Overall, we had a relaxing wonderful time in Cancun! It was just the right length of time; long enough to get kid schedules out of my brain and short enough so that we did not miss the kids too much. The goals were achieved; we recharged and reconnected and relaxed. Our first vacation, of any magnitude, since the honeymoon was a success.
Day One: We had to leave for the airport at 3 am and arrived in Cancun around 11:30 am. We had virtually a whole day there on our travel day which was nice! We spent the first day learning about the dining options, hotel offerings, navigating through the hotel and other logistics. After a little beach time we had dinner at the buffet followed by a water dancing show. Good first day.
Day Two: We sorta explored a few other hotels for curiosity sake and then booked our snorkeling excursion for the following day. We laid around at the pool and beach sipping cool refreshing beverages. We ended the evening with a dinner reservation at one of the three restaurants included in our package--seafood! We watched the evening entertainment: Mexican heritage (dancing) and movies in bed!
Day Three: See my last post on
snorkeling. To get over my sea sickness, we took a long walk--probably 5 miles! I wore a rash guard snorkeling to prevent burning but took it off for the walk so I got a lil pink walking. Silly me. That night we had reservations in a Spanish restaurant followed by the nightly show---urban dancing hahahaha!
Day Four: We took it easy on the fourth day. It was actually a little challenging to sleep in; we both woke up around 7 and then kept waking up every 30 minutes or so until 900. All we did was lay at the pool and join in on random hotel activities...volleyball, basketball, kayaks etc. We made reservations to try out the third and final restaurant--Mexican for that evening. By the time we arrived, I was starting to feel really sick. I think the change in water finally hit me; it happens to me all the time. I did not eat much and after sitting there smelling the food for so long I felt VERY sick. I had to leave Matthew there and go back to the room. We spent the rest of the evening just watching movies, which was actually super fun. When we dated all we did was watch movies, so it was fun!
Day Five: Again, we tried to do nothing and accomplished it quiet well! We met a couple from Scotland early in the day and spent the rest of the day talking to them. They were so fun to hang out with and we spent a lot of time laughing about all our funny idiomatic expressions. A bad storm blew in and so the four of us went in side and played bingo and jenga over drinks the rest of the day. I hate we missed them so late in our trip---they were so fun! That night we went back to the Mexican place since I did not get to eat there the night before. I think it was my favorite!!!! After dinner we listened to OTHER hotel guests sing karaoke and chatted with our new friends; this may have been the most fun night!
Day Six: We had to check out around noon so we just laid on the beach until we had to shower. The weather was still overcast but no bad storms like the day before. We were very delayed leaving Cancun--first it was an a/c issue, then the a/c issue HAD to be fixed before departing, then we did not have enough fuel after sitting around like that, then we had to get more fuel....lalala. By the time we arrived in charolette, we had 20 minutes to get through customs and border control, which includes picking up our bag. Everyone on the plan was late for a connecting flight so everyone was RUNNING. After getting through customs and border control we only had FIVE minutes bfore the connecting flight left. A Us Airways rep was waiting just past border control to direct people as to whether their flight was gone yet or not...ours was not on the list at all. She told us to stand in a line to get a hotel and I said "if it isnt on the list then you don't know if its left yet right?" She responds "Well thats true. Maybe it hasnt left. Its on the opposite side of the airport. Run. Leave the bags, even carry ons." We did not hesitate. We RAN...I told Matthew to leave me behind and make the plane wait. Since we had to go through security again, he ran with no belt on and I ran with no shoes; we were quite a sight. Out of breathe, we arrive seconds before they close the door. 2 minutes behind us another couple from our Cancun flight ran up out of breath! WHEW!! Our bags did not arrive in Mississippi, but I did not care---I just wanted to see the kids!!!!!!!!!!!
I could tell the kids had SO much fun at Gamvrell Manor and that made the Cancun trip even sweeter. They played in a pool, had treats, fed chickens, watched movies, road the "bad boy buggy" (like a gator thingy), fished, picked veggies from the garden, got eggs from the chickens, played with Uncle Mateo, and slept GREAT! Thanks Mia and Papa.....we were able to enjoy the trip because of you!!!
Waiting to depart!!
The Beach
First night!
Space Team...played it a lot!
From out Balcony
Dinner!
Seafood
We drank so many of these cappuccinos! SO GOOD!
These were as common as rabbits on Omaha or squirrels in the south
Playing a lil basket ball
It was fun!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
