HoneymoonPosted by Joel on August 7th, 2009
For our Honeymoon, Joel and I went to Cancun, Mexico. Our flight was at 6am on Sunday. Yes, the morning after our Wedding. From the reception, we headed to the Marriott in Circle Center – downtown Indy. The drive there was uneventful with a stop at Taco Bell since we barley got a few bites to eat at the reception. Once we hit down town it was around 1:30am. Due to the Black Expo, it took 20min or more from the exit to the hotel. To our understanding it is normally a 5min min drive. By the time we checked in and got to our room, which was located right next to the elevators, we tried to get some sleep. It was so loud and people were going on and off the elevator that I gave up and took a shower before finally falling asleep. After probably 1.5 hours of sleep, we headed to our friends, The Hudson’s, who graciously drove us to the air port so that we didn’t have to pay for parking. We got on our first flight with no problems which an hour later landed in Atlanta. According to our flight info we had about 45min before our next flight took off. We decided to grab breakfast at McDonalds, and as we took the first bite they made an announcement saying that it was the final boarding call for our flight. We quickly put our breakfast back into the bag and took off running from gate 1 to gate 36. Apparently they were boarding the flight early so they could pass out the paperwork that is needed when going into another country. Luckily we were able to take our breakfast on the plane and eat while they passed out the paperwork before we even took off…the running to the gate with our luggage was not a fun thing, but we were not the only ones that had to do it!
Once we landed in Cancun we went through customs, got our luggage, and found Apple Vacations “booth” where we got transported to our resort – The Riu Caribe. The water was beautiful and clear and the sun was always shining. We arrived at the resort before check in, but we were able to change and hang out by the pool until our room was ready. Once we got our room all we wanted to do was sleep since we barley slept the night before. The rest of the week we got up put sun screen on had breakfast and spent the day at the pool. We went to the Ocean a few times, but there was lots of seaweed and everything was up by the pool, and since the pool was great, we stayed there. The food was great! The only meal that reapeated itself everyday was breakfast, but we never got sick of it. On Wednesday, we met a few people that Joel works with at Carlos N’ Charlies for dinner. It is located down in the hotel zone of Cancun. It was about a 5min bus ride, but we were told it was only a 5min walk, so we thought well we will just walk there. It turned out to be a 50min walk, so we took the bus back! During dinner, they brought Joel and I Whip Cream on a plate with a napkin candle in it, since we were on our honeymoon. I wasn’t paying attention when they took the plate away and our waiter smashed it in my face. They made Joel kiss me which made him have whip cream on his face as well. We really enjoyed the entertainment.
We had a wonderful time! We also went parasailing on our last day there. Like all vacations, we were sad to leave and come back to Indiana. The resort and staff were great! Everyone was happy to help and never left you sitting without something to drink. I liked how our hotel was down a bit from the Hotel Zone. I think Joel would have liked to be a little bit closer to see if there was other things to do while we were there. It was a great Honeymoon!
