Playa del Carmen Mexico 2012

I went on a fabulous trip to Mexico

in November.  I went to Playa del Carmen

and stayed at an all-inclusive resort and

it could not have been more awesome.

It was truly a relaxing and well needed

vacation.

This is a view of the beach outside our room

The beach and beautiful ocean

Enjoying a virgin strawberry daiquiri

We went on a tour of the Mayan Ruins,

the first one we went to was Tulum.

It was so incredible, the religious symbols that

they etched on their temples and the 

thing that they believed about 

having one God and that he came to earth 

then descended to heaven with the promise 

of returning again with a 1000 years of peace

obviously represented so many

things we believe in the LDS church

The spirit was so strong that

it was undeniable that the things we know

about the gospel are true.

It was one of the best experiences I've ever

had in my life and I'm so grateful 

I got to experience it.

After learning so much about the ancient people

in this area of the world there is no way

for me not to believe that Book of Mormon

 is a true book of the Lord.

We went swimming in an underground river

It was quite a climb down to it and once

I got in I was so freaked out cause the water was

freezing and it had little black fish in it.

I couldn't catch my breath at first.  I think I had my 

first mini panic attack.  But once I calmed down it was

pretty cool to be in there and look up at the vines

growing down.

This is the second ruins we went to called

Chichen Itza

This is a field that they used to play a 

"ball game" in.  There were 2 teams each had a 

captain and 6 players.  

The object was to get the ball through

the hole on the side of the wall but could only 

use their arms, legs or body.  

No hands or feet and only the

captain was to shoot the ball into the hole.

The first one to get the ball through won.

The prize was to be beheaded- the loser was the

one who had to do it.  Nice prize huh?

They believed that the winner would go and

live with the Gods.  They would then

etch the image of the winners skull into a 

stone and put it into a wall.

The hoop

The wall of skulls- 400 of them

This is the resort we stayed at

This is 5th Ave where they had tons of

shops and restaurants

My new boyfriend PePe

Isn't he hot

Just hanging out after dinner.

The food was really yummy and

always beautifully plated

Doing crafts at the pool

I did the green one and Cali did the blue one

they turned out so cute huh?

It was a great trip, I was not ready to come home.

The weather was so nice and so were

all the people.  We had a blast!!!