Orrin was an amazing researcher and found us a smokin deal to Mexico! We drove to Vegas to fly out that morning. We got there a little too early. We were the ONLY ones in that terminal for at least 45 minutes. Sooo tired.
Once we got to Mexico it was FABULOUS. We had a shuttle take us out to our Hotel. Our rooms were literally a 2 minute walk from room to water! The view was spectacular and I couldn't believe the blues we were seeing in the ocean.
Day 1 was spent at the beach and walking around down town Play Del Carmen. We ate a Rompope (yummy rum flavored ice pop) and I bought I sliver-ish bracelet.
Day 2 we went on our first excursion with Edventure Tours. Highly recommend them. Our Guide Gill (pronounced Hill) was great and so fun. Highly recommend him too. We went to Tulum (we didn't have a guide here and if you go, we suggest you have one) and it was stunning. I could have lived right in that spot the rest of my life.
Our next stop was some zip lines and canooing across a little lake. This is an area where the Myan people live and work. They are tiny little people but so nice. Orrin liked talking with them more than the Mexicans because they were so nice.
We went snorkeling at Dos Ojos (Two Eyes) a water cave. We were able to see and swim among all the rock formations and it was awesome.
Our next stop was Akumal. I'd love to vacation there next time rather than Play Del Carmen, it was beautiful! We got to swim out in the ocean and see the sea turtles and a Yellow Ray.
Our last stop was Yalku. It is a natural aquarium where the fresh water meets the salt water. There were a lot of really neat fish there. If the water gets mixed up too much it creates a weird oil and makes it hard to see. This whole trip was SO FUN.
Day 3 was spent at the beach again! We walked about a mile down the shore to look at crabs and pick up shells. Later that day we took a little walk down the road to a shopping center. Way overpriced. I couldn't believe it was $30 for a thing of sun block! if you wanted a higher SPF you'd pay $5 more! So lame.. but if you needed it you had to pay and they knew that.
Day 4 we went on another excursion. This one was an LDS tour of Chichen-Itza and Coba. Our guide was Helaman and he picked us up in his little van. About 30 minutes into the drive he started his presentation. He had pictures to reference and even a microphone hooked up to the speakers so we could hear him in the back. It was important that he gave us all this history and information on the way there so that we could understand what we were looking at and not have to take as much time while we were there.
It was amazing how many similarities there are to the LDS church and all that they had built and symbolized at these neat temples. Some of the things were the walls surrounding the temples. There was a Telestial and Celestial wall. Everyone lived within the Telestial and only the priest and the temples were among the Celestial. They had lots of ways they did sacrifices and there was even a baptismal font. Really neat.
So that is our very brief recap of the fun time we had in MEXICO!!
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