One day as we headed back from town all the kids and Ray and I, fit into a cab which meant Kyle and I had to sit in the front seat. Kyle enjoyed this mostly unique experience(and try not to think of the safety issues).
When we first went to Las Palapas 12 years ago it seemed slightly out of town from Playa del Carmen. Now the town has completely surrounded it and it's now a little oasis in the middle of town. This was also the site where Shelby and I were married 8.5 years. I wanted to take my kids to the site where we were married before it's slated for demolition next year to make way for another mega resort:-(
Walking around town in the heat of the day was challenging for the kids, so a little ice cream always seems to take the pain away.
This next picture is from a separate outing to town. The story behind this picture is that when Aaron received the ice cream from the vendor, he tripped and knocked the ice cream from the cone onto the floor. After a few seconds when I sensed the vendor wasn't going to replace the ice cream, I scooped it up and put it back on his cone just in time for the '5 second rule':-)
Taste good Aaron?
If a shop has hats for sale Kyle is most likely to try it on.
I thought this tiled floor would make a good backdrop for a photo, so I had the kids lie on the ground and smile. Somewhat cooperative I guess.
We passed by Senor Frog's and Aaron saw 'Leap' a character from one of their educational toys and not Senor Frog. So here they are with 'Leap'
We took a trip to Xcaret, which is a type of Mayan theme park. It's really like a mini Mexican vacation in one park. It has pretty much everything you would imagine that you would do in Mexico. It has animals, birds, aquarium, ruins, beaches, dolphins, snorkelling, cenotes, boat rides, a cultural show, shopping, and lots more. You can really spend all day there and we tried to squeeze into a half day so it felt like you were rushed all the time.
This is atop the ruins there.
In the butterfly section Madi had a butterfly land on her.
Later at the show Kyle is trying Pepsi for the first time, he actually liked it.
An excursion we did as a family was go to Tulum, the Mayan ruins by the ocean.
The weather was a little cloudy that day which made touring the ruins a bit more bearable.
Going up and down the ruins was a little challenging in a stroller, so Kyle came along for the ride. Did I mention he's close to 50 lbs??
Looks like Aaron is holding on to his life here, it was windy, but no that windy.
Tulum
We went down to the beach at Tulum for a while. Aaron took a picture of the rest of us.
This is not really an excursion, but we celebrated Easter down there. The night before Easter the kids decorated eggs.
The next morning the Easter bunny had arrived in Mexico too.
The kids found the bunny had hide things for them...
After all the kids being successful in their finds they posed for a shot of them and their loot.
Ray and I took an excursion to a cenote, which is an underground river. These run all around the Yucatan peninsula. We went for a 2 hour snorkel tour in caves which was a pretty cool experience.
This is what the caves look like inside and when you are snorkeling you can see what the cave looks like underwater with all the stalagmites.
It's now a week since we have been back and I have one more post to make about our trip and I hope to make that soon. Thanks for reading.
1 comment:
Very enjoyable, Eric, sorry to read they are tearing down Las Palapas but I guess that is progress or commercialization. Inside the cenote looked sort of eerie. Great pictures
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