Pics from the underwater camera

one of our first trips around the compound

Cenote

Coba in the rain

underwater again

Playa del Carmen

Sian Ka'an

one of the pools

our last few mins in the hotel

Pics from my camera

hotel path to the beach

poolside

pool

our room

other hotel guests

hotel pic

Tulum

Cenote

Tulum

Jeep tour to Sian Ka'an

Our "Jeep"

Coba

Where teh alligator youtube video was taken

Sian Ka'an

Blue crab in Sian Ka'an

hotel lobby

Nurua and a coati

our beach

our beach

Hotel at night

I forgot to mention that I gained about 4 lbs last week. I really took advantage of buffet, especially at breakfast. French toast, mini-pancakes and eggs were my breakfast every morning. I had forgotten how much I love French toast.

Outta Nowhere Compilation! RKO, Sweet Chin Music, Stunner And More!

We came back from Mexico, rested a day, and then decided we needed more beach time. So after two days in Aguilas with our friends and the wonderful beaches, we are back in Murcia.

Tomorrow morning we are going to see the doctor because they are going to operate on Nuria's meniscus next Thursday and on Friday Lara is finally going to have her surgery on her ears.

I will put up a couple pics on here from Mexico and from Aguilas but the majority of the pics are on flickr. Check out the link below.

Buenas Noches!

I put some pics up on Flickr and here is the link


https://www.flickr.com/photos/jamal424/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/jamal424/

Crocodile Takes Chase on Swimmer in Mexico - FULL VIDEO

This happened a couple months and took place in the natural resevere where we were on Thursday.  We took pictures on the bridge where the video is taken from although we didn't see any alligators.

Day 7 is our goodbye day. We had breakfast then spent the morning at the beach and the pool. We also went to see the dolphins that are here in the complex. It was pretty sad after seeing the wild ones in the sea the other day.

We head out for the airport in 30 mins so this will be the last post from Mexico. We had a great time and will hopefully be back again soon.

Viva Mexico!!!

Day 6 was spent in the water. We had breakfast and went straight to the beach. More fish pictures and then we went to the pool where we stayed until lunch. After lunch we to the room to charge the water camera and then back to the beach for the rest of the afternoon. Later we picked up some souvenirs before returning to our room to pack and prepare for our last dinner in Mexico. Tomorrow we have to say goodbye :(

Day 5 was exhausting. I slept for 8 hours for the first time in I don't know how many weeks, or months. Nuria has been asleep for 10 hours so far.

So today, well yesterday, was by far the best weather we've had so far. When I woke up the sky was clear and it stayed thst way all day. We had our trip to the massive natural reserve so it couldn't have been a better day to have great weather.

The trip started with an almost two hour jeep ride to get deep into the reserve. There were two couples to a jeep so we let the other couple drive first. Bad idea. Nuria got carsick.  Once we made it to the boat ride, the second part, she was a little bit better. We saw all kinds of birds, sea turtles, wild dolphins and the coral reef here. After that we went to eat and Nuria got worse and didn't eat anything. We got back in the boats and headed back to the jeeps.

My turn to drive now. Bad thing though because Nuria was sick and it had rained on the trail so now there were even more giant potholes and small lakes to drive through. Oh yeah, it was nighttime because two jeeps broke down on the way and we had to wait while they tried to fix them. Needless to say it was a long, dark, bumpy road on the way back.

We left the resort at 8 am and got back at 8:30 pm. It was a long day. Nuria went straight to bed and I watched some tv and ordered room service for dinner before crashing at 10:30.

And the fish from the other day wasn't a barracuda. We saw some and asked our guide and he said that they were needlefish and that they weren't dangerous. At that same moment a bunch of barracuda popped up and he said but "those are!"

This was a very short summary of the day. We did and saw so many things today that it would take some time to actually sit down and write it all out. It was truly an amazing experience to be out in the middle of the Caribbean sea on a tiny boat looking at giant sea turtles and wild dolphins!

Day four is now in the books. We had a pretty normal morning with breakfast and then the beach. At the beach, we spent the majority of our time taking underwater pics of the fish. When we were getting out of the water, Nuria crossed paths with a barracuda-like fish. Tomorrow we are going to ask our tour guide if it was a barracuda or not.

Later, we went to Playa del Carmen. It is like any beach in America, filled with shops and people trying to sell you souvenirs. We spent the afternoon/evening there going in all the stores. Fun Times! We then returned to the resort and visited the stores that are in the resort.

Next was dinner at a Brazilian restaurant and now bed. Tomorrow we leave at 8 for our trip. Another long day ahead of us.

I'm happy to say that I finally "slept in" today. After waking up at 5 am the first two days, and 4:30 am yesterday, I slept until 6:30 this morning!

Day three is complete and was our first excursion outside of the resort. We went to two villages, Tulum and Coba, which were very important Mayan villages.

First we went to Tulum where the sun was shining and it was beyond hot. Here we saw a bunch of Mayan ruins like pyramids and other temples. This place is unique because it is the Mayan ruins that are located on a cliff above a neach. The tour included some time on the beach but we couldn't go because they were repairing thr access to the beach.

We left there and stopped by a present day area where a couple Mayan families live. We saw their houses, how they grow food and went to swim in a cenote. Cenotes are underground bodies of freshwater that are more or less only found in the Yucatan peninsula.

We then went to Coba to have lunch and see more ruins. We had seen everything except for the grand finale, the tallest pyramid in the Yucatan, when we hit hit with the first rain of the day. And it was a nice, big tropical storm rain. Everyone got soaked, except us because we brought our jackets, but that didn't stop people from climbing up the pyramid. Thankfully,there were no incidents. I could picture someone falling and it being like a scene from Apocalypto when the bodies are thrown down the pyramid after being sacrificed. I tried to be brave and climbed up 5 or 6 steps to take some pics but that was it. We saw some pics from people who went all the way to the top and they were amazing though. Coba is located in the middle of the jungle so the pics showed the immense green jungle canopy.

Overall the trip was ok. It wasn't as good as I thought it would be but we saw some unique things and met some nice people. Now I'm looking forward to our next excursion on Thursday to massive natural reserve. Tomorrow will be a resting day at the hotel with maybe a short trip to a nearby beach.

Day two is almost complete. We spent the morning at the beach, more underwater fish pics, and got rained on briefly and then later some time in the pool where we got caught in the second and biggest rain of the day. After lunch we decided to go and take some pics. Nuria is happy now because I have more pics of her than the wild animals here, not including the fish. We got rained on again and decided to head back to our room to rest.

Tonight we have our first of four special dinners. We are going to one of the seafood restaurants so will get to.compare it to what we have in Spain. After dinner, we probably go for a short walk and then it's to the room because tomorrow we have our first excursion. We planned on doing one today but decided not to because of the rain.

Had the same convo about where we are from two more times. They really like our story.

We have ESPN so I'm watching Monday Night Football right now so I'm pretty happy. I watched a game last night too so I'm happy happy happy.

First day complete. We spent most of the day and the beach playing with our new toy, the waterproof camera. I believe waterproof cameras may be one of the best inventions ever. I was like a little kid in the water chasing after the fish.

We had a meeting explaining some of the trips we can o and we signed up for two.

The weather was amazing and we only got rained on for about 5 mins so we have nothing to complain about.

The resort is massive and we literally have a jungle about 150 feet away from our building.  I saw several strange animals going through the fence to return to the jungle. There are also all kinds if birds that like to wake us up with their wild chirping in the morning.

It's very funny here because everyone speaks to us in English and we respond in Spanish. They are always surprised, then ask us where we are from. Then we have to explain that we live in Spain, but I'm from the U.S. And Nuria is from Spain and that we both speak English and Spanish. We have had this convo at least three times already.

After a long 22 hours traveling, 16 of which being with daylight, we finally made it to our hotel. Exhausted, almost zombie-like, but happy to be here to celebrate the occasion. Looking forward to beginning our week at the beach!

And everyone in Mexico is extremely nice.

On the road to Madrid. Viva Mexico!!

I greatly dislike packing.

Cat vs. Alligator

Officially done with class!! It didn't even bother me that walking home at 11 at night I arrived sweating because all odlf sudden it's summer again in Murcia.

Viva Mexico!!!

Singing The National Anthem Guy Falls on Ice FAIL

It's been almost 90 degrees everyday this week. So glad that today is my last day of work for the next two weeks.

Two days until Mexico!!

And this is where we are staying...

Tickets purchased and resort booked for our honeymoon. We will be spending a week in the Riviera Maya in Mexico. In preparation for the trip, I have a new camera bag and we have a waterproof camera. We are more than prepared to take plenty of pics in whatever climate!

Hopefully I will be able to see my favorite animal, the whale shark, when we go to Mexico.

Oh yeah, we are pretty much decided on going to Mexico for our honeymoon. We have already ordered pesos from the bank.

Had some crazy looking insect that I've bevwr seen before fly into the living room last night. It had the bad luck to land on the edge of the aquarium with a fish that has a large mouth and loves to eat insects. My fish thoroughly enjoyed its late night snack!

Happy 3rd birthday Cooper