MEXICO

HELLO!! I am back from one of the best weeks of my life!! I cant even begin to explain how unreal Mexico was. It blew any expectations I had out of the water.
We stayed at a hotel called the Sunset Princess. It was AMAZING. The place is absolutely beautiful. The service was great, the drinks were good, the food was awesome, the music and dancing was sooo much fun. . And the ocean..OH MY GOD...the OCEAN. After a week of being there I still couldn't get over the amazing ocean. When you are swimming in it, its like you are in a pool. Its soo clear. The sand is so white.

Our room

bathroom

Sunday night we stepped out of the airport around 630? And were hit with this wall of humidity. AWESOME. We were then faced with a 45 min bus ride to Playa del Carmen and our resort. After checking in and seeing our gorgeous room, Shawn and I had a shot of tequila (obviously) and then met everyone at the lounge where we danced to the live band until they were done at 11. We were all like WTF do we do now? This is where a crazy Mexican who worked there yelled "DISKOTEKA!!" which then became one of our sayings throughout the trip. So we headed to the disco and danced the night away until it closed at 2 and then we went to Tiffany and Staceys room. They had a swim up room so we all went in the pool until we were kicked out because we are too noisy! Haha..so we dried off and headed to the Sports Bar. This was basically our night time routine.

Monday was  a pool day.

poolside

Tuesday we headed into Playa del Carmen and caught this ridiculous ferry to Cozumel. I call it ridiculous because omg it was soooo rocky. A few us got sea sick...There was a band playing on the boat and most people at the back of it got soaked. Once we got to Cozumel we rented scooters and went off in groups to tour the island. What a great first half of the day this was. We stopped off at the Bob Marley Beach Bar for a drink and a snack on the beach. Absolutely GORGEOUS here. The second half was hectic. On our way back, one of the 4 scooters broke down. As we stood on the side of the road in the middle of nowhere I might add, a random couple of jeeps pulled up and started snapping photos of us. We asked to borrow their phone and one of the guys called the scooter company, and told us that they would be here in 20 minutes to help us out. Meanwhile, we find out that the people snapping photos are taking pictures for a travel magazine, so we helped them out. Shawn doubled the photographer, I doubled the guy with the flash, while we drove down the road beside Kristy and Shawn as they had their photos taken. Craaaaaaaazy.
So, 20 minutes goes by, then an hour, then an hour and a half. No Scooter guys. So we decide, screw it, we're leaving the scooter on the side of the road. We decided to head back. So on our way back...guess what!?!?!!! SHAWNS scooter breaks down. So now we are down to 2 scooters and 4 people. We decide to stop at the next group of shops (we are pretty remote at this point) to use the phone again. So Shawn gets on the phone and the scooter guy tells Shawn "Call the policia" and then hangs up on him. Meanwhile, we are being circled by about 10 mexicans who were all speaking in Spanish and laughing to themselves. They told us we could hop in the truck and get a ride with them...umm...nope. We hopped on the scooters and high-tailed it back to town. That was the only moment on the whole trip where I felt a little bit uncomfortable.
Fast forward a bit, we meet everyone in town for dinner and then take that ridiculous ferry back. We catch the Canucks game in the sports bar and then obviously finish the night in the diskoteka!

where we stopped for drinks in Cozumel

Wednesday was the wedding. What an amazing day this was! We spent the morning poolside, and then the afternoon getting ready. It was a breezy day so we were pretty comfortable, and not too hot. They got married on the beach under this gorgeous gazebo. We then got a bunch of pictures taken and then headed to the reception which was in a restaurant that was closed down for us, overlooking the ocean. Amazing! There was dinner, some fantastic speeches and then of course dancing. When the reception ended ...you guessed it....we went to the diskoteka! Wooo!

wedding day <3

Thursday was another much needed pool day.

Friday a bunch of us went to a place called Xel-Ha (pronounched Shell-Ha) it is a gorgeous park with snorkeling, cliff jumping, zip lining, etc etc...the snorkeling was UNREAL. Amazing bright coloured fish swimming around in this ocean that was literally as clear as a swimming pool. Denise and I even had a HUGE turtle swim right underneath us!  I had an absolutely amazing day. I cant wait to go snorkeling again...the fish were soo awesome. Pink fish, zebra fish, blue, light blue, 6 foot barracudas...HUGE fish. Also we would come up to these massive schools of tiny little fish....just unreal.
After Xel-Ha we had dinner at an Italian restaurant on the resort and then obviously hit the disco.

the group that went to Xel-Ha

Saturday a few of us went fishing out on the ocean. Talk about GORGEOUS! I am not one to get sea sick but I had a beer out there, and it did not sit well. So I asked Courtney if I could have a gravol..BAD IDEA. For the rest of the trip I slept in the cabin of the boat. I was soo tired the rest of the day... I will never have a gravol again for as long as I live!! I hate you gravol.

fishing group

Saturday night we went back to the resort, had dinner, watched the Canucks game, and then you guessed it DISKOTEKA! Wooop. We had an amazing evening. Stayed out dancing until 3 or 4 am ...definitely ended the trip with a bang.

all the people behind them are watching the Canucks

Sunday we woke up and had breakfast and then got packed up. We layed by the pool and enjoyed our last few hours before leaving. The bus picked us up at 2pm and then it was bye bye Mexico. :(

What an absolutely unreal trip. It was sooo good that we are planning our trip for next year already. It will be sometime the end of May 2012. If you are reading this, and want to join us (you will NOT be disappointed) please let me know and I will get you the details!!!
xo-B