Mexico! What an amazing place!! Seriously there are no words to describe just how incredible this place was but I will attempt to! As with the last one... this will be a long one and will break it into days for you but please don't forget... food and water ;-)
Before I get ahead of myself and start gushing about the fabulousness let me explain what took us to this paradise!
As I mentioned in my earlier post, Bryce and I usually take an anniversary trip every year. This year however, we found out that some of our closest friends, Courtney and Kristin were engaged and decided to have a destination wedding!! We were so excited and were immediately in agreement that this would be our anniversary trip as well! I mean with white sand and clear water what more could you ask for?! :)
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| On the plane! Sooo ready! |
To make it even better, Courtney asked Bryce to stand with him as a groomsman! We were so honored and even more excited because that meant we had an excuse to extend our trip!! So, we ended up flying in on Thursday morning and then flying home Monday afternoon. We seriously could have stayed all through the next week too but reality was calling us home!
When we landed in Cancun it was a little worrisome because it was raining and someone informed us after we asked that this was the start of their rainy season... my immediate thought was about the wedding on Saturday and if it would be raining because it was on the beach. However, I immediately dismissed the thought because as many of you know it rained on Bryce and my wedding day and it was amazing so I didn't worry too much! :)
The first thing we had to do was find our transport to the resort in Playa Del Carmen (About a 45 min drive)... we had prearranged this (which I HIGHLY suggest because as soon as you get off the plane you are bombarded with people trying to get you to hire them to help you with your bags, drive you somewhere or sell you something!) so we just kept asking for Lomas Travel and they kept pointing us in the right direction. After we got there we waited for 2 other couples but it wasn't long at all and then we were off! :)
When we arrived at the resort it was like we were arriving at some secret and exotic compound because it has this huge concrete wall and then two bridges over these beautiful pools to go in and out of the resort! I wish I had thought to get a pic of the entrance but there will be plenty of picture so you will just have to take my word for it... it was awesome! haha I totally felt like a movie star arriving at my own private resort :-D
These pictures are the lobby of the part of the resort where we were staying...
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| Very cool roof/ceiling! |
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| Bryce is already so Zen! :) |
Yes I said the part that we stayed in because there were 3 parts! :) We had access to any of them because they all offered a completely different feel, atmosphere, and restaurant/bar offerings :) The part we stayed in I referred to as "The Jungle one" because it was all about zen and relaxation! This area also conveniently had the spa which we both partook in but more on that later!! :)
These are a few shots of our room... LOVED it! Seriously wish I could live there!! :)
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| The A...MAZING bathroom! |
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| Walking into our room |
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| The main part of the room with our own private balcony. |
After we got settled into the room and they delivered our bags, we went in search of everyone else! We found them at the pool so we hung out with everyone until it was time to get ready for the rehearsal/rehearsal dinner. It was raining a little bit when we went down for the rehearsal so we had the rehearsal right in the lobby of the "Ambassador" section. YES it was that big that we could have a "walk" and a ceremony in the lobby! haha
We had dinner at the italian restaurant on site - the food was delicious (a theme you will see throughout the entire trip!) and the company was wonderful! Another amazing thing about this resort is that it was All-Inclusive! If any of you are considering a trip like this All-Inclusive is definitely the way to go!! No matter where we were on the resort or what we wanted... it was included... A-MAZING! :) It is just such a load off to not have to worry about carrying around money and worrying about how much everything is!
After dinner we headed over to the karaoke bar in the "Ambassador" section and sang/danced the night away! For a karaoke bar in Mexico, I think they had more options than most places in the states! :) So fun!
To give you a little more about the "Ambassador" section of the resort, this part was beach front and it was all about fun! Totally family friendly, a HUGE pool and fun beach games - volleyball, jetskis, etc! Also, each section had a pool and an in-water bar. This is where we ate most of our lunches while we were there because we were all hanging out at the pool and didn't want to leave to go to a restaurant! :) So convenient! haha
Alright that's long enough for now... more to come... :)
It sounds like such an awesome trip!!! I can't wait to hear more and see more pictures. Makes me want to go somewhere tropical right now. :-)
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