Mexico! Part 1

The trip finally rolled around - we had booked it in April, so waited seven months for it - and it was worth it!

Here's some pictures:

Here's a shot from the plane heading into Cancun.

Here's the entrance to the ferry pier at Playa del Carmen going to Cozumel.

Here's the hotel we stayed at - The Royal.

View to the Gulf of Mexico from the Lobby.

There's this little alleyway from the main building to the north buildings, and it's called Alley of the Kiss.

View of the room.

An insuite jacuzzi.

Looking into the room from the balcony.

There's a pier right beside the hotel, but regular people aren't allowed to use it.  It's only for the use of ferries from cruise ships to Playa del Carmen.

Here's a shot from the beach looking towards the hotel.

Relaxing at one of the many lounge/bars on site.

By the main fountain outside the lobby.

This is where we went for our big activity day!

Drawing in the sand  - CR + DR!

This is the beach where we went for ATV'ing, speedboating and parasailing.

The start of our ATV trip



Look closely - it's an alligator, not a log!
 

We had an unexpected stop on the ATV trail (the leader's ATV broke down) so we took a few pictures while we waited for a replacement ATV to show up.

Dan is taking a look at the ATV.  The guy walking in the blue shorts was one of the other guys in our group.  He was from Russia - interesting.

On our way back from ATV'ing, we saw this animal.  They called it a raccoon.

One of the leaders threw out a bag of doritos to bait the raccoon to stay on the side of the road for us to take pictures.  I think they felt bad that we had to wait 15 - 20 minutes while they got a new ATV.

Coming up to the end of the ATV tour.