Ola from the Mayan Riviera

This is our third day in Mexico - staying at the Barcelo Maya Palace - about an hour from Cancun. What a spectacular place - this place is huge - I think there are 4 resorts all connected - we are staying in the newest one - the Palace. The weather has been pretty good - some overcast moments but otherwise hot and sunny. It is fairly breezy on the beach! The humidity is fairly high - our room always feels damp - and usually smells a bit mouldy - but right now it's not that bad!

For the first two days, we've been hanging out at the resort - sunning on the beach, swimming in the sea and hanging out by the pool. And of course, ordering drinks! The food is excellent - lots to choose from!

Today we went on our first excursion to Xel-Ha - a huge snorkelling park! www.xel-ha.com You can do all sorts of neat things there - snorkelling, floating downt the river on tubes, swim with the dolphins, cliff jumping, visit underwater caves - a pretty cool place! It was about 30 mins from our resort. Scott got a lot of sun and looks like a lobster right now!

I think tomorrow we are going on a little shopping tour of Playa del Carmen - the closest big city to us. On Friday we are headed to Coba - one of the many Mayan ruins in the area - this one boasts the tallest pyramid in the Yucatan Pennisula - and you can still climb it - that should be interesting to see if I can actually survive the climb!! Also, we get to visit a real authentic Mayan village!

Hmm....I think Scott may have caught something...he's not feeling to well and I believe he has the runs!!! eeeeeewww...yuck.