Well this year, Jennifer and I got to escape to Hacienda Tres Rios. It is a really cool green resort South of Cancun.
On our first day, we checked into our hotel and just explored the resort and hung out at the pool.
Our room was wonderful, here is the view:
Of course a visit to the Caribbean would not be complete without pool critters:
These guys are called Coatis and of course some redneck was feeding them!
We dined in the Asian restaurant and Jenny even ate sushi. They had some wonderful Mayan/Japanese fusion sushi that was amazing.
On day 2, we headed to Playa del Carmen for the requisite shopping trip.
Jennifer bought some cool jewlery and of course I bought cigars.
Here is what was left of the world's largest cigar:
After heading back to the resort, we had a very interesting and fun dinner. We ate at the "chef's table". Chef Oscar and the wait staff presented 7 courses. We dined in the kitchen and of course every course came with it's own libation. Lots of tequila was flowing!
The next day, we headed to Xcaret. The only way to describe this is a combination of water park and zoo. It was raining, like typhoon raining and was pretty miserable. We had a great session swimming with the dolphins, swam in some caves, saw some interesting animals and after a mexican lunch, high tailed it back to the resort.
Since the weather was still not cooperating, we headed back to Playa on Sunday to a sports bar!
We watched the Eagles (and drank Margharitas!) and then walked (splashed) around and had a great dinner in one of the many excellent establishments in town.
I almost had Jennifer scuba diving, but the weather did not permit it.
Lesson learned for next year, really check the weather forecast!
Getting away alone with Jennifer is awesome, regardless of the weather!
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