Nightly Entertainment

Each night we attended another show at one of the Palaces Resorts. The Moon Palace had the best ones. We saw "Michael Jackson" and during the show, it began to pour rain. Most people began to run for cover because it was an outside stage. When he kept preforming, most of us came back and danced with him as the rain fell. He was pretty good and it was a blast to be a part of the show!


There was a circus with two amazing talented muscular guys that did incredible climbing up poles with only their arms while their bodies were extended perpendicular to the upright pole. A cute little dog dressed as an elephant was limp as a rag on the floor until his owner picked him up and pretended to wind him up like toy and he would preform, walk, or dance, then fall the the floor again like he was unwound. He jumped for joy when his act was over and the suit was taken off. The other little dog was dressed as a woman and twirled around.

Xcaret

Xcaret is a great place to learn about the Mexican and Mayan Culture unveiling their roots, customs, traditions, cultural, and natural richness. The underground rivers, beaches, flora and fauna has really got the show going. It was all presented in a beautiful natural setting.




Here are a few of the animals we especially enjoyed, the aquarium with great fish and coral displays, the turtle sanctuary where we saw everything from the hatching to the old, huge guys in ponds.






The jaguars were especially fun to see. They were just over a deep ravine from us, so you felt up close and personal with them. They were beautiful.







There was a large flock of flamingos in all varying colors of coral. We were trying to tell if color indicated their sex? Do any of you know?

The Stingrays glided so beautifully through the water that I had to make a quick video of them. Hope it works so you can see the movement.

Fantastic Food

Every restaurant has fantastic displays of their food. We ate at the Brazilian, Mexican, Italian, International, Steak House, and Japanese Grill. These are a few of the concoctions we ate. Their coconut ice cream was the best ever. It was hand churned every day at the hotels. Our group took home our share of it around our waist, too!

We had a dish called Paella, which included every seafood, rice, vegetables, and spices. Jerry had it every day they cooked it on the patio! I had some form of Mexican food every day and could still eat it!

Chichen Itza

We had a great trip to Chichen Itza for the day. This is the LDS guide, Able who was very good. If you look closely in his glasses, you will see the four of us leaning against the wall while he talked. I wondered if he thought I was crazy focusing in on him while he talked, but he never said anything. Lots more ruins have been uncovered since our last visit. It was a exciting trip home, as Jerry got on the OLD road home. So after many "topas" (speed bumps) and getting lost in the city of Cancun, we made it home. Jerry was awesome as he put up with 3 backseat drives telling him where to go. Great memories of a fun trip!

MOVING INTO THE PALACE

WOW was this a fun week in the Palaces of Cancun. We stayed at this lovely Cancun Palace and this was the view from our balcony. This trip was our first experience with an all inclusive on land and it was delightful. There was very little reason to leave the property because all the entertainment and restaurants were there or at one of the other 5 Palaces in the Cancun area that we could visit to eat, play, or visit.

Coatamundi Invasion

These darling raccoon-like coatamundi lived in the Mangrove trees around the Blue Bay Resort. They all belonged to just one huge family and they came out to visit every morning to see if the visitors would slip them any treats. We were warned they would bite but most people still tried to feed them.

Blue Bay Resort in Playa

We discovered there are two Blue Bay Resorts and they are not connected, so should you consider one or the other....this is the other and was a great choice. We spent three days in this lovely resort nestled in the mangroves of Playa de Carmen. It was spread out over a large area which had golf carts to transport the guest around to other buildings, restaurants, pools or the beach. It was really fun to just flag a cart and hop on.

Cancun 2009

We had a wonderful time with Jerry and Robin Pulley in Mexico in January. Our first few days, we stayed in Playa de Carmen at the Blue Bay Resort. Great place to visit if anyone is interested. There was entertainment each night some better than others. But the food, beach, and rooms were great.
Jerry is a master at switching reservations. We ended up at this resort and he talked them into changing our plans with RCI and got this beautiful place.