onmymind

My husband and I just spent some time on the Riviera Maya in Mexico to celebrate our honeymoon. We had a wonderful time.

 Neither of us had been anywhere before. Infact, it was the first time I had ever travelled via aeroplane - which was an experience unto itself.

 Prior to our departure came warnings from friends and family members who had been to mexico before; “Carefull for the locals harassing you on the beach”, “Don’t drink the water or ice”, “It’s a nice dry heat”. After these warnings let’s just say my poor husband was not looking forward to the trip at all!

Of course we didn’t have any issues at all. We stayed at the Gran Bahia Principe (a very large all inclusive resort housing three individual hotel complexes, a golf course and condos). It was so well secured that we had no problems with the locals at all. Only staff were allowed on site, with the exception of a small flea market the resort had allowed the local merchants to set up - where tourists were required to go to them.

The water and ice was all purified bottle water products. Even during the excursions, we ate at restaurants that practiced the same courtesy.

As for the weather… as long as we were at the beach or in the shade of a jungle, the weather was comfortable, but by the pool… HOT! My hair hated me. And in return, I hated my friend who advised me to unpack all of my hair products in order to save space and weight in my luggage. I had packed mostly sexy clothes, but let me tell you, it’s pretty hard to be sexy when your head looks like you have been electricuted. I was the bride of frankenstein all week! No wait… I was Gene Wilder!!!

We ate soooo much!

On site of each hotel there is a gormet buffet that is open four times a day. Outside of our oceanview room was a 24 hour snack bar. And everytime we turned our head there were all inclusive bars - some were even partially self serve. Mmm Pina Coladas… oh how I miss you.

The entertainment was plentiful - with the exeption of the hours between 4pm and 6pm. Which is also the time that the buffets were closed, so we often wandered around commenting on our bordom at this point. I suppose I could have taken those two hours to try to do something with my hair for the evening, but it probably would have been a lost cause anyway.

All in all, we had a blast and plan to ’drag’ a bunch of friends with us next time. WAY TOO FUN!!!