The Cancun Diaries: What We Did

So much to do, so little time.  Especially when relaxing is your #1 priority.

Which we actually DID... some of the time.

But when we weren't relaxing, we kept ourselves busy.

We played on the beach and in the ocean.

We wrote things in the sand.

We played in the pool.

We saw some sites.  We went to Tulum, on the Winter Solstice, no less.  Had we been there at 6am (which we weren't), we could have had an Indiana Jones moment, as the sun rose and shone through a specific window on the wall of the highest structure.  We also realized that we had exactly two years left before that Mayan calendar runs out.  Good timing.

We shopped and negotiated Mexican-style like there was no tomorrow (maybe that Mayan calendar stuff made us worry that our shopping days are numbered - haha).

At the resort,

in Playa del Carmen,

and in Puerto Morelos.

(Although all of these cute sweaters are alike, we paid more for some than for others.  

I think I made the best deal.)

We enjoyed the live entertainment... some better than others.

 (The "Las Vegas" magician.  With such a heavy Mexican accent, we couldn't understand most of what he said.  We stayed for the entire act out of courtesy, unlike over half of the audience, who were MIA when the lights came up.)

 (Our favorite show.  It was a circus night, and some of the acts were incredible.  We caught most of them on camera-video, and I don't have time to post them now.  Maybe another day.)

 (Mexican culture and dance night... the guy with the rope was excellent.)

(What I like to call Nacho Libre night.  Interesting, that's all I have to say.)

We have our own Nacho Libre... his act is better.

Our favorite activity?  Snorkeling.  A first for all of us.

It was awesome.  Thanks, Grandpa and Grandma, it was an amazing Christmas gift!

Well, gotta run.  But I'm not done.  More Cancun Diaries to follow.