Seriously, because I'm sunburned, and sun block costs 250 pesos per bottle here....
It is a truth universally acknowledged that an Irish-American couple in a resort town in Mexico must be in want of sunscreen.
Seriously. We lobestered it out today. For once in my life, I’m actually less red than my vacation mate. SMB is all kinds of toasty red, whereas I was actually able to stay on the beach for an extra hour or two tonight to edit and research literary agents for my NaNoWriMo creation.
We’ve been in Riviera Maya since about noon on Monday, and I have loved every second of it. Monday was sort of a wash, since we woke up at 3:30 a.m. to get to the airport on time. Once we got here, we walked around a bit and got the lay of the resort — it’s huge. Sprawling even, and I’m eternally impressed by all it has to offer — before grabbing a bite to eat and going to bed. I slept from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. without a single interruption. It was heaven. I even mentioned to SMB today that my eyes seem bluer than they have been in a few months, due to all the rest.
On Tuesday, we went to Tulum, which is an old Mayan kingdom. So. Cool.
After we saw the ruins there, we headed over to Xel Ha, which is this natural lazy river. We snorkeled (my first time ever — I found a fish that looked just like Dori from Finding Nemo), rode zip line, checked out the beach, tubed down the lazy river, got stung by fire ants, and enjoyed the open bar. Yes. Open bar. I’ve been enjoying several of those over the past few days. Our resort is all-inclusive (God bless you, Mexico), and I’ve discovered some personal favorites among the half-dozen bars on the grounds, including the swim-up bar and the one we literally hung out at today, where the seats are swings.
Today we lounged about a bit. And by lounged about, I mean I worked on some post-NaNoWriMo book editing and agent scouting as I previously said. I also edited chapters one through three. SMB read like an entire book — it still mystifies me that he’s able to read that quickly. In fact, he’s read about 50 pages since I started this blog post. I totally thought I’d be done before him, but he just beat me… We also kayaked a little around the ocean here. I still can’t get over how blue it is.
Tomorrow I’m going to do a scuba diving demo, because SMB wants me to get certified so I can scuba with him. We’ll see if I have a panic attack underwater. If I don’t, it should be a go. Also, there’s bocce here, so we’re gonna roll for a bit tomorrow. (Shout out to my bocce team! What What!) I hope we also have time for beach volleyball, but I think that will depend on how our skin’s feeling. Of course, there’s a canopy at the swim-up bar…
