Wednesday—
Got up at 4am to catch our 6am flight! :| Surprisingly, it was the first time I hadn't had any anxiety 'miss-my-flight' dreams... the Nyquil helped. Thanks for driving us Manda!
Airport security and check-in went very quick, so we stopped at a bookstore so Marg could get her coveted 'cheesy dirty romance novel'. :)
I was unable to change our seats the day before (stupid travel agent sat us apart), because to my amazement, the plane was PACKED FULL! Lots of MN peeps escaping to Cancun in the middle of the week, right after the holidays... odd. Everything was on time, though, and we landed in Cancun 3.5 hours later!
[Here we are at the airport, waiting for our private transportation to the resort. So happy!]
The twenty minute ride was quick, but odd... completely ghetto the whole way, passing stray dogs and graffiti and homeless travelers. Then we arrived at the resort, going through three security gates with guards verifying that we were on the list.
Once we entered the lobby, they gave us damp towels to freshen-up, handed us glasses of champagne and brought us up to the front desk for check-in. Already with the luxury! :D
[The lobby, with one of their bars downstairs.]
So long-story-short, crappy travel agent booked us their 'worst' room, because it was the only one with two beds, instead of one big king-sized. But when we checked-in, the receptionist said we had a Swim Up room, which is what I wanted in the first place. These particular rooms allow you to literally walk out your patio door and jump in the pool! I mentioned to her that this was a mistake, that we needed a room with two beds, and she said that housekeeping could actually rig-up the couches with a mattress and extra sheets. Super cool option!!! So we ended up getting the Swim Up room, even though I had paid for the 'crappy' room... woot! :D Love those happy mistakes... I think I saved a couple hundred bucks at least.
[Swim Up patio view!]
So this place is definitely a big honeymoon destination, but I didn't care... it was too beautiful to pass up! The room was nice and spacious, but the bathroom was super odd — no doors or walls or privacy whatsoever! The shower had two separate water-heads and a window to the living room... for dirty things, no doubt... eehehehe!
[Jacuzzi with wonderful massage jets!]
[Free mini-bar, restocked daily!!!]
[Shower window! Marg is demonstrating... :)]
[Cozy!]
So unfortunately, the weather was less than perfect... it was rainy, cloudy and only about 70°F. But, because that was an epic 60-degree difference from Minnesota, we didn't care!!! We changed, ordered room service for lunch, then went down to the peacefully windy beach, and filled our lungs with FRESH humid air.
[The red flag means 'no swimming'... or it's not recommended because of weather conditions.]
[Feets!]
[Happy Margaret with her cool jacket and sunglasses!]
Thursday—
So I've realized that no matter how luxurious the resort is, hotel sheets are still hotel sheets... stiff as hell, and the pillows were super lumpy! Didn't sleep well until the third night... :P
After breakfast (and Marg's yoga class), we went to the beach to enjoy another windy/cloudy/rainy day. But again, way warmer than MN, so who cares! :D Then we mostly relaxed on the patio and in our room, watching TV.
[Sunset!]
Friday—
Slept a bit better with a pill... still cloudy this morning, so we checked out the daily activities schedule and saw they had Rifle Shooting!!! It was so much fun!!! Just pellets in there, but I was able to hit one small Ram target, and Marg got two hits during our contest.
[So bad-ass!!! :D]
[Cutey-patooty Edwin photo bomb! He was our instructor and a good marksman. He also taught the Latin Dance class, which Marg took on Saturday.]
[My reaction after hitting a target! :D It's the one that's down behind me, on the right. Metal Rams – beware!!!]
Oh, but before rifle shooting, we decided to be smart and get some FREE DRINKS! ;)
After rifle shooting, we explored the beach again, with cameras this time!
[Marg was much braver than me! I kept my sweater on. :)]
Since it was still chilly that night, we ordered room service and watched HBO movies in English (and sometimes Spanish!).
Saturday—
The sun came out finally!!!!! First warm day of vacation... we ate breakfast then jumped into our swimsuits, and went down to the beach for a good three hours.
[My view from the beach chair, looking up... ahhhhh!]
Marg decided to soak up the sun and got a little burnt. It was so peaceful to be listening to music, on the beach, in the warmth, with island 'boys' coming by to take our drink order. He asked us if it was time for Tequila shots and we said sure! A handful of drinks later, we spent the afternoon drunk. :D
[This is Bob... I fed him french fries. I lovded you Bob!!!]
More of the gorgeous view from our patio, with sunlight this time!
We finally hit the Lobster House restaurant that night, and had some extremely good lobster tails! It was a warm evening and we sat at the end of the deck, right next to the ocean, with the pool glowing blue below us... it was absolute HEAVEN!
Sunday—
Well, vacation was over already... :( Five days never seemed shorter! Since our flight didn't leave until 3:30pm, we slept in (soundly!), then had breakfast at one of the restaurants. Once we came back to the room, we packed-up and ordered Second Breakfast! :D So good, but a bad idea in the long run... lol.
At noon, we checked-out and waited for our private airport shuttle in the lobby...
Sunday was a LONG day... our plane was 2 hours late. :| We finally landed at 9pm and quickly got the hell out of the airport!
It was quite a shock at how cold the 10° air was... with wind... /sigh. I miss the beach!!! It was an amazing vacation... I will definitely go back to that resort in the future. And also, all-inclusive adults-only is THE way to travel!!!
2 comments:
The best vacation EVER! Thank you so much for bringing me along, Beck. I love how accurate your memory is in your blog stories. Catherine asked me and I said, "Um, we drank and sat by the beach. It was great!" -Margaret
Hehe, I had a little trouble with our second and third day... getting the timelines and photos switched, but I figured it out. :D
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