Trip to Mexico

Jake and I will be married for 5 years this May. We decided a few years ago that at our 5 year anniversary, we wanted to take a big trip. We went to Riviera Maya, Mexico last week and we had an amazing time. The weather was beautiful, sunny and in the 80s. We had a great time together and it was fun to be pampered and not worry about anything but hanging out with each other and having fun. Here are some pictures from a few things we did.

The first day we took a ferry ride from Playa Del Carmen to Cozumel. That was a beautiful place. Jake had booked a snorkeling trip for us to do that day and it was a neat experience. We got to swim with colored fish that would come up right by us. It took me a while at first to learn how to breathe through the gear, but it was such a neat thing. We used an underwater camera and are excited to see the pictures.

This is the boat we went out in to go snorkeling!
Beautiful Cozumel!

The next day we went to the Mayan ruins. It was a lot neater than I thought it would be. It was really cool to see what was left of the civilization. We got some great pictures and exercise that day. There was the most gorgeous beach I have ever seen at this place. We were some of the first people to arrive so we had the place all to ourselves. The water was so blue and the sand melted in our toes. We spent the morning there.

Then, we spent a couple days back at our resort. It was such a nice place. Here are a few pictures of the property.

This was our villa.

A view from the lobby.

Another view in the lobby

The Hacienda.

We got to eat 2 fancy meals while we were there. The first place, La Gran Tortuga, was a fun dinner. They gave us these cards that are red and green. As long as we had it flipped to the green side, they kept bringing us meat out on sword. They served us things like pork, beef, turkey wrapped in bacon, sausage, and some other things. Here is a picture of my face when he told me I was getting an iguana. (the waiters were such jokesters).

The other place was the best meal I have ever had in my life. I had filet mignon and it was amazing.

We got up one morning at 5:30 to watch the sunrise. That was fun and romantic. There were only 1 or 2 other people on the beach when the sun came up.

The last few pictures were just of some fun time around the beach and on the resort!

We had a great time together and look forward to our 10 year anniversary!