we left Frankfurt thursday and 11 hours later (no sleeping) we were there!
in Cancún we took une of the many vans from the agencies,
which travel down the Riviera Maya coast towards Tulum,
leaving the tourists in the the several resorts along the road...
2 hours later we left our stuff in the room, had dinner and went to sleep!
on friday we woke up wtill with mixed schedules (too early!),
and, after a nice breakfast (the meals we buffet style),
went to explore the resort and take some dives at the beach!!
after lunch we came back to our room to get the mask and breather,
the coral reef, filled with colourfull fish, comes right to the beach!
its the ideal place to try snorkeling!!
and this way also survive the extreme heat and humidity of the day!
at night we went to bed really early to try to recover from the jet-lag.
saturday morening we picked some of the tours (guided) to take
and we selected one visit to a theme park and another to a pyramid!
the rest of the day, apart from meals, was spent in the sun and in the water,
doing snorkeling and trying out the new water proof camera!
takes some practise but we could already take some nice pictures!
sunday we did a tour of the jungle where, besides being heavily stung,
we did rappel into a cenote (very cool) and rode canoes
it was nice but we were expecting we could do some snorkeling too...
after, in the afternoon, we went to the Coba ruins up the tallest pyramid
sweat running down, it was fun to see jungle all arround, from up there!
but the complex is very degraded and the trees dominate the ruins...
maybe it would have been worth going to Chichen Iza, despite the tourists...
the mexicans always have some extra that you can pay for!
be it photos of the view, a ride to cross 3 hard kilometers... oh well!
monday we took the Colectivo (easy, cheap and safe) to go to the Xcaret
right at the entrance we bought the polemic biodegradable sun screen
which we ended up not using because that day we even had rain...
and for the first time we had the dollars exanged properly,
12,9 pesos and not the convenient 10 like it seems to be traditional...
we started with the snorkeling tour in the cenote, towards the beach (1 hour)
where we watched the dolfins and the had lunch.
afterwards we went by the sea side to the Flying Men arena
and checked out the aquarium (very cool, especially the turtles!!!)
afterwards we passed by the felines and checked out the butterflies.
in the evening we saw the show about the mayan and mexican cultures
very well done and with the impressive ball game
and came back to the hotel well tires, again in the Colectivo!
it was a very well spent day, the park is impressive!
tuesday, apart from meals and shopping, was spent in the sun and water
again doing snorkeling and now experimenting with videos!
the new camera was really a good investment!
on wednesday the day was spent again at the beach doing nothing,
once again only interruped by lunch (tired of the buffet...)
and a small nap in the bedroom, to avoid the hours of hardest heat
this time I decided to try the swimming glasses, in the afternoon!
in the last day, thursday, we still could enjoy the beach in the morning!
after lunch we had to take the van to the airport,
but we still waited 4 hours for the flight and 11 more in the air!
we arrived home friday, dying of sleep (could not sleep in the airplane)!!
these were different holidays and mainly very relaxing!!
and I found that snorkeling is actually really cool,
but with a proper breather snorkel - with a valve at the bottom!!
