The Cancun-camera: "The Resort"

All I can say about our resort was that it was what I imagine stepping into a magazine picture would be like. We had free range of multiple restaurants, and all the pina coladas and chi-chis we could ever want. The beach was flawless and amazingly un-crowded. The resort was at the tip of the island, right next to the Isla Mujeres flea market (one of my favorite stops much to Garrett's dismay) and a short walk to- well- pretty much the whole island. It was only 5 miles around after all. We rented a little golf cart and had the time of our lives.

We just found this guy walking around one of the little shops.

Outside Garrafon

Right outside of the South Point art museum.

My favorite beach we found (because of the shells). Best part: not commercial!

We bought a big spoon from this guy.

Our beach view.

I ate waaaay too many of these.

We played in the beach. A lot.

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The Cancun-camera: "Xel-ha and Tulum"

Our big day excursion was in Xel-ha and Tulum. Xel-ha was full of fun stuff to do- we rode the zipline, snorkeled, visited a small "Mayan" cave (haha) and my favorite was the lazy river, which was actually really a neat experience. In Tulum we toured some really neat Mayan ruins- some even with the original paint still intact. 

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The Cancun-camera: "Whale Sharks"

So I'm pretty annoyed that our video is too long to be posted on here and I have to use youtube, but swimming with whale sharks in Cancun was the coolest thing I think I've ever done. It was a two hour boat ride out and another 2 hours back in on rough seas and I have a tendency to get sick easily.. I was throwing up non-stop for a solid 3-4 hours. The sharks themselves were terrifying. They'd come at you with these huge open mouths and swipe their huge tails so close to you. I've never been so in awe with nature. Whale sharks are beautiful.  Garrett-Mr.-Small-Plane-Pilot even got sick and we had a great time bonding and throwing up together. While we snorkeled we had to come up occasionally to take our puke breaks and then go back down to the sharks. These pictures were mostly taken before the worst of it, cause we spent the boat ride back laying on the floor of the boat, defeated by our stomachs. When we finally got close to shore we jumped ship, much to the captain's distress (we hadn't tried the ceviche yet!), and swam to shore and laid on our beach drinking pina coladas until our tummies settled. Garrett and I still laugh about the one point during the ride when Garrett was throwing up up-wind of me and it was flying on my face and I was heaving to hard to move from my spot. Even after all of it I still think this trip was a bonding experience I wouldn't trade for anything.

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The Cancun-camera: "Tortugas"

Our Honeymooning in Isla Mujeres was quite a success. We talked to a local guy that mentioned the "tortuga" release over on the north end. I guess it's a community project that was started to raise awareness for the locals about caring for the sea turtle eggs in the area. We were pretty lucky to hear about the event considering it isn't advertised to the tourists there.

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