MEXICO!!!
Sorry for such a late update, but I’ve been mad tired since I got home and I’ve just realized why, I got a cold so my brain hurts! There’s also so much to tell about the week, and I guess I’ll save some till when I get back to Sweden or you’ll have a full night to read about all our adventures in Mexico.
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So where do you start when you had a whole week of awesomness to tell?
I got 599 pictures on my camera and if I could just put all of them up it would be easy I guess!
It all started at hotel Omni in Cancun where we got our room with ocean view without having to pay extra for it. The hotel was really sweet, and they called our room a couple of times to see everything was fine and if we needed anything.
Right when we got there, around noon, we went straight down to the pool and it was love at first sight!
First 5 minutes outside the hotel
Later that afternoon we took the bus all the way downtown, it probably took about 30-40 min. We went to Walmart to get breakfast for the week since we didn’t have all inclusive. All inclusive at the hotel was $ 70 /day per person and how exotic is it to stay in a hotel for a week?
At night we went took the bus and went to Bubba Gump, a restaurant, If you seen the movie Forest Gump, it’s exactly what the concept is build around. It was good food and good margaritas!
Jumbo Shrimps ( I dipped my fingers in the butter, thinking it was lemon water for some reason?!)
Dinner outside at Bubba gump
Next day I think we spend the day at the pool and the beach. The waves were kind of intense the whole week so we couldn’t spend too much time in the ocean.
Monday we went on a tour into the jungle to do some activities and also to see some of the Mayan ruins, something I’ve always wanted to see!
We got picked up early in the morning and it took about 2 hours to get where we were going.
First we go for a very short kayak tour, me and Svenja in one kayak, and I asked her if she done it before, and she said she had, and she fell over… I brought my camera so I got a bit nervous but we did fine.
When we got off we had a short hike in the sk. Jungle. There were a lot of mosquitoes and Svenja is allergic to them so she got bigger rash then the bottom of a corona bottle (I know because I tried putting one on top).
We had a ceremony with a Mayan priest that would give us good luck or something in the jungle, I didn’t really get it, but I hope the old man got paid some for this tourist stuff!
Kayaking
From there we went down in a freshwater cave where we took a swim, it was awesome! And the water was so clear!
Other activities were to lower down from a cliff, cable car ride and kayaking. I guess we felt like doing something else than just hang out at the beach for week when we signed up.
Freshwater cave, me and Svenja to the left
For lunch we had food prepared by Mayans I their village, it was interesting and I think I tried most of it. After lunch we jumped back into the van and droved for about an hour before we stopped at the Mayan ruins. First we had a guide telling us about some ruins around were we stopped then we rented two bikes and went about 10 min further into the ‘jungle’ where the biggest was, called Coba.
You could climb up the stairs, and of course we had to try. It was very steep and the stoned were so hot we burned our hands a little bit.
When we got to the top we were exhausted and warm. Of course we forgot to bring water so Svenja was about to die, -well almost.
On the way down we had to go backwards, one step at a time and I burned my hands so bad I thought I’d fall down from the whole stone pyramid.
The priest and our guide
Lunch at a Mayan village
In front of Coba
The next day we had to recover us out by the pool the whole day. At night we went out to Senior Frogs and met up with some other guys from the hotel.
Wednesday we took the bus all the way downtown to go to Market 28, a marketplace where they sell Mexican stuff, though I thought it was other things than just tourist souvenirs. I think the only thing I bought was a small charm with the Mayan calendar in made in silver, though I don’t really know where I put it!
When we got back to the hotel we played water volleyball with all the other guys from the hotel, fun, but I sucked at it!
At night we went out to a nightclub called “Bulldog” it was really cool place, not as sloppy as I had expected. We went out with about 10 other people from the hotel so we got like the V.I.P table when we got there and had free drinks the whole night (well, everyone had, u paid like $40 for all of it). This meant you could order in a whole bottle of anything just for yourself. Mad crazy!
Downtown
Me and Svenja at the hotel before going out one night
At market 28
At the hotel pool
Jumping picture at the beach, late eveing
Sombrero!
Thursday looked much like Friday;
Last day, Friday, we hung out at the beach and the pool the whole day, sprayed oil on us trying to get the last sunshine on us before we had to pack our bags and go home the next day
At night we had a very spontaneous dinner with two guys we kind of “saved” two days earlier from a backstreet after we were going home from the nightclub, they looked all lost and Svenja remembered them from the hotel, since they arrived the very same day.
Anyway, we went up to them when they were sitting outside at the restaurant/pool at night and started talking to them, it ended with us having dinner with them as well and then we all went out a last night to another nightclub, called “ The City”. We had a great time and the guys were hilarious to hang out with.
When we got back to the hotel we went to the pool down at the beach and jumped in, it was probably around 4am by then. When the “guards” or whatever they where called realized we were in the pool they had us to get up and we all ended up back at the guys room where I ordered room service for all of us (though I do think I was the only one who was hungry). I ordered everything you could order, since they guys had all inclusive we didn’t have to pay anything anyway. Around 6am they knocked at the door and I remembered only having a few things of what we ordered. Then me and Svenja fell asleep at one bed and the guys at the other.
8am I wake up by Svenja telling me it’s 15 minutes before we have to be in the taxi downstairs to get to the airport. We run to our room, pack everything we think we own and get downstairs. Just before we leave Svenja realized we had forgot the small bag with all the money and camera and we had to run up to our room again and look for it. The taxi driver was not very happy with us, but we have him a lot of tips at least!
At the airport we checked in our bags and then went through the safety line. When we got out trough the tax free store, guess who we see? –The two guys from the night before, looking all fresh and happy. I’ll tell you this, we both looked and felt like sh*t!
The guys were talking a flight to Philadelphia so they were leaving a bit before us but we had the time to sit down and talk about the crazy night before they had to leave.
Back at Jersey Dan picked us up and also his sister and a friend who had been to Florida for the weekend. On the way back he took the wrong way so we went on a road trip somewhere for almost 2 h! Way to go! At least we were grateful he picked us up!
So this was the adventure of Anna and Svenja in Mexico! There's a million more pictures and I hope I can show them all when I get back.
I just got one word to describe our week ; AWESOME!
U and me
Catch you on the flip side!
