are we on vacation again?

Free photo slideshow created with Smilebox

Well, today has been interesting to say the least. We are stuck for an extra day. By the time we left the airport, there were 30 people on the standby list waiting for 1 or 2 seats. Needless to say, we are in Cancun for another night. I just read on line that there is a tropical depression heading this way to top of everything! Oh well, so goes life! Oh, so on our way to the airport this morning, we were stopped twice. First it was a military check point. They made us get out of the car and looked all through it. I guess it's best to do what the guy with the machine gun says to do. Then about 10 minutes later we got pulled over on the highway for speeding. The cop said Bubba was doing 80 km/h in a school zone which is 40km/h. Of course everyone around us was doing the same speed limit and we were the only ones pulled over. After a lot of broken English, and the cop trying to get us to go to an ATM machine for 3000 pesos, he finally gave up and let us go with just a warmi...

We saw a baby dolphin born last night. It was pretty cool, but very dark so we only saw glimpses of it. we watched it again today swimming around with it's mother. It makes me wonder how many dolphins are in captivity down here. It seems like every "eco park" we drive by has a swim with dolphins program. Kind of scary when you think about it. Today we went to Playa del Carmen again and did some shopping. There's a lot to buy, but it's really not as cheap as I remember it from my younger years of going on shopping sprees in Mexico. Funny thing is that most of the stuff is still the same as then. We're leaving tomorrow... I hate when vacations come to an end and we have to go back to the "real world!"

Yesterday we went to Tulum. It is a wonderful Mayan Ruin site. The scenery is awesome and you can even go swimming. The water is as warm as bathwater and almost as clean, if you are the youngest of a large Irish family (LOL) Today we went someplace new to all of us, Kantun-chi eco park. It has a number of cenotes and a guide brings you on a tour of the totally enclosed one. Antonio was very informative and seemed to like his job. We got to walk through and swim through the caves. they were lit electically, and the colors kept changing. It was pretty cool. Tomorrow is our last day, and we are going back to Playa del Carmen to finish up our shopping. Then we will be home hopefully on Friday night......

We're in Mexico, if you haven't heard. The weather is HOT, HOT and HOT! Not exactly what I like! We've been in the water every day. Yesterday we went to Xel Ha and today to tulum. Xel ha is kind of like a natural disney world. everyone is nice to you, and you can snorkel to your heart's content. It's a lot like snorkeling in a giant fishtank, with out any nasty fish. Tulum is a Mayan Ruin that is right on the ocean. it is beautiful, but I would have enjoyed it more if it were about 20 degrees cooler. Tomorrow I think we are going back to Playa del Carmen, or to snorkel in the cenotes (under ground caves) we'll see what the weather brings, oh yeah, we're all sun burned from our day of snorkeling.....