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May 24, 2003
Honeymoon part 2
I've been sick and stuff has hit the proverbial fan at work. Anyway as promised, here is part 2.
Day 4 - 5/19:
In an attempt to recover the previous day, we slept in until noon. After awhile we went out to the beach and lounged around. The weather was hot but nice and breazy. Dinner was a treat at the Ritz' restaurant called Fantino. It was a nice formal place and Kris' meal was good however mine could've used a bit more flavor. Here we are waiting for dessert.
Day 5 - 5/20:
We embarked on our journey to Chichen Itza around 8am. It's located in the state next to Quintana Roo called Yucatan. Our tour guide was great and explained everything from how Mayan's have evolved over time to their emphasis on time. About 30 minutes away from the main archaeological we stopped at a rest site which was more of a "take-the-tourists-money" shop. It's a shop meant for bargaining complete with credit card machines strung up to thin phone lines throughout the shop. I can not emphasize how much of a rip-off this place was but it was the only place we were probably going to be at that we could buy gifts and so on. The other reason Cancun is so expensive is because it's primarily only a tourist place and so prices on just about everything are hiked accordingly. We got pottery, glasses, some bracelets and t-shirts down to $12 a piece down from $20 which probably cost $6 to make.
Anyway we finally arrived at the site. They offered personalized Mayan calendars for $25 with the date of your choice so we picked up one with our anniversary date. After that we spent a bit of time with the tour guide as she explained things about Pok-Ta-Pok ball field, the main Mayan monument which is like a huge calendar with all sorts of interesting things to it. You can google around but the Mayan's who were obsessed with time were also amazing engineers. After the hour-long tour in the hot, humid, 101 degree weather, we stopped and got more to drink. We then made the decision to climb the main monument. The steps are steep and it was an exhausting climb but well worth the view. After we were done we went to the included luncheon which had some pretty good food and also some traditional mexican dancing. The dancing was a joke with what appeared to be 3 guys and girls in their late teens who had no rhythm and spent more time laughing and joking than dancing. We slept on the ride home exhausted and full of food.
Day 6 - 5/21:
Our flight wasn't until 3pm but the tour company shuttle came to pick us up at 12:30pm. We got through the airport and waited around for a couple hours. We got into Indy late but the trip home wasn't so bad.
Overall our trip was nothing short of amazing and if we felt better we would went into the city and done a little more. The Ritz-Carlton Cancun is an excellent hotel and Best Day was also a great ttour company we would use again and recommend. Everyone there was extremely kind and gracious as well.
Here are photos from our trip.
Posted by beamz at May 24, 2003 11:23 PM
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