Cancun Part 2 (picture heavy)

Hello lovelies!

Here is part 2 of my vacation in Cancun, for part 1 click here.

I got asked where exactly is Cancun. It's a major tourists destination in Mexico. It's close to Cuba, and the state of Florida. See the map.

So the next day we went to the beach. We were eager to experience the Caribbean waters!

It did not disappoint us, the water is crystal clear and warm, and the sand is white and silky smooth. Hands down most beautiful beach I've ever been to! 

We took lots of pictures because we spent most of the day there. Warning beach spam coming ahead. I swear I could make several posts just about the beach.

The waters that day were a little rough, we were told, and also found out online that the beach in front of our hotel is actually man-made. So usually the beach is calm, almost like a swimming pool, but this day wasn't.

We also went to Plaza la Isla and we took the bus. The bus ride was a whole new experience. The buses have A/C, a TV and wifi! WTF!!! This is public transportation not a private service, we were amazed. Public transportation in the US is not that fancy.

Once in the mall, we went to an Italian restaurant called "La Madonna" because we had a coupon, but when we got there and nobody acknowledged our presence. They didn't even have a full house, there was only a family dinning, so it's not like they were busy or understaffed. The waiters just walked past by us so we left. They have pretty decor though,

Instead we took out business to my favorite restaurant... Chili's!

The menu from Chili's Mexico is different from the one in the US, they don't have my beloved Texas cheese fries! :'(

Anyways, around the mall there was this river, and you could go around it in a boat kind of like in Venice. It reminded me so much of "Boys Over Flowes", the scenes where they are in Macau. Sadly the river was closed and couldn't go on the boat.

So our main purpose to go here was to go to the "Cancun Interactive Aquarium" yes they randomly have an aquarium in the middle of a shopping mall.

The aquarium entrance fee is only around $12 USD, it's quite nice considering how small it is.

my boyfriend took this with his phone!

my boyfriend trying to eat some dangerous fish

since i'm more hardcore I went for the piranha

You can pet the sting rays, I had never touched one before and it scared me, its skin is so slimy.

Happy smiles

They even have dolphins and sea lions. You can swim with the dolphins, and have you picture taken with the sea lions. They even have a dolphin show for free. But when got there late so we didn't see any of this. Instead, we saw how this dolphin was being trained.

There is this shark tank, you can actually swim in it inside an acrylic cage if you pay like $20 more dollars at the entrance. To be honest I kind of wanted to do it because not everyday you have an opportunity to swim with sharks, but we didn't have swimwear with us.

There were some ugly fishes in the same tank as the sharks, I say ugly because they are huge!

So we went back to the hotel and it was dark already, we went to the pool, and afterwards we went to the pharmacy because I'm still having chest pains, and my boyfriend had a little injury so we walked there. On our way we caught a storm!

It was weird because it first felt like a breeze and in a matter of seconds it escalated to giant raindrops and got super wet, we ran to the closest kiosk at stayed there until it went away. It only lasted like 5 minutes though. Since it is so hot, out clothes dried in minutes.

For dinner we went to a Mexican Restaurant called "Paloma Bonita" it's decor it's so Mexican. Bright colors everywhere, even the waiters are dressed up as important people in the history of Mexico. Our waiter was dressed up as Emiliano Zapata a revolutionary leader. The greeter was dressed up as Mexico's President Enrique Peña Nieto.

But they have some really weird dishes like roasted bunny, and deer. But we had none of that, and instead played it safe with a sampler. It's was so delicious, probably the best food we had in Cancun.

We had sopes, quedadilla, fish taco, flautas, and I can't even remember the rest of the names.

A full stomach always brings a smile.

This will be it for part 2. Part 3 coming soon.

Xo
Monica

Cancun Part 1 (Picture Heavy)

Hello lovelies!

I'm back to reality from my vacation in Cancun. I didn't want to come back it's so beautiful over there, I want to be a tourist forever ♥. I did not post this earlier because I was so jet lagged, we flew though a storm for 5 hours, so you can imagine the turbulence, and how dizzy I felt the first 3 days after I arrived. I got sick too, so I mostly slept all weekend. But here are pictures from the trip, we took a lot of pictures. I will make a few posts about Cancun.

So we left to the airport on Friday night, our flight took off at 2 am on Saturday. The flight from Tijuana to Guadalajara was fine. We were just tired, we had a 3 or 4 hour layover in Guadalajara.

Airport in Guadalajara

Had a donut for breakfast

Always raining in Guadalajara

The ride from Guadalajara was meh. We caught a little turbulance, but it was ok. We were sitting in front of a family of like 12, they were obnoxiously loud, so we couldn't sleep well.

We flew by the volcano "Popocatepetl"

We arrived at 1:00 Cancun time and then we were picked up by the shuttle service guy. We hired a company called "USA Transfers" and they were top notch. Our driver was friendly, and gave us lots of tips about places to visit, and where is it cheaper to buy souvenirs etc. So I definitely recommend them. Best of all it was a private service, we didn't share the van with anyone else. The was no wasting time waiting for people to get off and on the van at each hotel.

We stayed at the Hyatt Regency, and it was great. We are both very happy because it of its location and cleanness. It's close (walking distance) to shopping malls, restaurants, the clubs, and the convenience store. So we didn't spend much on transportation.

Also can I talk about the gorgeous view. Click to view on its full glory!

This is the standard room, so the room faces the hotel zone, the other side of the hotel has the ocean view, and omg they are gorgeous but also more expensive. Our room was very basic, only bed, desk, tv, fridge, closet and bathroom. The mini fridge had alcoholic beverages at an extra cost.

So first day we didn't do much, we got the hotel, changed into summer appropiate clothes and slept. We woke up and then we went to Plaza Caracol to look for a place to eat, but nobody told us Plaza Caracol doesn't have any restaurants! So we ended up eating sushi on a small restaurant called "Hanaichi" I thought the place was expensive. I mean the sushi was not extraordinary to justify its price.

Afterwards we took a walk on the beach at night, surprisingly the water was warm.

Also, we went to walk around the clubs to see which one we would visit during our stay. It's so crazy, there are like 20 people in front of each club trying to sell you passes not only for the club, but for other attractions in Cancun. You can't walk 3 meters without somebody asking you if you want to pay a visit.

There is a small mall next to the clubs. We went in to Chili's but it was an hour wait, we were starving so we looked for other places to eat.

I had to take the picture here since I love Chili's!

There was another restaurant in the mall called "Carlos 'n Charlies" we tried to eat there, but it was too late and the kitchen was closed. It was only open for drinks. Outside they had this so we took the opportunity to take pictures..

Our last hope was the Hard Rock Cafe,

They were still serving food so we ate here. The live had was playing too!.

I loved this place! The ambiance was really calm and actually like the band playing. They were playing music from the 70's and 80's

After that we just went back to the hotel to sleep some more.

Cancun by night

This will be it for part 1. Part 2 coming soon. I promise it will be more interesting too.

Xo
Monica