Thanks to Dave forever proclaiming that he “wants-a-beach-vacation” and the Costco travel website, we spent last week in Mexico. And yeah. Okay. It was nice.
We booked an all-inclusive resort south of Cancun on Riviera Maya. Our resort – El Cid Ventus Ha – was about a twenty minute ride from the airport. Our resort was actually one of three connected resorts on a single sort of “campus”; we could wander freely between them, enjoying all the pools and restaurants.
We arrived on Saturday with no plans but to relax and enjoy the next six nights. We considered an excursion or two but after the increased precautions due to the violence on the other side of the country, we just stayed put on the resort. And it was lovely that way.
We ate good food, drank drinks of the fancy and not variety*, and played a lot of Farkle (dice game) at our favorite hang-out spots. We explored the beach and the pools; got massages on the beach. Dave went on a snorkeling adventure through the resort and saw all sorts of cool things in the reef. (My ever present sea-sickness scared me to stay on land.) The landscaping was meticulous and beautiful; staff wonderful.
After our time there, I kind of get it – the people who do a trip like this every year, or every couple of years. I’m not sure that will be us right now, but I could see us returning someday.
* We both discovered how much we love sparkling water with lime. (We’re stocking the fridge with limes now.) It was a good balance to the margaritas and cervezas (also with lime) and cosmopolitans …
there's no place like gnome. 
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