cancun honeymoon.. day 1 and 2

chris and i had to wait to go on a honeymoon since he was already in school when we got married... so we decided to go for his spring break instead... which happened last week!! so on saturday.. very early in the morning we got up and went to the airport.  our first stop was to the LA airport.. we hung out for maybe 3 hours had something to eat and then boarded our plane headed to MEXICO!!! the plane trip was fine.. it was about 4.5 hours and fairly smooth.  once we landed and made it through customs (which was WAY easier and faster than i expected) we grabbed our bags and headed out of the airport.  after being solicited by several people wanting to give us rides, we found the ones we had actually already paid.  Once we got to the hotel and checked in we were off and exploring.  our room was awesome! on the top floor (6th) with an ocean view and balcony... and a giant bathtub/jacuzzi... they had rose pedals all over the room and a fruit plate.  outside they were having a bbq by the pool which we enjoyed and then walked on the beach.

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 the next day we decided we just wanted to be on the beach all day.  we slept in... had breakfast... and then went to the beach... which only took 20 steps to reach.  it was BEAUTIFUL and had turquoise water!! it was clear and warm water. amazing! being a natural red head with freckles a white white skin... i am also the sunscreen police.  immediately i made chris put it on... which he strongly protested but i didn't want to get burned and be miserable especially on the first day... besides... skin cancer is not cool.  then we just sat and read for hours and hours with breaks in between to jump in the ocean and play in the waves for a while. that night we had dinner at the fancy restaurant Shangri La.  it was the kind of place that you really only know what half of the menu is... so you stick with things you know... like beef.. or chicken leg... we also had really good desserts like the creme brule and some apple thing. that night we went on a really long walk on the beach to check out the hotels near us... we even went up and walked around their pools... we ultimately decided we liked ours best! but really it was a good day!  the next day we basically did the same thing.  all day on the beach with a quick trip to the other hotel... it was one of those sneaky timeshare speeches where they say its for a club thing and we will give you t-shirts and 1000 pesos to use at the hotel spa... so we went and listened to the speech.. they took us around the big hotel that is sisters with ours and then at the end we spoke to the sales manager... some creepy lady with BAD bleach blonde hair and who has been smoking since she was 10... bad HUGE teeth and creepy dirty finger nails.. she had some crazy accent like from the south... and she spoke real loud and with a drawl said "oh-kay" at the end of everything.. she was a terrible sales person.. didn't even really tell us perks about it or anything just went straight to money... of course we were never going to buy a timeshare... but still... she was right in our face with her hands like she was going to almost touch us but didn't... it was torture! haha never knowing if she was really going to touch you or not... what a character... we went back to our hotel and to the beach for a while and the to dinner at the other restaurant called sumo.  it was way good! that night they had a show in their small theater that was a history of mexican dancing... it was fun with all the big mexican dresses and stomping of the shoes and yelping... chris said they sounded like the girls off of avatar.. haha... both days were amazing! cause really what beats 2 days on a beautiful beach??!!

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stay tuned for the next 5 days of the trip i'll post at  a later date....