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Wow - kind of sad how long it's taken me to write about our trip from November! :)

To celebrate our 5 year anniversary, Dave and I wanted a laid back, all inclusive tropical retreat.  Dave researched almost a year ago for weeks, maybe even months, looking for a great place to go.  I have to say, he picked a great place!!  Excellence Playa Mujeres in Mexico.  We stayed for 8 nights, and it was incredibly relaxing.  I look back and think, wow, we were crazy lazy, but hey - can't change that now. :)

The food was awesome, the drinks and fruit smoothies were delicious (claro claro), and the weather was perfect.  Clear skies every day, pretty low humidity, and only twice it rained for a few minutes. It was a great way to relax.

Here is the bed/hut right next to the pool that we used the first 5 days.  It was sweet!  I read the whole trip!  A Sookie Stackhouse book - enjoyable, The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest - addicted, Interesting Facts about America's History - hilarious, and a Wine/Murder Mystery Dave got for himself - quick read. :)

Ok, so far we sound like sloths (for the most part we were hehe), but they had little classes/tours around the resort. One day we toured the kitchen and we saw how many times they cleaned the food ... well I'll go into that a little later.  We also sat in on a demo about the Coco Loco Mono.  Luckily we could take one with us to test. :)

Yummy coconut juice, all types of liquor, oranges, lemons, and limes ... and whaalah. Coco Loco Mono.

Although I don't have a pic of this, we also got to enjoy a fresh coconut! Dave walked up to one of the gardeners, who happened to have just sliced open a coconut that he took from a nearby tree, and asked if he could have one. The gardener took out his machete (!!) and popped the top off one for us. Step one - drink all the coconut juice. Step two - go back to machete-wielding gardener and ask for him to cut it open. Step three - eat the coconut flesh.  It was pretty cool.

Oh, I should also mention Dave was much less lazy than I. A couple mornings he went to tennis lessons, which he loved.

Back to the kitchen tour of items being washed so well... unfortunately with 3 days left to go, we both got some of Montezuma's revenge (Curse him!).... guess whatever we ate wasn't washed well enough. ;) It was too bad, because everything else about the trip was excelente!

The last fun tidbit about our trip was the First Class! Since we had moved to Boston after our flights were booked from Detroit, we had to change them around. All Delta had left on the way back was First Class tix - shoot. :)  Neither of us had experienced First Class - what a trip! You know when the flight attendant says over the intercom 'Please sit back and enjoy your flight'... typically Dave and I roll our eyes since next to you is a smelly person, or a crying baby, or you're squished in your seat. Well when I heard that phrase I smiled and thought, yes, I will enjoy my flight, thank you. hahaha  Ahh, how First Class changes you. :)

One last parting pic of the great, relaxing 5 year anniversary trip!

Of course... Playa Mujeres tip of the day: Before traveling to this resort make sure you get a large tattoo on your leg, arm, or back. No lie 80% of the people had visible tattoos at this resort. I felt like I needed to go get a tat asap!