THE HONEYMOON!!!

On October 23rd at 3:00am, Chris and I woke up to leave for the Minneapolis airport! It was hard to get up that early, especially since it was our first night in our new cozy bed. We made our way up to a place near the airport where we could park Chris' car. Before we new it we were at the airport. It went very smooth actually, I didn't get my luggage looked through like I did twice when I went to Hawaii with Heather. We ate breakfast at the airport McDonalds and then waited to get on the plane. The flight went well. It was Chris' very first time on a plane! Despite being somewhat nervous about it, he did amazingly well. I was very impressed. He wasn't a real big fan of looking out the window, but did did great. We had a layover in Memphis, Tennessee. But it all went very fast and before we knew it we were in Cancun, Mexico! We had to go through customs and such, but finally we were escorted to the "Worry-Free" people who would be taking us to our resort about 1 hour south of Cancun. It was so hot! We could feel the heat right away. It was in the mid-90s our whole trip, for the most part. It was fun looking out the window on the way there, seeing new stuff. They drive pretty crazily, but I've noticed that whenever I'm in a different country they seem to drive way more crazy then we do in America.
Finally we arrived at the Barcelo Maya Beach Resort along the Riviera Maya. Our resort was massive and beautiful. We spent the evening trying to find our way around and get settled. We went out to the ocean and just sat on the beach and enjoyed the view. We had seven days to be there so we signed up for 3 trips.
First we went to see some of the Mayan ruins. I climbed a giant old pyramid thingy, it was sweet, I could see way way out there once I got to the top. We visited a Mayan community and gave fruit to little kids and saw their houses with no walls and roofs made of leaves.
The next day we went on a shopping trip to Playa del Carmen. It was pretty awesome. It was a huge long street full of little shops. The shop owners spent all of their time trying to get us to come in their stores. We ate at a cute little restaurant and while we were eating, 3 amigo looking guys came up with little violins and said, "a song for the lady" the lady being me. So, they sang us a song in Spanish while we ate! I really like that place, so much to look at and we found some good stores that had good prices. There was this one store where the dudes would come up to us with a random piece of merchandise, hold it up to us and say, "how much would you pay for this?" We were like ummmm, uhhhhh, we'll come back later.....
The next day was our best trip yet. It was a four-wheeling trip! We four-wheeled through the jungle, through a city, to a zoo, to an underground cave and natural well (that I swam it) and back again. Chris and I were on a double one and took turns driving. It was crazy. We had to drive over rocks and bumps and such, but it was sooo cool!
We spent the rest of our trip playing mini-golf, swimming, hanging out on the beach, shopping around, finding a geicko in our room, playing pool, eating at the multiple free buffets, getting free diet coke around every corner, playin' cards, playing a giant chess game, exploring the resort, and going to some of the free shows in the giant theatre.
It's hard to explain what it was all like. All I know is that it was warm, beautiful, and unreal, like I was in a dream-land. It was a perfect honeymoon! We were, however, excited to come home because we missed our family, friends, and food like Culvers :)
Here are some pictures!!!
THE CLOUDS BELOW US!














OUR ROOM














CHRIS AND A SOMBRERO



















ON THE BEACH



















US and the CARRIBBEAN SEA














THE PYRAMID I CLIMBED!!