Playa del Carmen, Mexico Spring 2007 (127 images)

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Day 1
Mayan Riviera overview On the way to Playa Del Carmen from Cancun Airport Driving ... Finally! Our hotel .... after a long drive around downtown, running the stop light, being pulled over and paying the bribe Still at the hotel, on the way to the beach White boy at the beach All those hours at the gym Wonderful early dinner with a view Where is my margarita? Mango Margarita Seafood Ceviche Strawberry Margarita By the light house hotel Playa Del Carmen beach Looks like I just pasted John to this view, pale white boy Church in Playa del Carmen Tequila in the tea cup In front of the fancy shmancy hotel - Gran Porto Real What a view Relaxing and reading a book before a long day
Day 2
Morning is not John's friend Playa Del Carmen Beach Playa Del Carmen Beach Playa Del Carmen Beach Playa Del Carmen Beach Playa Del Carmen Beach Playa Del Carmen Beach Playa Del Carmen Beach 5th Ave 5th Ave from Hemingway restaurant Spent too much time at the beach, completele red Where is my food? John and Olga John got burned too Seafood ceviche Carribean Banana Dig in Fish with Mango Salsa Snapper Inside Palapa Hemingway's Restaurant Latte Sitting at our favorite cafe Ah Cacao Chocolate Cafe in Playa Del Carmen, Starbucks can shove it Cappuccino Chilly carribean night omg i am so red, bad news for tommorow Swinging the hotel's hammock Good times
Day 3
Big plans for today - got to make stops at Tulum, Chichen Itza, Cancun and back to Playa Del Carmen Ancient Tulum entrance Complaining already, decided to walk to the site instead of waiting for a shuttle Made it Tulum is the site of a Pre-Columbian Maya walled city serving as a major port for Coba Iguanas crawling all over the ruins House of the Northwest House of the Northwest House of the Halach Uinic Temple of the winds Temple of the winds Temple of the winds Temple of the Initial Series Temple of the Sea In front of El Castillo Sacred Beach El Castillo El Castillo Gorgeous Tulum beach Temple of the Sea Posing in front of beautiful Tulum House of the Chultun on the left House of the columns Great Platform Plenty of ruins to gaze at Where is the exit? Bye iguana Where is the damn shuttle? Scary road to Chichen Itza After a long drive of getting lost we discovered the Chichen Itza entrance There it is El Castillo In front of El Castillo Ballcourt Ready, Set, Go Ballcourt decorations Ballcourt decorations Ballcourt Goal North Temple Temple of the skulls Chac Mool statue, with Platform of Eagle and Venus in the background El Castillo view from the north side Temple of Venus Getting close to Well of Sacrifice Well of Sacrifice Temple of the Warriors Temple of the Warriors Ruins Closeer to Temple of the Warriors Group of the 1000 columns Group of the 1000 columns Lost among columns This columns do not end Steambath Northeast Collonade One hot day in Chichen Itza Temple of the High Priest Ruins Temple of the deer The Observatory I made it Observing Edifice of the Nuns Another view of the observatory Temple of the deer One final picture in front of El Castillo, we look so happy even though we are exhausted, burned and aware of the long drive back to Playa Del Carmen Passing through the charming village Valladolid
Day 4
Recovering from sun burn and food poisoning. Just chilling at the beach and eating fruit plates all day What a view 5 pm and it's still light outside I refuse to leave the beach Walking through Gran Porto Real Walking through Gran Porto Real The maids made the towel art for us every day
Day 5
Enjoying the last day at the beach Enjoying the last day at the beach Playa Del Carmen Beach Playa Del Carmen Beach Last shot of Playa Del Carmen beach ... sob sob