This was supposed to post on Friday night, but the internet connection in Cozumel was finicky at best and we had none the last two days. We arrived safely in the US last night through Denver, and then finally through Portland. We got home at 1 AM. It was really nice to come home to a clean house, and there has even been this foreign, wet, cold stuff coming from the gray clouds above!
Here is my last Cozumel post, and for those of you that like tons of pictures, I am going to post way more on Shutterfly in the next few days, so I will put the link in one of my next blogs. And yes...we are both well aware we could look much trimmer in our suits, lol, but it is difficult to share awesome Mexico pictures without showing some swimwear(!)...so here's to our 2014 tropical trip and us being a bit more shapely! :)
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| At Stingray Beach...it was a cloudy, windy day. |
Today is our last day in Cozumel. Vacations seem to fly by so fast. On the one hand, we have done pretty much everything we came to do (not that it is getting old by any means, but in the fact that we are satisfied), and it just kills me to miss not one, but two of the boys’ soccer games…but we had to plan around when Barrett could get off of work. On the other hand, I think it is hard for anyone to give up the balmy breezes, warm ocean water and tropical paradise that is Cozumel to return to Oregon weather, and no hope of another tropical vacation until next year (if we play our cards right!). What a beautiful place to come visit!
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| Trying escargot |
The last few days have been a blur of relaxing by the beach with a good book (I am currently reading the Trylle Trilogy by Amanda Hocking…if you have similar book taste to me, look it up-I recommend), swimming in the pools at the resort, enjoying the hot tubs, and meeting a few couples. We have met couples from Wisconsin, Illinois, Texas, Ohio, Canada, Brazil, England, and North Carolina. We have not met anyone from the West coast such as ourselves! Every time the natives ask where we are from and we say Oregon, they correct with, “Oh…Ory-gon!” On one day we took a taxi to the market square, by where all the huge cruise ships dock, and we prowled around for some souvenirs. Yesterday afternoon we met two younger (unmarried) couples in the hot tub, and they proceeded to invite us hot tub hopping to the ones on the rooftop at the bar. There were some drinks and laughs to be had, and it was fun for the most part…though I am reminded that I am an “old” 31 year-old, in the fact that a quiet evening with my love trumps wild bar fun ANY night! We dined last night at the French restaurant, and I got really brave, and B and I both tried escargot. Yep…snails. The sauce they were in was good, and I managed to get two down, but call me a baby-I could not get over the idea of what I was eating!
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| Holding a stingray |
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| Lounging in a hammock in the water. |
Today we went to a tourist place called Stingray Beach. You pay to go in the water with stingrays that have had their barbs trimmed…not removed mind you, as I think that would be inhumane…or whatever phrase you would use for animals, but trimmed. The rays there ranged from 1 foot-4 feet across, and we got to do two different sessions. In the first we learned about the place and rays in general, and we all got a handful of frozen fish to feed the rays. This was AMAZING! Call it touristy…but the rays (like 5-6 BIG ones) come up and bump your legs when they want food, and then take it from your hand. We also got to pet them and hold them! In the second half of the excursion, we snorkeled in the huge enclosed area that had more rays (including a baby one!), and many fish, zebra fish, angel fish, etc. This was well worth the cost, and I can imagine would be awesome with children too! We returned to swim in the ocean at the resort and lounge in the chairs on the beach. The water was unfortunately too murky here the last few days to do any good snorkeling, as they are having some mild stormy weather, AKA it is windy and cloudy, but not cold at all.
Tonight, on our last night here, we are meeting up with a couple from North Carolina at the international restaurant. They are travelling yoga instructors that we keep running into and chatting with, so we thought it was fitting to end the trip with a shared meal. Tomorrow we will fly from Cozumel to Denver, and then back to Portland. It has been a great trip. There are definitely some things that make Mexico less convenient than going to Hawaii (like the overall travel time we spent!), but overall we have had a blast.
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| Getting ready to jump in-on our snorkeling tour |
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| Before dinner |
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Loved the geckos! We had one on our ceiling one night, and this one was on a wall of resort.
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Here is my last Cozumel post, and for those of you that like tons of pictures, I am going to post way more on Shutterfly in the next few days, so I will put the link in one of my next blogs. And yes...we are both well aware we could look much trimmer in our suits, lol, but it is difficult to share awesome Mexico pictures without showing some swimwear(!)...so here's to our 2014 tropical trip and us being a bit more shapely! :)
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