Cancun was AWESOME! So beautiful and warm and fun! We have no complaints! Well Dan was really bummed he couldn't get into the ocean to swim, but other than that, it was great! See the week we were visiting, Cancun was experiencing the effects of Hurricane Olga and the waves were crashing down and had worn away the soft sandy beach leaving large jagged rocks behind. It was a little too much to risk trying to get past the break so we just enjoyed the water at ankle depths.
So anyway, our trip went as follows:
Dec. 8 - Saturday- Arrived in Cancun in the late afternoon. We mostly just wandered the hotel grounds this day, walking along the beach, etc.
Dec. 11- Tuesday- Before we headed out for our trip to Isla Mujeres, we asked to change rooms due to nightly disturbances of a men's soccer team taking up residence in the hotel for the week and having nightly practices in the echo-y halls at 1:30am. Grrrr.... To our delight they also upgraded us to be in a suite! It was twice the size of our other room, complete with living room and GIANT balcony equipped with a jacuzzi. Now THAT was living! We took a bus to a dock and boarded a ferry that took us to Isla Mujeres about 30 min away. We rented a golf cart and drove around the island, and boy was it gorgeous! We stopped in at a sea turtle farm which was fun before grabbing some lunch and beach time and catching the ferry back to the mainland.
The last couple of days we spent being lazy on the beach and enjoying the ocean. We went ventured into downtown a few more times to walk around this open air mall, hang out in a town plaza area, and eat in some local restaurants. It was kinda crazy how no one hesitated asking about my pregnancy. I didn't even think it was that obvious. Couldn't I just have a gut? From hotel personnel to random people we passed by, I would be asked "how many months?" or "is it a woman?" (instead of girl, haha!) The latin culture is typically very friendly and my guess would be, very curious about pregnant women.
Overall it was a great trip and we'd highly recommend it to anyone looking for a reasonably close beach vacation! Amamos a Cancun! If you'd like to see more pictures, visit our web album via the Photos link at the top.