CANCUN

We just got back from a week long trip to Cancun, and it was AMAZING! So relaxing and fun. We both needed it. Here are a few pics from the trip.

The first day, we went to Telum to see the ruins. Everywhere we went, there were iguanas everywhere. HUGE iguanas. Kind of freaked us out at first, but they just run when you get a little close to them. The ruins were really neat, right next to the ocean.

This is a picture of our room. The hotel was suprisingly nice. It was an all inclusive resort, which I highly recommend if you ever go to Mexico.

The coastline of our resort was just a bunch of sharp rocks, so they created their own little lagoon. It was really pretty. We were there during their slow season, which was great because there were hardly any people there.

This picture sums up Joel's trip. He LOVES snorkeling, and went every chance he got.

Because it was an all-inclusive resorts, we could order as many drinks as we want, including specialty drinks. Joel and Danny thought it was funny to sing that country song in spanish "Two pina coladas....", you know the one. Even though none of our drinks had alcohol, I think that everyone there thought these two boys were the most drunk in the whole place!

Our hotel had a little stream running through it. The hotel was really pretty. Everything was outside with just a roof, no walls, and really thick jungle all around it.

This is at the entrance of the park that was next to our hotel, Xcaret. The park had a bunch of ocean animals, places to snorkel, an underground river, etc. It was a really cool place. The day we went there, it rained a lot, so we didn't stay long. Joel and I did the swimming with the dolphins which was AMAZING! We couldn't bring in our camera, so we don't have pictures of it, but that was definitely one of the highlights of the trip.

This is in the underground river. The water was freezing cold, but it was still a lot of fun to float through it. In the picture is the couple we went with, Danny and Kristen Knudsen. Danny and Joel were mission comps in Texas.

One day, we did a Jungle Tour thing. You get to ride these waverunner / boat things, and they take you through this jungle in the ocean, and then you go snorkeling. That was a lot of fun.

Joel went fishing for 8 hours one day. To bad he didn't find out it was slow season for fishing until he got on the boat. He still had fun though. This fish below is a barracuda. Scary looking huh!

I am really glad Joel speaks spanish because it made the whole trip a lot easier. Not many people speak English where we were at, and I would have been completely lost without him. Because he speaks Spanish, he and Danny made friends with just about every employee at our hotel. One day, the lifeguard took him spear fishing, and they caught a lobster. They also saw a sea turtle, and a sting ray. They are hard to see in the pictures, but you can tell what they are from the outline.

Our hotel had an area that was for adults only, which was really nice. It had this little pool there, and was right on the ocean. Very peaceful. This was my favorite place to lay out.

Well, that's it! I hate that our trip is over. It was so much fun! Hopefully we will get to go again sometime....