Playa del Carmen, Day 3

Day 3 was recovery day.  We spent the day just chillin'.  It was a perfect way to spend the last day.

Shelly shopping for a hat.  Why does she have to be so cute?

No, she's not upset about yet another picture of her.  No, she's not upset at me.  She's upset at the cleaning staff who are SOO efficient at their job that "do not disturb" does not deter them in the least.  No item can be left on the floor or desks and must be placed in a drawer or cupboard.  This happens twice a day.  Once in the morning for cleaning, once in the evening for turndown service.  Here, Shelly is upset that she can't find her swim dress/cover.  Did they take it?  Hang it up in the closet?  Launder it?  Put it in a dresser?  Put it in a drawer?  Who knows, but we couldn't find it anywhere.  She's perturbed.

Chillin' in the swimming pool

Chillin' on our porch with a book

Some of the food we were able to choose from

Enjoying a burger

The poolside bar, also featuring delicious virgin drinks we had never heard of.

There are about 1 million pictures of this beautiful chica.  Here's one of my paparazzi-style pics.

Chillin' again

A picture from my poolside chillin' chair, overlooking the ocean.

There were at least 2 weddings at the resort while we were there. 

The back lobby of our resort

The front drive

The front of our resort

Interesting vines that look like snakes

Part of the 3/4 mile road from the resort door to the main road

Another view of the resort front

This is a picture of the bathroom.  The tile was beautiful.  The bathroom "conveniently" opened via window to the bedroom.  The shower and toilet doors were both clear glass.  --convenient for, well, you know.

A view from the bathroom back into the bedroom.

For our parting night, we were able to find a nicer resort restaurant that did not require nicer dress.  We were delivered some delicious dinners.  Beautiful presentation, as well!  This was my apple salad.

Here's my salmon dinner.

Here's Shelly's coconut jumbo shrimp and tenderloin.

The meals were delicious but, as you can see, not very filling.  So, we went to the Caribbean Night theme buffet and topped off our stomachs with some curry, rice, and other Caribbean delicacies.  We watched a couple minutes of a show, then retired to bed.  We had to be up by 3:30 the next morning so we could check out and leave by 4 a.m. 

On the way home, I was patted down again.  We got home safely and just in time to take the kids to gymnastics.  The kids had a blast with Grandma Jones in town (HUGE thanks to Grandma Jones, who made the trip possible).

What we learned:

1.  Timeshare Competing resort representatives are NOT there to help.

2.  Schedule ahead of time but call to confirm everything that is already confirmed by email and internet

3.  Scuba dive when the water is calm and perhaps only in fresh water.

4.  Always take at least 1 set of nice clothes so you can enjoy nicer meals

5.  Make sure the male traveler packs lightly, he WILL be checked/patted down

6.  Take longer than 3 days!

7.  2:1 ratio; ie, 2 days hard play, 1 day relax  

8.  SLEEP IN!!!