Grandma and Abigail taking a siesta in the casita by the pool
The three of us right outside of Senor Frogs on the Playa del Carmen beach
Abigail and I with the Mayan warriors in the Playa del Carmen square
My mom and Shawn drinking their daily dose of pina coladas
We went to Mexico, Abigail, Shawn, myself, and my parents. It was fabulous and Abigail even had to get her own passport. We had such a wonderful time and celebrated my turning the big 30. We spent most of our time at a beautiful resort called the Mayan Palace. It was enormous and absolutely gorgeous. The resort is known for the world's largest pool and sits right on the ocean. Unfortunately the ocean floor is a bit rocky right at the beach so we did not spend much time swimming in it. However, we spent a lot of time at the pool. Mom and Shawn spent most of our days drinking pina coladas and we discovered that Abigail loves a pina colada as well. Luckily all of the staff were in love with her and would fix her her very own mini pina coladas. Everyone thought Abigail was adorable and the staff began calling her the princess. We went to a nice dinner at this restaraunt called Tramonto, which serves Italian and steaks, and our server, Guillermo made Abigail a special hat out of a napkin. So cute.
We also spent an afternoon in Playa del Carmen and went shopping. It was fun and nice to see some local scenery. The weather was very hot that day and the streets are all cobblestones and have very high threshholds to cross to get into the stores, so Shawn, Abigail, and I went down by the ferry that takes people to Cozumel and hung by the beach. It was gorgeous. My mom and dad shopped like crazy and my dad even tried on the traditional Mexican fighting mask.
We also went to his amazing place called Akumal. There you can just wade out into the waters and there are giant sea turtles everywhere. It was icnredible and the beach was absolutely gorgeous. We had so much fun and the town is this little artisan town with fun things to buy.
The next night we all went to a Mexican Fiesta. It was very fun and there was great food and a great show. Abigail was so hot and tired that she slept through almost the entire show, despite the fact that there was a live Mariachi band and loud music.
Overall we had a great time and cannot wait to do it again!!!!
