May 19, 2014
Aaron and I caught an early flight into Chicago before heading to Cancun, Mexico. I'm one body of hurt! My legs are killing me from jumping up and down in my heels last night and my back is aching because I stayed up sitting all night. Thank goodness we are usually passed out before the planes take off.
Since we slept most of the way it didn't seem like a long trip over. It took an hour to get to Chicago with a 2 hour layover, then under 4 hour flight to Cancun. We are definitely not in Ohio anymore! The temperature is warm and humid in Mexico!
We went through immigration and customs easy enough. It took longer to get out of the airport to find our shuttle. Cancun is tourist crazy!! Here we thought we had to stand in line for assistance but they all ended up being tour companies trying to get you to sign up for extra excursions. It wasted some of our precious sun time today.
Our shuttle company Lomas offered 2 cerveza for US$5 on the drive to our hotel. Aaron is a happy boy. It was a 45-minute ride from the airport to Playa del Carmen along the Maya Riviera. Not very scenic since it's one long road and the roadsides were dry and littered with rubbish. All the resorts had long driveways down to the coast so you couldn't see them. At least we had a party van that played cool 80's music.
We finally made it to our resort
The Grand Riviera Princess All-inclusive Resort and Spa. More long lines and pushy resort sales representatives.
We just want to get to our room, change, eat and relax at the beach!! Where's the trolley?
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