Our Trip to Mexico

This past week that we were in Mexico was nothing short of spectacular! We arrived on Monday the 8th and returned on Sunday, 14th. If there were any setbacks we had it would have been the 2 hours it took to go through Customs upon our arrival. I believe everyone that were heading to Mexico arrived at 3:00 pm. It took us 2 hours to finally get through customs and board our shuttle to take us to Riviera Maya Resort. The time lost waiting in line at customs was made up by our van driver. I have taken the cabs in NY but our driver had to be an ex Formula One driver. I never knew a 2 lane road could actually be made into 3+ lanes.

We took Tuesday morning and visited Playa de Carmen, one of the hottest spots for shopping and night clubs in the area. For those of you that love to shop and take in beautiful beaches, this is the place to go. Street after street of shops and food vendors.





On Wednesday we headed out to see the Maya Ruins in the city of Tulum. It was a very rewarding trip to see the beauty of what is left of an ancient city dating back to around 1200-1500 A.D. It was a pretty awesome experience just standing in the center of it and visualizing the city filled with people. One of the things we found interesting was the fact of the height of the doorways. If you look at one of the pictures of an adobe where I'm standing, you realize the height of the citizens of Tulum.



The remaining of the week we just stayed around the resort and took life easy. I went snorkeling with Aaron and David one morning and had a great time ( although it does get one tired real easy). Cindy and I took a kayak out and went for a ride on a catamaran. Our day deep sea fishing trip was fun, even though we did not have much success (Laura caught one nice one), the water was really rough and did not have much sympathy on our stomachs.



The night of the wedding there just happen to be a beach party going on which we all felt we should contribute to. There was music, contest for the adults, try placing one hand on a ball, circle around it 5-6 times, then run backwards to the next person in line ( almost makes you feel like your drunk ) or doing the limbo ( good thing was if you lost you got a shot of Tequila poured into your mouth).

Our last night there we had the pleasure of seeing our son, David, go upon stage and compete in a "Perform like Michael Jackson contest". He did not win top prize ( but in all of our opinions he should have), he definatly has some moves when he is on the dance floor.




This trip would rate at the top of things that Cindy and I have been able to do, and were very fortunate to have the opportunity to spend it with Aaron, David, and our new daughter in-law Laura, along with her family.

The Wedding & Beach Party

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Without boring you with every detail I'll let the pictures explain themselves. The only details I will give now was that it rained all day( off and on )and 45 minutes before the wedding they had to decide what to do, stay outside and hope for clear skies or go inside and have it in a building. They decided to stay with it outside and by the time the of the wedding NO RAIN and cloudy skies. The wedding was wonderful and the resort was having a Friday night beach party which turned out to be a perfect time for their reception. I can only say it was a night to remember ( or at leasst try to remember). For the rest of what we done I will post it later with more pictures.