Our first full day of vacation in Cancun, we got up and first thing decided to work out.
That's right...I said work out. Like, at the gym. Stop laughing. I'm serious!
We've been on a real health kick watching what we've been eating and we didn't want to totally ruin any progress we had made. We didn't come fully prepared to exercise but we made it work with the clothes we brought down. It actually felt good to get a workout in (don't worry... it was the only workout time of the trip). Then we changed into our bathing suits, slathered on the sunscreen, and went to the beach for awhile. The waves were much friendlier and we stayed out there for a half-hour or so. Then we picked out a spot by the pool (we were surprisingly the only ones there) and stayed poolside for most of the day, either swimming or reading in the shade the umbrellas provided. It was nice having the ocean right next to us, but being able to enjoy the calmness of the pool. I was reading "Book of Lies" by Brad Meltzer and "Spinning Disney's World" by Charlie Ridgway, in case you were wondering.
After several hours, we decided to book our excursions for the next few days. The following day would be at Isla Muerjes and Monday would be a half-day at Tulum. Sunday would be a "down day" with no specific plans.
Then we went back to the room to cool off and assess our sunburned state. We watched some TV out of Miami. They were tracking hurricane Ike, and it did look like there was a slim chance of it coming near Cancun. However, we weren't going to let it ruin the trip worrying about it, but we'd check the TV on Sunday to see what was the latest.
After that we got ready and rode the bus to La Isla shopping mall. The bus was filled with locals heading home from work, mariachi music blaring and the bus barely slowing to let people on and off. For the first time I had a sense of being truly in another culture. We got off at the mall and made our way to "Thai", a beautiful restaurant that had cabanas on the shore of the lagoon. I had a duck curry, Jen had a beef curry. The food was great, but it was the atmosphere that was truly incredible.
After that, I had my first Starbucks since Charlotte. I played it safe with my order, not knowing if they would have all the same things they did at home. It was good... different but familiar, I suppose. Then we walked back to the hotel (they left little cookies and a breakfast menu on the bed for us as part of turndown service) and crashed for the evening. We had a BIG day ahead Saturday.
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