Friday the 9th- We left our apartment about 4a.m. for our 6a.m. flight from Saint Louis to Houston, TX. From there we left around 12 to arrive into Cozumel about 2p.m. We were then taken in a van to our resort, the Iberostar. This was the farthest south resort and located in a nature reserve which means we had a ton of animals. We spent this night relaxing, swimming, and having a drink by the pool.
Saturday the 10th- We also decided to take it easy... We explored the beach a little bit and layed out by the pool reading and sleep (my favorite). We went swimming and tried out the swim up bar. Due to excessive sun exposure... spent a lot of the late afternoon and night watching tv in the room.
Sunday the 11th- We took a Jeep tour around the island! On the tour, we went snorkelling, ate at a "good" restaurant, saw crocodiles, climbed up a lighthouse, went to a tequila factory, saw Mayan ruins and drove by a ton of BEAUTIFUL beaches. When we got back we relaxed in the pool (of course) and had some dinner.
Monday the 12th- We spent the day at the resort. We went snorkelling at our beach and just kind of hung out. (Sounds boring, but was a good day)
Tuesday the 13th- We spent another day just doing our own thing. We went snorkelling in our beach again, went kayaking in the ocean, and did some salsa dancing.
Wednesday the 14th- We decided to rent a car and explore the island for ourselves. We drove the only road there is on the island to find the best beach. We found a beach that had no one there, except the lifeguard with clear blue water and huge waves (there was a danger sign that noted the strong tide). Perfect for wave jumping and body surfing. After a while our private beach became not so private anymore... A little ways down there were a lot of people in the water and in a quick second the lifeguard rose from his spot and ran towards them shouting to come in closer to the shore, but the tide had pulled a girl and a guy out far from the beach. So we got to see a rescue in action. The guy I think was fine and was trying to help the girl, but the girl was absolutely histerical and burned out. But in the end they were okay. We sat out of the water for a while but then got back in and did some more wave jumping and headed on our way. We went back and ate dinner and then headed out to the market, but was really frustrating with all the people.
Thursday the 15th- It rained almost all morning so we stayed in and watched tv and played Boggle and Scrabble. We then went on a glassbottom boat snorkelling ride. We went to three different reefs. The first reef was filled with Starfish of all different sizes and colors. The second reef we saw all different types of cool fish and a sea turtle. The third reef was cool, but I don't really remember too much about it because I was freaking out about the stupid jelly fish who kept stinging me, which resulted getting on the boat earlier than most. We spent that night going to eat at a restaurant and hanging out on the pier.
Friday the 16th- This was our journey home which lasted the entire day. We left the resort at 10 a.m. and because of flight times and lay-overs we arrived at our apartment at about 10 p.m.
All in all it was a wonderful trip.
We then headed over to my Aunt Cathy's and Uncle Pat's place for a smaller celebration with family only. It was a lot of fun. Good food, good conversation, and a not so good game of bags for Kate and me. Andy and I headed out about 930, arriving back in Saint Louis at about 3 am...
