Kelly, Jamie & The Boy

Puerto Morelos

And last but not least...We had some time before we had to catch our plane, so we stopped off in a little town called Puerto Morelos. Unbeknownst to us, it was the fishing festival that Sunday and there was a lively celebration going on at the beach. We stopped at a taco place and had some deeelicious tacos al pastor and went down to the beach to enjoy the festivities. That, of course means more food. We had some ceviche and the most delicious and quite possibly my new favorite food....hmmm...can't remember the name, but it's corn on the cob slathered with mayonnaise butter stuff, shredded cheese and chili powder. Note to self...must have some of this again before I die. Unfortunately, the fun had to come to an end. Hope you enjoyed the few pictures of us not eating or sleeping. I must note that this vacation fell days before our 7th anniversary. That's right 7 wonderful fun filled years. There is no one like my Kelly. I love him more than anything in the world! He's my very best friend, my strength and my happiness, and I couldn't imagine a life without him. Thanks love for 7 wonderful years of laughter, fun, excitement and happiness. I look forward to at least 90 more years of waking up to cold feet on my legs. :) Luv u!

Cozumel

We spent the last couple of days in Cozumel. Took the ferry over and stayed in another all inclusive resort. Definitely not as nice as the first, but still pretty dang nice. We did some more diving, shopping, eating, and of course...relaxing. It was nice to have a change of scenery.

More Diving

Here are some random pix of other dives we did during the trip.

Valladolid

Valladolid is always a favorite stopping off point for us. There are lots of great churches and parks to visit. In prior visits, we've stopped off to eat some very iffy cockroach infested food. mmmm...notsomuch this time.

Ek Balam

We took a day trip out to Ek Balam and Valladolid one day. They are about a million miles from civilization on tiny winding roads. I think it was the hottest day ever recorded on the history of the earth too. We've been to Mexico a few times and seen the usual ruins, Tulum, Chichen Itza, Coba, etc., but Kelly found some ruins that we had never been to. Ek Balam. It means Black Jaguar. The structures are still being excavated and there are clearly bigger, more impressive temples yet to be uncovered. The main temple, however, had some very cool and magnificently preserved statues and structures.

Playa Del Carmen

Where we were staying was only about 30 minutes from Playa Del Carmen. We did some scuba diving there as well as shopping, beach combing and eating. We were there in time to see the participants of a traditional ceremonial boat race stretching from Xcaret to Playa Del Carmen, a good 50 mile stretch if I can remember right. These people craft their own boats from huge trees then race them and have a big ol' party on the beach. It was very interesting to watch.