Dream of Californication.... JUST KIDDING it's Mexico

Well well well , It's that time again for another blog, (:  ..This time it's about the class trip to MEXICO! ♥

Landing in Cancun

Mexico 2014 ; April 24th - May 1st

Well this trip started by boarding the plane at the Moncton International Airport at 6 am, on our way to the Cancun airport. The flight attendants were pleasant, but not very peachy...Once up in the air the flight felt like it was going on FOREVER, maybe it's because we were oober excited but it felt like it was a 12 hour flight.

Pool View

THE RESORT: The resort was amazing! The staff was awesome and always so pleasant (: . When we arrived at the Resort there was a lady walking around the lobby handing out non alcoholic fruity drinks. She didn't speak much English but she greeted us with a HUGE smile! After the check in the rooms were not quite ready so we had some free time after we received our keys , so we all made our way to the pool or beach and of course the bars. 

The food was amazing, somethings you have to have an acquired taste for, but others are just natural flavours. There were two buffets and 8 a la carte restaurants. The buffets were just normal food, like burgers, hot dogs, fries. The a la carte restaurants were by reservations only and you could only eat at three the whole time you were there. My two favourite were the Cajun and the Japanese, tapenyaki where the cook in front of you.

EXCURSIONS: 

Xcaret: If I could go back tomorrow I would and book the same ones, even though it was hot there was water. Xcaret was the first one and it was amazing, it was so much fun! We did a little scavenger hunt. One of the things on the list was to do the lazy river at least once and get a picture... Well there is a picture from the walk way around the lazy river, we didn't want to take phones or cameras to get wet. The lazy river at xcaret was through caves, so the water was little cold at first. There were three different "rivers" which all merged into one at some point. Some of us swam with sharks, seen turtles and touched star fish. There was a huge aquarium, they had jelly fish and They had a beautiful beach and amazing little cave like walk ways with coloured lines to follow so you never got lost... except the red line looked black so it was a little confusing.

Xel-ha:  Xel- Ha was probably the best excursion of them all. Xel-ha was an all inclusive nature park/ water park. You could jump off cliffs into water, tube down a river with snorkel gear. On the way down the river you could make stops. One stop was to jump off a cliff into water, there were two stops on the way down the river to do so. Another stop was tight rope walking, zip lining. As you kept going down the river you could either get back into your tube or snorkel. It was a full adventure day but SO worth it! It was an all inclusive so lunch was either a Mexican restaurant or an International restaurant. It was a blast and if I ever get back to Mexico that will be my number one stop!
 

Telum: Tulum holds the honour of being the most picturesque archaeological site in the Riviera Maya and the only one to have been built overlooking the ocean. A visit here offers spectacular views of the Riviera Maya beaches, Caribbean Sea and surrounding coastal region.

Tulum was an ancient Mayan fortress city that rose to power toward the end of the Classic period. The most iconic of its structures, the Castillo, is perched on the edge of a cliff overlooking the clear turquoise blue waters of the Caribbean. The cliff-top Castillo, with its beach front location and lush green landscape, is the image most often associated with the Mayan Riviera.

An expansive walkway extends out around the ruins and a staircase nearby leads down to the beach where you can swim and sunbathe. Tulum is one of the few archaeological sites in Mexico where it really does make sense to bring a swimsuit. The best way to experience Tulum is to combine a tour of the ruins with some beach time—maybe even a refreshing dip.

The tour guide Alfonzo was outstanding, he knew what he was talking about. It wasn't just him talking about anything he knew the history, he knew the stories behind the ruins. Telum are the only Mayan Ruins that were built on the water.

THE ROOMS: The rooms looked like regular hotel rooms, two double beds, a couch, coffee table and of course the bathroom.... The bathroom had a jacuzzi tub that took and hour and a half to fill. But the bathroom was laid off kind of cool. There was a glazed door for the shower and a glazed door for the toilet so in reality three people could be in the bathroom at the same time.... 

OUTLETS/ ANCILLARY / VENUES: 

Bar by the beach!

SHOPS: There were three shops in the Mayan lobby, one gift shop sold chocolate, the other sold clothes and jewellery and a silver shop. In the second lobby there was a GIANT gift shop, that only took pesos. It had everything, from quart size bottles to fridge magnets.

BARS: There was a bar in each lobby(2), a pool bar (swim up bar), a beach bar, a theatre bar. Even an ICE CREAM bar!

Night at the Disco

NIGHT CLUB / DISCO: The disco, an every night occurrence for most people. I went twice, I didn't drink and just people watched. Some people really need dancing lessons! The disco was about a five ish minute walk from the rooms. The staff were walking around with bottles of flavoured tequila and were pouring it in peoples mouths. 

Xel-Ha group picture

THEATRE: The theatre was large with not so theatre styled seating, there was floor seating and there were two balconies but it wasn't really balconies, they   were more like stairs and there was a show every night. Our first show was The Acrobats, with the opening act of Alice in Wonderland. It was a really good show. We caught the end of a few shows, one was Rock n' Roll night, which was an AC/DC tribute night and the we also caught the end of the Grease Musical. But from what I heard from some of the other guest at the resort that all the shows that week were amazing.


If you have never been to Mexico, I would highly recommend it! You won't regret it! (: 

The Group ♥ (: