Monday 29th May to Saturday 3rd June 2006 - MEXICO: Cancun & Playa Del Carmen
Claudia and Sarah had promised us at our wedding that they would come meet us whilst we are on our honeymoon, so we were delighted to receive the emails confirming their holiday to Mexico for the week of 28th May.
So after almost three months it was time to leave the place we had been calling home; San Juan Del Sur, Nicaragua. We were quite sad to leave the friends we had made during our stay (even though we knew we’d be returning some time soon) as we also then became aware of the time running down on our honeymoon travelling – our time in San Juan had flown by!
After travelling through six countries, on five different buses, for forty eight hours straight; we finally arrived in Cancun, Mexico late at night on Monday 29th May. We stayed at the same hotel as Claudia, Sarah and Lesley (Sarah’s mum), the Hotel Caribbean Princess which was an all inclusive resort. We found the resort extremely luxurious in comparison to the house we were renting in San Juan Del Sur and we certainly enjoyed the swimming pool, food and the free alcohol from 10 o’clock in the morning! We spent our time at the hotel sunning ourselves by the pool, talking lots and drinking even more! So much so that Celina managed to get heatstroke on the first day from too much sun and was unable to enjoy the one big night out during our time with Claudia and Sarah but Oliver still had a great night out with the girls!
Having spent three nights at the hotel we all then caught the bus to Playa Del Carmen, another beach town one hour’s drive from Cancun. Here we stayed for two nights in Sarah’s friend Tomas’s house (Tomas flew in from Miami and met us at Playa) which was again very luxurious. We much preferred Playa to Cancun as Cancun is basically a tourist trap and very developed, whereas Playa is less so, but then again even Playa with it’s brand name shops was a shock to the system after three months in small San Juan. However, we did enjoy having Domino Pizza and Haagen Daaz ice cream again after so long!
The beach at Playa was beautiful; turquoise sea and white sand and our first day at the beach happened to be when the Annual Fishing Contest was being held which was quite cool to see the fishing hanging on the podium.
So after almost three months it was time to leave the place we had been calling home; San Juan Del Sur, Nicaragua. We were quite sad to leave the friends we had made during our stay (even though we knew we’d be returning some time soon) as we also then became aware of the time running down on our honeymoon travelling – our time in San Juan had flown by!
After travelling through six countries, on five different buses, for forty eight hours straight; we finally arrived in Cancun, Mexico late at night on Monday 29th May. We stayed at the same hotel as Claudia, Sarah and Lesley (Sarah’s mum), the Hotel Caribbean Princess which was an all inclusive resort. We found the resort extremely luxurious in comparison to the house we were renting in San Juan Del Sur and we certainly enjoyed the swimming pool, food and the free alcohol from 10 o’clock in the morning! We spent our time at the hotel sunning ourselves by the pool, talking lots and drinking even more! So much so that Celina managed to get heatstroke on the first day from too much sun and was unable to enjoy the one big night out during our time with Claudia and Sarah but Oliver still had a great night out with the girls!
Having spent three nights at the hotel we all then caught the bus to Playa Del Carmen, another beach town one hour’s drive from Cancun. Here we stayed for two nights in Sarah’s friend Tomas’s house (Tomas flew in from Miami and met us at Playa) which was again very luxurious. We much preferred Playa to Cancun as Cancun is basically a tourist trap and very developed, whereas Playa is less so, but then again even Playa with it’s brand name shops was a shock to the system after three months in small San Juan. However, we did enjoy having Domino Pizza and Haagen Daaz ice cream again after so long!
The beach at Playa was beautiful; turquoise sea and white sand and our first day at the beach happened to be when the Annual Fishing Contest was being held which was quite cool to see the fishing hanging on the podium.
Playa Del Carmen Annual Fishing Contest
The Holiday Party (Claudia, Oliver, Lesley, Sarah, Tomas)
It was really nice to catch up with our friends and hang out together somewhere other than London. Sadly after five nights it was time for everyone to go their separate ways and we said our goodbyes and are looking forward to seeing them all again when we get home sometime later this year.
Celina and the funniest Sake Girls, Claudia & Sarah
posted by Oliver and Celina Goodfellow @ 10:24 AM
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