These are pictures from our trip to Mexico February 2005.
 |
Monday (February 28) we shelled out
some money (about $150 per couple) for the Mayan Adventure tour - snorkeling
at three different locations. The first spot was in Akumel - two hours
in a bracken water (fresh & salt water) lagoon, out to the ocean. Here
we saw not only many fish, but also a couple of barracuda. A great
picture of this lagoon is on
locogringo.com.
Following this, we went to the location of an underground cavern. With
stalactites & stalagmites, this cave was very interesting, and I thoroughly
enjoyed it. |
 |
 |
 |
 |
Following the cave dive, it was time for a great
lunch (chicken & nachos, among others), at a pavilion near the cavern. |
 |
At the pavilion were several young kids.
The story told by these pictures made my day, and perhaps was the most
special moment of the whole trip to me. |
 |
Here Sherry decided to go talk to the kids, and
was trying to put her ankle bracelet on the arm of the young girl. |
 |
Unfortunately, the clasp had come undone, and
she was having troubles. Here, the little guy (down front) notice
Sherry's camera, in the hands of his friend. Sherry kept the pictures
that he took. |
 |
OK, so now Sherry's telling me she's having
problems with the clasp. Meanwhile, the little guy is now intent on
checking out her camera. |
 |
Without a doubt, this is my favorite picture of
this trip - it makes me smile every time. The pure joy as this little
guy looks over Sherry's camera is priceless, and is all the more enjoyable
at the end of the series, as he goes from looking at the bracelet until he
has the picture in his hands. Soon, I was working on the bracelet, and
he then had my camera in his hands, and Sherry was the one taking pictures.
Following this we headed to our third stop, the Mayan Sacrifice, where we
jumped about 25 feet into a Cenote, or sinkhole. Not everyone
participated, but it was fun. After doing this for a while, some of us
put on our snorkels, and what a world we found under the water in the
sinkhole. I enjoyed the whole day much more than I expected. |
 |
Still on Monday, after our return
from the Mayan Adventure, we had this adorable towel baby, holding a tissue
flower with real leaves, and pieces of the leaves for eyes & mouth. Also,
another picture of the room before we messed it back up again.
Tonight was El Dorado, or steakhouse night, our third & final A La Carte
restaurant. Each of the three were very good, just a different style
of food. Short of the beach buffet, all the food at the hotel was
excellent. |
 |
 |
Wednesday (March 2) - The first morning there I
tried to get sunrise pictures, but missed the actual sunrise by about 15
minutes. Today I got there in time to see the sunrise, but it was just
blocked enough by the clouds. I got a couple on Sherry's camera, but I
only got this one. |
 |
Our building (Number 5). Room Number 1517
- top floor, upper right, in the corner. |
 |
OK, so our time is up & it's time
to go home. First thing in the morning we had to have our stuff up
front to prepare to go back to the airport. Then we had our last
breakfast, and headed home. |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
I took these pictures of the
Commons area to show the architecture of the hotel. In the first picture
you see the huge thatch roof. In the next two you can see underneath
the roof. This architecture was very common everywhere we went - makes
for a very open & airy feeling, and looks very impressive. |
 |
 |
 |
Back in Detroit, at my van (which
we left at the hotel near the airport). It was in the 70's when I took
that sunrise picture (above), and probably near 90 by the time we got on the
plane to head home. By the time we got back to the van it was about
6:00pm, and not even 20 degrees.
My attempt to finish my last roll of film was not met well by everyone
else, who just wanted me to start the van. Back to reality, and back
home.
Still March 2 (Wednesday) even though the pictures say otherwise. |
 |
 |
 |
