Friday, July 5, 2013

Cancun Day 3

February 9, 2013 - We went to bed so early last night.  Byron was out by 9:05 p.m. and I turned off the TV at 9:30 p.m. to sleep.  We both slept great - till almost 9 a.m.  It is so nice waking up without an alarm and without kids.  We headed over to the breakfast buffet.  I loved trying a nutella chocolate crepe and all of the yummy fruit.  Byron loved the sausage, hash browns and eggs. 

We bought our Xcaret tickets and headed over to the park.  We rode a 5 minute boat ride to the entrance since it is right outside of our hotel.  It almost felt like a gondola ride.  We enjoyed going down Paradise River.  We decided we weren't going to go swimming while at Xcaret this time around.  The cold cenote water would have been so nice and refreshing, but it was also nice to just spend time seeing the different attractions.  We loved the turtles, coral reef aquarium, Mayan village, butterfly pavilion, rotating scenic tower and the monkeys.  We also loved sitting by the beach under an umbrella eating nachos for a snack.  We pretty much always had a drink of some sort to hydrate as it was so humid and hot. 

We went back to our hotel around 3 p.m. for lunch.  Then we went down to the beach to reserve a snorkeling expedition for tomorrow.  They were all booked so hopefully we can find one out of Playa tomorrow.

We went back to Xcaret to see the Horse Expedition.  Last time we were here we weren't able to see this show, so we made sure we had front row seats this time around.  It was awesome seeing so many girls riding horses and also a guy that was doing roping tricks.  After we walked over to the Spectacular Show.  We saw people lining the path for the show with fire and costumes.  It looked amazing!  It was as awesome as we remembered it being before.  I loved the ball game and when they had a ball on fire.  Then the "stamping" dance was so amazing.  Anytime the performers all clogged around on stage or played the drums it sounded so cool.  The grand finale was also great.

My feet were so soar when we stood up.  I could barely walk.  We went to the gift shop for a little bit then headed back to our hotel for dinner.  After dinner we were planning on swimming, but it closed at 8 p.m. 










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