Riveria Mayakoba, Mexico Day 2

             Well, our second day in paradise started with a breakfast that had every breakfast food I could imagine plus a few I hadn't thought of.  We spent a lot of our time with Steve and Debbie Call from Pocatello.  They joined us for a leisurely boat tour of the resort. 

This is the view of the resort from the boat.  They dug the canals throughout the resort, but didn't have to fill them with water because the water table is so high!  So you can either go through out the resort by boat or by the roads.  If you want to go by road, you can walk, bike on BMW Bikes (there are bike racks everywhere and you just hop on one and go where you want, then leave it at the next bike rack), or you can stand at the main road and they will pick you up in big golf cart type vehicles and take you where you want to go.

 

This is where we saw the crocodile.  You can really see him in the picture because only his eyes and the spines of his tail were about water....they didn't even have to tell us twice to keep our hands in the boat!!

This (under the overhang of rock) is a cenote (remember Chris Heimerdinger....they came up through an under ground spring.)  They are all over this country.  Even in the canal there were several Cenotes!

After the boat ride and lunch we decided that it was time to go check out the beach.  So we slathered on the "biodegradable" sunscreen (which by the way didn't even work), packed up our little beach bag and headed out to catch a golf cart.  When we arrive, we stopped by a little thatched roof shack where another Amigo grabbed towels and took us to the beach.  This pool you see looks like it flows right into the ocean, but the ocean is 20 feet below.  It was a popular spot because of a swim right up to the bar arrangement.

He led us down to the beach where he set up our beach chairs, laid out our towels, asked if we needed anything to drink, and then turned us loose.  Below was our view to the right...

This was the view in front of us....We couldn't resist, so we ran right out.  The water was sooooo warm that you didn't even have to get used to it at all!  It was so beautiful and blue, but no seashells....kind of weird.  There were chunks of limestone here and there under the water, but that was about it.  We waved jumped and talked for about and hour until our hands were all pruned up, then back to the shade to recoup....And yes.....we really do have swimsuits on....the nude beach was further north!!!

And this was us after

After a lovely day on the beach, we cleaned up and headed into Playa Del Carmen for dinner and shopping.  When we saw the grand piano at the Karioke bar, I couldn't resist belting out a few tunes for the crowd.....teehee!  Then I made a new friend on a bench while we waited for Steve and Debbie...She didn't talk alot, but she was a great listener!

We had a wonderful steak and seafood dinner one story up above the crowds.  One of the waiters took our picture then printed it our onto a bottle of beer.  He was so proud of himself and so disappointed when we didn't buy....he just couldn't figure us out!

The waiter really liked Mike's Hat however and couldn't resist posing a bit!

Mandy the next one is for you...How could we pass up the chair made entirely from cattle horns, or the boot shop!  Doesn't Pappa look tough!