Blogs from Akumal, Quintana Roo, Mexico, North America - page 3

As usual, as our vacation approaches I submerge myself in every possible piece of information regarding our trip. I want to know everything I can about our desitination and I seriously think it drives my husband crazy. For this trip I have tapped into some previous websites that were useful when we travelled to the Riviera Maya in the past couple of years. Playa.info and Locogringo are always open on my laptop and I anxiously await a new post. We have less than 2 weeks before departure but as always, our work schedules are getting crazy. This means that I will need to pack a little bit at a time starting now in order to make sure that I don't forget anything and most importantly, don't over pack(always a huge problem). This year we have opted ... read more

Friday, Dec. 19 We were scheduled to go out on a catamaran on a guided tour-fishing-snorkeling thing with the Akumal dive shop today. We got up relatively early (8 a.m.) and headed to the Turtle Bay Bakery and Restaurant. There have been a lot of positive reviews about this place on Trip Advisor and they were entirely right - it is amazing! Good, fresh food - lots of vegetarian options for breakfast. I had a large breakfast burrito with potatoes and egg and Clay had an egg scramble with potatoes and peppers. We went to the dive shop only to find out that the catamaran tour had been cancelled (no reason - just cancelled). We thought about doing a guided snorkeling tour in Akumal Bay but decided to go ahead and just snorkel on our own. ... read more

Cancun to Akumal - Dec. 18 This a.m., we got up at a more or less reasonable time of 8:30 a.m. and headed back to the restaurant area at Aqua. This time, we went to the breakfast restaurant (they have three restaurants - one for each meal). One thing that we noticed was how incredibly empty the place seemed - there were people in the pools in the morning, but only a very few and just a few people on the beach. There was almost no one in the restaurant in the morning and no one in the hallways or on the elevators. More about this in a bit. Breakfast was great - more overly attentive service and good food. I had grapefruit, some sort of fruit/veggie smoothie and an egg-white omelet with spinach and feta ... read more

12/18/2008 - 7:30 p.m. It’s 7:30 and I’m struggling to find the energy to type this. It doesn’t help that it’s pitch black by 6 p.m. The city of Akumal wound up being nothing that we had anticipated and quickly came back. Definitely no crab to satisfy our craving. Yesterday we went to Playa Del Carmen, hoping to find crab there since Akumal was a little disappointing, but a local said you can only find crab at upscale restaurants. Lobster you can find anywhere, crab....not a chance. We spent hours there shopping, eating, and walking the beach. This is the first vacation VACATION we’ve taken. No sight seeing, no adventures (aside from very occasional diving), just relaxing and enjoying the sun. Speaking of that....our savage tans are now savage burns. I wear 50 proof block, baby ... read more