[26/265] White Sand. Clear Blue Sea. Blue Skies.

I know people who go on these hot holidays with the white sand, clear blue sea, and blue skies always come back raving about how wonderful it was, but I'd never really understood... until now. It's so nice to have the sun beaming down on you with the ocean breeze cooling you off, especially when it's a less than 5 minute walk from your room. This said however, it takes me forever to tan and I really didn't get that dark by the end of the trip. I'm still translucent enough to see the veins in my arms.

The plan was to snorkel with sea turtles in Akumal Bay in the afternoon, but by the time we wanted to take the 2 hour trip, we would arrive way too late in the day to see any. Instead, we took the ferry to Isla Mujeres.

First on the list of things to do when we got to the island though, was to fill our bellies. What better to start off with than fresh coconuts? We also had a seafood platter filled with grilled octopus, lobster, and shrimp.

 

It was my first time snorkelling and I loved it! It was amazing swimming amongst the fish and coral. Sister Bear 1 and lent me a soft waterproof case for the trip so I could take some underwater photos. Next hot holiday, I am definitely buying a hard case so I could take advantage of all the settings on my camera.

[25/265] Cancun City

Imagine waking up to this every morning. Getting stand on our balcony with such a beautiful view was the best part of waking up. There was actually an extra charge for a room with an ocean view but Oat and I weaselled our way into getting it free for our stay.

We walked around in the shops around our hotel after a horrible Mexican breakfast (Oat's was the worst... it was a toasted bun with refried beans and melted cheese with some pico de gallo on the side). There's so many cute souvenirs to buy people, but honestly, what does somebody do with a sombrero or a little Mexican doll?

Online had said that there were bull fights in Cancun every Wednesday that were free to the public. When we arrived there was only a random local trying to tell us in Spanish that it's only every second Wednesday. He told us we could go take a look inside though. No bulls fighting... just a couple of Canadians. When we came out, he held out his hand and said "tip, tip". Funny that that was the only English word he knew.

    

We finished off the night with some more Mexican food at Carlos' n Charlie's and a disco/show at Coco Bongo. Carlos' n Charlie's was the most energetic restaurant I've been to. Every so often, staff would dance and try to get customers to join in and there were other staff going around with balloons and taking photos. There was also a guacamole cart that wheeled around making guacamole in front of the customers. Coco Bongo was an open bar club with awesome music and live performances of acrobats, dancers, and pop star impersonators. The whole area felt like Vegas with all the lights, bars, and energy.