I made it home from Cozumel, but I'd much rather still be in Cozumel. Isn't it beautiful? That isn't even the best picture I took, but because I'm "cool" and have two laptops, that's the best one I can get to right now. So, Cozumel... It was different this time, but it was still phenomenal. I could've lounged on the beach for many, many more days. We spent the entire day at the hotel on Friday just snorkeling, getting some sun, and drinking a whole lot of fruity drinks. We didn't even leave to go out that night! This time, on Saturday, we rented a piece-of-crap car and drove around the entire island. Man, it's different on the other side! (I will post pictures!) We stopped at a really cool Bob Marley restaurant/bar where we just sat, drank margaritas and stared at the ocean while Bob's music played in the background. (Sidenote: Paris Hilton totally stole from Bob Marley on her song "Stars Are Blind". No wonder I like it.) Along with hundreds of other people before us, we signed the walls with some silly tourist cliche like "I heart Cozumel." A funny one was, "We smoked a fatty in Cozumel." From there we kept driving and saw gigantic lizards and snakes and a lot of beautiful, blue water. We stopped by the tequila factory and learned how it's made. Then we got to taste some great tequila... almond, coffee, orange, cherry, creme.... and then some nasty, burning white tequila. Gag.
Each day we spent the 5 o'clock hour with Isidro at the pool bar. That man has to be the best bartender on the planet. I think I tried every fruity drink on the menu and then some. Isi is good at making up some pretty awesome drinks and shots. Mayan sacrifice, anyone?
I made even more friends at the hotel this time (the Coral Princess), so I'd go back again in a heartbeat. Les - Roberto *says* he's moving to Playa del Carmen to manage another restaurant, so maybe next time we can just start anew at Senor Frogs!
There were only 2 negative things about our trip. One - we traveled on the exact day the terrorists had planned to hijack all those planes from the UK. I had this whole debacle with my lipstick. I knew we couldn't take any liquids on board the plane, so I checked ALL of my toiletries. The only thing I had in my purse besides my wallet and passport was my lipstick case... lo and behold, after we checked our bags and got in the security line, TSA workers started shouting that we could no longer take lipstick or chapstick. Anyone who knows me knows that I do not buy cheap make-up... nor do I throw away the non-cheap make-up that I buy. So, long story short, we ended up wrapping a purse in a Delta car seat bag and checking it. That was a good laugh... after it made it to Cozumel. :-)
Oh, and on the way home, the Mexicans made me throw away my gum.
Two - there were A LOT more kids at the hotel this time. Two kids decided to make sand balls (think snow balls with sand) and throw them at each other... directly over our chairs. Now, you'd think they'd understand "NO!" even though they didn't speak English, but no such luck. We finally had to get security to help us as their mother was MIA. Another pair of kids from America were screaming at each other on the beach... One called the other a "water wimp" because he was afraid to get in the water, and the other responded with, "MOOOOOOMMMMM, he called me a water wimp!" Over. And over. And over. Since these were English speaking folk, I just said, quite loudly, "I'm leaving. It's too hard to relax out here." That took care of it. The father threatened to chain the kids to the sofa if they didn't shut up.
Even with the crazy terrorists and the equally crazy kids, this was a great vacation. I'll be back next August!
P.S. I found that champagne and cranberry juice mixed together makes a damn good drink. Try it sometime if you haven't already.
