Ok so this post is very late in coming, but at least it's up now, right? Pac and I were invited by his company to go on a trip to Mexico this past Novemeber (2011). We saw some incredible ruins and got to do some fun things! Some things we had to opt out of with me being pregnant, but it was so much nicer to relax most of the time.
These are both pictures of a structure at Tulum. We LOVED Tulum. It was a half-day trip, and was so calm and quiet. The grounds there felt very special.
At the end of the tour, they gave the tourists an opportunity to swim down below in the ocean. We only had about 10 minutes to do so, so we opted out of the swimming. This happened when we went to Chichen Itza too. But what a view!
This guys says "Here! Picture with Iguana!" We thought, "Ok, cool!" so we did. Then as asoon as we gave the beast back and began to walk away, the man says "No, money." And looked at us as if we were stupid. We ended up shoveling out 5 bucks for this picture.
We knew we had to pay for this one, but how awesome is it!? I love the Mayan culture.
Ok, Chichen Itza was cool. Very cool. However, our tour guide was not all that amazing. I would've loved to have had a member of the LDS faith with us as a tour-guide to offer some insight as to how these grounds date back to the Book of Mormon. We did not though, and just enjoyed the time. :)
Chichen Itza is so over-run with traveling vendors that it didn't have the same feeling as Tulum. Plus, it was an all-day excursion which meant we were on a bus most of the day. We were only at Chichen Itza for 3 hours, but were gone from the hotel from 7 am to 7 pm. Longest. Day. Ever.
The Mayans believed this snake head brought good fertility to the ground for plants. It's body extends all the way up the temple.
The lobby of our hotel.
The entrance to the lobby.
The courtyard where we ate many a meal on the buffet.
i was 8 weeks preganant on this trip, and unfortuneately, nothing ever sounded good enough to eat. This is the morning we left for home, and I was so sick of the food (it all tasted the same) I simply resorted to soda crackers and sprite. I felt so much better.
First time snorkelers here! This is so much fun. I would love to do this again. Here's hoping we get to do the Great Barrier Reef is Australia. This reef we snorkeled at was the second largest next to Australia's.
