Friday, March 25, 2011

Cancun

Oh, it was just perfect.  Perfect weather, perfect resort, perfectly in love with my husband.  We had so much fun at our all-inclusive resort in Cancun.  We slept in, ate when we wanted, hit the beach hard, went kayaking, rappelling, zip-lining??, snorkeling, and even played a little golf.  We scheduled parasailing four times and each time it was cancelled for too much wind.  Bummer.  I guess we'll have to do another tropical vacation soon.



On Sunday we went for an evening stroll along 5th Avenue of Playa del Carmen.  It was fun to see the shops and walk along the beach at sunset with a little gelato.

These coconut heads were funny.





Our extreme Tulum day wasn't as extreme as we might have hoped, but we enjoyed the rappelling and zip line enough.
Snorkeling in the Cenotes (underground river) was pretty awesome.  We didn't get any pictures of it, but it was a cool dark cave that we got to explore.  They served us a pretty awesome lunch and then took us over to Tulum.







Tulum is so pretty.  The water there is just amazing.  I wish we could have spent some time at that beach, but we were on a schedule that day.  Man it was gorgeous, though.  What a great place to build some ruins. :)




I have often seen these poles in Mexico, but never been fortunate enough to see the spinny-hanging up-side-down guys.  With the spring equinox that day, there were some extra festivities happening at the Mayan Temples.  It was fun to see these guys do their little dance and then just swing... upside-down... all the way down.



Lizards are everywhere in Cancun.  Especially these big iguanas.  Just trying to chase one down.  I almost touched one I was chasing once and it scared the devil out of me.  It was supposed to keep running. 
One night when we went to close the balcony door a lizard scurried in an up on our walls.  It made us both jump.  He was pretty panicked too, but fortunately, he found his way into Chris' backpack and we were able to get him outside again.




Just getting ready for the golfing season with a little pitch 'n' putt.




11 comments:

The Seaquist Family said...

Even after all of that camera trauma you come home with great pictures. You both look so happy. Congratulations. Glad your trip was great. Makes me want to go there!

Kira Cook said...

What a fun time and in BEAUTIFUL place. We held down the fort here and didn't let it get over 50, so you didn't get jealous. Convince Chris about going to Brazil next year. Possibly during any of the winter months:)

scott said...

You both look soooooo HAPPILY in LOVE!!!!! What a great place to be! Maybe we should ALL go back soon!

Elisa said...

Super fun! (I wished our ziplining adventure was a little more adventurous also! Pretty low key.

Unknown said...

I heart Cancun! I heart that you are married! YAY!

Krisser said...

Love these pics! I love the ones of you chasing the iguanas ya nut! Fun to see you- call me if you ever get to come to Seattle! Hopefully you're in your new home right this second being all domestic-like!

Dave said...

So JEALOUS! (about you getting to spend all that time with my best friend) :)

We're so happy for you guys and can't wait to see you. Quinn wants to meet Uncle Silva and Aunt Amy.

You guys look great.

Caitlin said...

What a fabulous trip! Looks like you guys had a ton of fun. Can't wait to see you guys next month!

Douglas said...

I wanna know when Chris will make it out of the friend category on your blog...

I remember when Kris and I went to some of those places. The cenotes were so cool. Glad you guys had fun.

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Lisa said...

You still came away with such great pictures. So glad you had such a good time. Fun to be with you this last weekend. Can't wait for 'new apartment' pics. Love you.