Cancun: Day 6

Our last day in Cancun was spent soaking up every last minute until we had to leave for the airport at 1pm.

I got up at 7 so I could watch the sunrise over the ocean.

Blake and I walked down to one of our favorite spots to take some last pictures. The lighting wasn't the best, but oh well.

When we ate (it was my last day eating fresh churros for breakfast and all the guac and chips I could ever want for lunch!) and went for a swim.

The hotel was amazing and super accommodating. Even though we had to be out of our room at 11am, they kept our bags for us and let us use their hospitality room that had showers and a place for us to change for the flight home.

We had a grand time, but were definitely getting to the point where we missed the kids and were ready to head home. After a LOOONG flight home (we had a huge layover in Denver and then still had to drive 3 hours home from the airport), we were reunited with our little munchkins, feeling refreshed and ready to take on the role of parenthood once again!

Cancun: Day 5

After our free day yesterday, it was time for our Xplor day on day 5! Blake and I were both really exicted for today. We even brought a special camera just for today. Our very first digital camera supposedly was "waterproof" I packed it especially for this day so we didn't have to buy one of the pricey picture packages the park offered. I thought I was being so smart. Our first event was the zipline and at the end, you zipline through a waterfall and into a pool. Yep, dead camera. I'm almost certain the picture card still works, I just need to find another camera it will fit into to check. So for now, you get these lovely pictures I poached off the park's website.

There were 2 zipline courses, 2 ATV courses through caves, rivers, and across bridges in the jungle, 2 canoe courses through caves, 1 swimming course through the caves that ended swimming through a huge water fall, lots of paths through the caves to explore, a relaxing hammock area to take a rest, and a huge outdoor buffet that you could eat at whenever you wanted. The atmosphere was so cool there...just very relaxed and peaceful. I pointed out to Blake it was probably because the park didn't serve alcohol (due to the activities you'd be doing). 

Even though the park was busy, we hardly had to wait in lines and a lot of time Blake and I felt like we were totally alone. 

We were also laughing because even though there were workers there to help you get going on your activity, there was no guide for most of the day. While we were in the caves they'd say "Don't touch the stalactites." or "stay on the course" but really you could've taken a stalactite home as a souvenir or gone off course tons of times. We laughed because if this park was in the US, there would be a guide with you at all times making sure you followed the rules.

***UPDATE***I found a way to save our pictures off the memory card from our ruined camera! This is from the first hour or so of our day before the camera got wet doing the zip-lines.

See that big windy tower behind me? You had to climb it get to the next zip-line. We definitely got a good leg workout.

Video of the Zip-lines:

Cancun Day 4

Today was actually one of the funnest days we had during our stay. And it was all a happy accident and totally unplanned. 

It started out at 7am with Blake and I waiting for the bus to pick us up at our hotel to take us to the Xplor Adventure Park. We waited and waited and after an hour and a half we got really nervous. Had they forgotten us? Were we ripped off? Blake and I didn't know what to do. There was this guy outside our hotel who saw Blake and I looking a little agitated and offered to help us. I was a little wary accepting his help. I didn't know him and was super scared of getting scammed while we were in Mexico. He was a native and offered to call the tour company and translate for us. It took a big leap of faith for me to hand over our confirmation email to him. He called the company and turns out the park was closed that day and our Xplor day should have been for the NEXT day. (all the while he's on the phone speaking Spanish, I'm thinking "You could totally be telling your brother to come pick us up for our "tour" and then rob us and leave us for dead in the jungle.) But this guy, Egar, was SO NICE and HELPFUL and we LOVED HIM!  Turns out he worked inside the hotel at the travel desk and was just outside waiting for his shift to start. Shame on me for being so cynical. 

So with our day suddenly free, we just flew by the seat of our pants. We started by using our free couples massage we got for going to the timeshare presentation. It was amazing and so, so relaxing! I closed my eyes and listened the ocean as this lady worked on all my sore back muscles.

Blake relaxing after his massage.

Then we hit the beach!

 The waves were so big and the tide was crazy strong. Since I was being a worry wart making sure Blake wasn't swept out to sea, I took a bunch of pictures.

 After lunch, we went up to the room to get changed. We decided to go out and explore some more of Cancun.

 We rode the city bus down to the heart of Cancun's shopping district. We found some fun things like The Hard Rock Cafe and the giant spider man.

 We stopped here to rest and get a view of the Lagoon. Apparently there are alligators in the Lagoon, but we didn't see any. The warning did keep us from wanting to use any of the hotel kayaks though. Fall out and get eaten by an alligator? No thanks!

 Even though we had just eaten lunch and had dinner reservations at our hotel for another 5 course dinner, we couldn't resist stopping to eat at Bubba Gumps Shrimp Co.

 Blake was amazed at the foliage that grew all over Cancun

It was fun to leave the resort and explore Cancun on our own. And yes, we went back to our hotel and ate a 5 course meal. It was hard work, but someone had to do it!