Back from Paradise

Hola! Soy a devolver de Mexico! Y soy a devolver de Oklahoma, tambien.

Yes, I am home from my travels. My, what a wonderful time I had. Cancun was beautiful and relaxing, just as I had hoped. I’ve posted pictures on my gallery. The resort is right on the beach. We had a few cloudy days, and rain one afternoon. Cancun in May is hot and humid … just perfect for spending the days in the water. The ocean was cooler than the pool, but both were wonderful. The beach has the softest sand I have ever walked in.

The resort is really two hotels, the Iberostar Tucan and the Iberostar Quetzal. They sit perpendicular to the beach and are separated by a beautiful jungle filled with animals and foilage. My room was on the second floor in building 23 on the Quetzal side, and my terrace faced the jungle. The monkeys played outside my room every afternoon. Most days as I walked to the buffet, I had to walk around the peacocks on the path. The one time I went to breakfast without my camera, I saw a peacock spreading his tail feathers for a peahen and following her down the hill. She seemed much less impressed than I was!

The food! The food! The food! There’s one word to describe it … MMMMMMMM! The buffet, which is open for three meals a day, is a walk in open-air dining room, with literally hundreds of dishes. Everything from fruit, soups, salads, vegetables, meats, desserts; really every imaginable dish of every imaginable cuisine. We ate in on-site “ala carte” restaurants three times, and I never had better ravioli or steak, and the tacos included avocado, lime and pineapple. I tried to take some desserts back to my room one night, but that is against the rules. I’m sure many people would try to take advantage by secreting unregistered guests in their rooms; plus dropped food on the jungle paths could be a real problem. So I had to satiate myself in the eating areas, but I can barely remember a moment when I wasn’t stuffed.

You all know I’m not much of a drinker, but those Bahama Mamas are the cat’s meow! Don’t worry, I wasn’t driving! (And I wasn’t tipsy, either. I didn’t drink THAT much!) But some of the group did some worshiping at the porcelain shrine. Glad that wasn’t me. 🙂

I’m still trying to catch up on my rest. It was hard to go back to work after such a wonderful vacation. I have lots more to tell, and I will over the next few days. I went to Oklahoma for four days after my Cancun trip, and there are pictures of the Holsingers posted also. Ken has a top notch camera, and most of the pictures were taken by him. I’ll get mine up soon.

Meanwhile, GO Suns. Adios!