Ah this Monday is extra hard since last Monday I was
relaxing on the beach in Mexico. I spent five days in Cancun with my best
friend relaxing and by Friday when we arrived home we were relaxed, sunburnt
and appreciative of the USA!
We stayed at the Grand Park Royal in the heart of Cancun on
hotel row and it was mostly wonderful! The first afternoon we arrived it was
rainy but that was ok we just hoped right in the hot tub and relaxed there
until it was time for dinner. The next three days the sunshine definitely met
us! We were a little afraid we were bringing the Oklahoma rain to Mexico with
us but after that first afternoon we were good to go.
We both didn’t take many pictures at all, but I guess when
you’re having so much fun you don’t have time to be taking pics. Also, we were
a little hesitant to be carrying around our phones and I definitely was nervous
to have my camera with us. Neither did I want to have to replace after the
trip!
I’ll do a short recap and then let the pictures show our
trip…
Monday we arrived and like I said it was rainy so we hit the
hot tub up and had “dinner” I saw that loosely because the one complaint we had
about our resort is the food was awful! We were too late to make reservations
at the restaurants so we had dinner at the buffet. But it was mostly picked
over and just very weird combinations of food choices, and no we are not picky
eaters! So we decided to order room service. I took one bite of the “burger”
and ate one of the five fries I got and said “Nope, I can’t do it!” It tasted
like beans and maybe, dog? She couldn’t eat hers either but we were so
exhausted that we just went to bed.
Tuesday, we decided we wanted to book a couple of excursions.
That morning we booked a jungle tour for that afternoon and a catamaran trip
for Wednesday. I was a little nervous
because when Kyle and I went to Playa they would come pick us up and drop us
off at our resort for the excursions. This place we had to actually take the
city bus to the different locations. Spoiler alert: we survived. It was
actually really easy and the bus drivers were super helpful. I had a map and
just made sure and told them when we needed to get off and they would let us
know when we had arrived at our stops. First stop, the jungle tour. This trip
allowed us to drive our own boat with just the two of us, following other boats
and a guide, to a reef where we snorkeled. My friend Melissa drove since she
had never driven a boat before, she rocked it! The reef was beautiful and we
saw a lobster! After getting back to the resort we enjoyed the pool a little
before it was time for dinner. That night we ate at the Mexican restaurant that
offered a beautiful view. I will say, I’ve never been to a restaurant were they
handed me a tequila shot when I walked in the door. I was way too big of a baby
and just took a sip…the waitress did call me out.
Wednesday we got up early actually we got up pretty early every
morning we were there, surprisingly. That morning we had a big breakfast and
then caught the bus to the marina. We were on the boat for seven hours and we
were able to snorkel, visit Isla Mujeres, have lunch, enjoy the sun (so much
sun, we got so burnt even while using sun screen). The water was very rough so
it was so tough to snorkel cause we spent most of the time just trying to stay
about the waves. I loved being able to visit another island and we met a nice
couple on the boat ride that we were able to share a golf cart rental with. We
were able to shop in the market a tiny bit and then spent time just site seeing
around the city. I was desperately looking for a street taco stand but all the
ones I was told about weren’t open for the day yet, major bummer! I was also
able to try out what they called a spinacur on the boat. Probably not the
smartest thing I’ve ever done but basically I sat on this rope, no lifejacket,
while they pulled me spinning into the air on a parachute. I basically screamed
the whole twenty seconds I was in the air then jumped off the rope. Right
before it was my turn to jump off the boat, try to catch this rope to sit on
and then get swung up into the air all while praying for my life, the nice gentleman
told me a guy had broke his back and died the summer before on it. Yep, I still
tried this lovely Mexican contraption. YOLO, right?! haha I lived and it was
fun to say I did it! On repeat, arrived back to the resort to enjoy more pool
time then dinner that evening.
Thursday we spent the entire day on the beach and at the
pool. It was so nice to have our last day just to relax at the resort…and after
a few too many coconut rum and pineapple juices I was glad we were staying
there. We played poolside bingo, met fun friends and tried to hookup the
bartender with the girl running the bingo game. Ohhh vacation! That night we
had dinner at the oriental restaurant which was ok until a HUGE cockroach
crawled across the floor, ok bye we were OUT of there! We capped off our last evening on the rooftop
bar listening to people at karaoke.
Friday was our travel day home which I think we were both
somewhat ok with because our old roommate and good friend Becca had her
precious baby on Thursday evening was we were very anxious to meet her! All in
all it was a wonderful trip and I’m still catching myself saying aloha and
gracias!
I guess that wasn’t the shortest recap but that was our trip
and here it is in pics…
We were so fancy in first class!
Tuesday night's dinner....also the only night we fully got ready and actually took a pic.
Our Catamaran Trip
See that rope was tiny and I was just flying around and no lifejacket remember...You only live once ha!
Riding on the back off the golf cart touring Isla Mujeres
It was fun Cancun!
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ReplyDeleteI can't believe you did the makeshift kite on a rope! Go Kris!
ReplyDeleteWhat a fun beach vacation! Glad you got to experience this with your best friend!
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