Long Awaited Vacation…Post

Sheldon and I have decided that we’ll never wait seven years to go on a vacation like that again! Where do I start? We only spent five days in Cancun, but there’s so much to tell about those five days.

The one aspect of our visit to Mexico that I could not get enough of was the water. It was so blue! It was like a turquoisey, greenish blue. And it was so clear! We were on a trimaran (kind of like a sailboat) to Isla Mejueres, which is a small island across from Cancun Island, and we could see the bottom of the ocean. The captain said it was about 20 feet deep.

Food and drinks of course were always available. We stayed at an all-inclusive resort, the Riu Palace Las Americas. Waiters came down to the beach and started taking drink orders around 10 a.m. Did I order one that early? Of course! I was in Mexico! There were five restaurants, one of which was a 24-hour buffet of anything you could ever want. Another one was an Italian restaurant open for lunch and dinner and the other three were reservation-only, dinner-only restaurants. We were able to make reservations at three of the four restaurants.

We spent Tuesday and Wednesday lying on the beach, swimming in the pools, or eating. Thursday we decided at the last minute to sign-up for an excursion. And I mean really last minute. We had to run to the city bus stop for the bus to take us to a meeting point. We were picked up by another bus and driven 45 minutes down the Riviera Maya coast. We chose to ride ATVs and a speedboat, each for 45 minutes. Woohoo! It was so much fun.

The next day we had signed up to go on the trimaran to Isla Mujueres. This was an all day excursion, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. We were so exhausted when we got back to the hotel. We sailed to the island, Sheldon got to swim with a catfish shark, we snorkeled (the coolest thing ever invented!), and we strolled on the island for awhile before heading back to Cancun.

Saturday was our last day at the resort. We decided to order room service (which was included) and then play on the beach for awhile before having to pack it up and check out of our room. We ate one last free meal at the buffet and headed out to do some souvenir shopping.

Our last stop was Hardtails and Beaches, a bar/restaurant/motorcycle rental/tattoo parlor. The owners, believe it or not, are from around Waco! They live about 45 minutes outside of Waco (sorry, I can’t remember the name of the town).

That ended our much-needed vacation to the tropics. We can’t wait to go back!

This was the view from our room.View from the sailboat.
Sheldon and his buddy.
Jill and her buddy.
Sheldon and Jill on the sailboat.
Sheldon and Jill on the ATVs! Woohoo!
Sheldon and Jill with tequila guy. We like tequila guy.
At the resort lounge after dinner one night.

Jill at the beautiful Cancun beach!

Sheldon striking a pose.
Gettin' ready to 4-wheel!
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