Oh sweet Mexico.... crystal clear water, sweet Caribbean air, lazy warm hammock days, and pure heaven on earth
We went to Cancun for 3 nights and Playa Del Carmen for 3 nights. LOVED them both for different reasons!
Ry is para sailing in the pic on the left. Tawny was no way going up with him!! I was perfectly happy on the solid ground, sipping my pina colada on the warm sunny beach and watching him go way to high! Noooo thanks. He actually said it was rather boring but the view was spectacular.
Oh my! The water was the most pure, blue, crystal clear, water ever! I couldn't really believe how beautiful the beaches were. I L O V E D them.
We all went to go see the ruins down by playa. The ruins were so intriguing because they were so old. They let us go up to them and walk all around them. Twenty feet past the ruins was a cliff leading to the beach. It had winding stairs going down..so cool!
This was our private beach in Playa Del Carmen. So different from Cancun because this was private and so quiet! No tourists allowed but the ones staying at our resort. A van would drive us every day to this remote beach (about 45 min. drive through Playa) and drop us off for the day. Seriously it was P A R A D I S E. Ry had died and gone to heaven laying in the hammock! Sweet Joy!
I promise Misty and I did not plan our white dresses together. We both went to TJ Maxx on separate days and bought the same exact dress! Funny huh! We were laughing all week about it!
Fiesta Americana Condesa Resort! (in Cancun) The best, we loved it, beautiful, amazing, and so so fun! This pic is us standing on top of the resort looking down. We went up at night and listened to the ocean waves. It was soooo calming and so relaxing.
Okay I love this picture: 3 words: the sun, the beach, and diet coke.
Ohh, is this heaven on earth? I think so.
Misty and I were laughin' at Ry. He just said some not so nice words to the cab driver that was an hour late to pick us up to take us to Excaret.
This shack was the cutest ever. It was on our private beach and the locals cooked up the best steak fajitas and home made guacamole. I ate buckets of guac with my diet cokes. The food was mouth-watering.
Misty and I were laughin' at Ry. He just said some not so nice words to the cab driver that was an hour late to pick us up to take us to Excaret.
This shack was the cutest ever. It was on our private beach and the locals cooked up the best steak fajitas and home made guacamole. I ate buckets of guac with my diet cokes. The food was mouth-watering.
Another view of our resort. The pool was almost as enticing as the real ocean. They kept it so nice and clean. They had 100 star service and treated us like kings. I wasn't used to being so pampered and it took awhile to relax and enjoy it! ( I kept thinking: Where are the kids?? It takes me about 1.8 days to chill out and to not worry about the kiddos back home!)
By the way, What is Brian doing in the picture below us? (Red and white shorts :)) Uhh, let's just say the public bathrooms weren't usable!
This was a view from our deck. The sunsets were incredible.
The pic of all 4 of us is at the ruins. It took us about 2 hours to drive through Mexico to get there. I loved learning about the history of them. Misty got bored of the tour and took off to go wander. I loved it.
Is the water for real? I told everybody that I wished that Christopher Columbus had discovered Mexico and called it America. We would all be so happy with such beauty! :)
Oh baby! The weather was a perfect 82-83 degrees. It was perfect to lounge in the sand and let the sun shine down on you without getting to hot or you could go soak in the ocean water without getting cold. I was so happy!
Again all I can say is Oh sweet Mexico.... crystal clear water, sweet Caribbean air, lazy warm hammock days, and pure heaven on earth! We had such a great trip and we will never forget it. We did so many other things that I didn't post pics of. It's too much to write all down. We went snorkeling, we went on speed boats, went to dinner every night to a new and fun place, we shopped, we toured...we did it all
My favorite place would have to be Excaret. I didn't take my camera because I didn't want to lose it. It was a ginormous nature resort. Snorkeling, kayaking, cliff diving ( soooo fun, I did it! ) nature bike rides, etc. Misty and I took off on a nature bike riding trip and we had the craziest time. I won't ever forget the moment of being in the secluded jungle and looking at monkeys and riding my bike through winding trees and just laughing. Misty and I kept saying, "remember this moment when we are home in the cold, wet, snow and how happy we are! And yes, I always think about that moment! Sounds cheesy, but it was so great.
We had such a good time with Bri and Misty and hope to travel with them again. Ry and I had such a good time together without the kids! It took awhile for me to relax and not worry so much about the kids, but we managed to enjoy every second alone! :) Till next time....in one week Ry and I are going on a Caribbean Cruise to the Bahamas. We are staying in Miami a couple of nights because Ry has to get his "fix." So I will be blogging again for my journal! :)
