I had my fingers crossed that it was everything like the pictures. As soon as I opened the door I knew that I was not going to be disappointed! The room looked just like the pictures, only better because I was there in person!!!

When you come in there is a full length mirror and then off to the left there is a closet and another little storage space. To the right the room opens up to the king sized bed. From there you can walk down to the sitting area where there is a desk and a little couch with a coffee table. The sliding glass door opens up to a patio area that has a small table, 2 chairs, and a lounger. The bathroom is so awesome!!! There are double sinks (which we love) a separte toilet area and a huge, open shower area with a Jacuzzi tub!!!! Check out the pics!

As soon as we pulled up to the front lobby a gentleman was there to take all of our luggage out of the van. He escorted us into the lobby where we were met with a gentleman holding ... [Continue reading this entry]

I must say that the timeshare people were not as bad as I had thought they would be. Although, maybe they didn’t seem so bad because we knew to ignore them. I did see a couple poor confused ... [Continue reading this entry]

When we landed we were already over 30 minutes late in arriving because of the delay departing. When we got to the first customs area where they stamp your passport the lines were horrible. We picked what looked ... [Continue reading this entry]

We’ll we made it! We hit some bumps along the way, but I guess none of that really matters now because we are here and it’s absolutely beautiful. After breakfast this morning we said goodbye to Libby’s family and made ... [Continue reading this entry]

In under 2 hours we will be in the air on our way to Mexico! I (Mike) got a nice restful nights sleep...despite some noisy inconsiderate person packing loudly:) We got to the airport at around 8am. We got ... [Continue reading this entry]

If everything goes as planned, we will be on a plane in less than 12 hours! I think we've finally got everything packed and ready to go! I (Jenn) think that I've pretty much packed up the whole house. ... [Continue reading this entry]

It's Wednesday June 13th. 60 hours away from our first trip to Mexico..and any real 'ancient' ruins. We are sooo excited. We've already began the routine of pepto just in case....We've already heard horror stories about travelers diarrhea! So far we've ... [Continue reading this entry]