Even though we got married in October, we decided to wait off on our honeymoon. We knew we wanted to go somewhere warm and with a beach. Winters get so long and dreadful in Wisconsin, so we were aiming for January, but it got pushed back to February. But, that's okay! We flew out on Terry's birthday when the "feel like" temperature was -34 degrees. Brrr. Mexico welcomed us with a beautiful 85 degrees.
Our main goal for the entire trip was to just RELAX. We're not big into sight-seeing and being adventurous every single day of vacation. When I get home from a week long vacation, I don't want to feel as though I need another week off from work to recuperate. We arrived at our resort around 3:00PM (Cozumel happens to be in the same time zone as Wisconsin, so we didn't have to deal with any time adjustments) and changed right away. We grabbed lunch and a margarita.
All of the drinks were delicious! We fell in love with the margaritas, daiquiris, mimosas and melon drinks!
Our first day consisted of beach lounging, sipping on drinks, and swimming in the ocean!
We were pretty exhausted from the early flight and the excitement of finally being in Mexico, that we fell asleep right after the sun went down around 6:30PM. Yes, I know, we're losers. But we woke up the next morning ready to explore!
We took a taxi to the pier and rode a ferry over to the mainland to visit Fifth Avenue in Playa del Carmen.
Fifth Avenue is a mile plus long strip of stores, restaurants, bars, and markets.
We walked around, shopped, and made pit stops for drinks!
It was so much fun! We also had the opportunity to take a tour of another all-inclusive resort that we almost booked for our trip. It was really cool to see the resort, but I'm so glad we chose the Melia in Cozumel over everything else.
We got back to our resort around dinner time and relaxed after all of the walking!
The next two days were devoted to taking it easy. We stayed at the resort both days and alternated between the beach, the pool, and our balcony.
On Sunday night, we walked on the beach to the pier during the sunset.
In case you were wondering; yes, the sunsets were this beautiful every.single.night. I couldn't believe it!
On Monday, we decided to spend the day being a little more adventurous. We rented a Jeep for the day!
We had the entire day to cruise around town and do whatever we wanted!
First stop, the Mayan Ruins!
We decided to do a self-tour instead of going on one and it was nice to walk around at our own pace and check everything out.
However, we did learn that Cozumel is known as the "Island of Fertility". Apparently people used to get married on the mainland and then take a boat over to Cozumel and come back a year later with a baby. Hmmm… Interesting thing to learn while you're on your honeymoon.
We also found out that it is mating season for the iguanas, so they were EVERYWHERE at the Ruins. Literally, everywhere. Terry heard me legitimately scream for the first time when I accidentally got too close to one (I didn't even see it) and it scurried away. Terrifying for me, but Terry was having a blast.
After the Mayan Ruins, we traveled to the far North end of the island and made pit stops at a bunch of popular bars/restaurants and enjoyed something to eat and drink at each stop!
Our first stop was at Coconuts Bar & Grill
The decor and music was super fun! They had tons of t-shirts, license plates, and bumper stickers hanging up that would have taken hours to read everything.
A waiter even made me a grasshopper!
We split a margarita and some chips and guacamole. The guacamole was AH-MAZING.
Our next stop was at Bob Marley's Bar where we had strawberry margaritas and split a quesadilla!
We made a stop at another Mayan Ruin site before going downtown.
We went downtown to a restaurant called "La Perlita" which a couple of friends referred us to. Since we had been eating most of the day, we stuck to the appetizer menu and split another margarita.
Terry got shark empanadas and I got shrimp tacos… They were so good! We also had chips and guacamole but both agreed that the guacamole at Coconuts was much better.
We walked around downtown for a bit since traffic was really congested and found out why it was so backed up: The Color Run!
So neat! We did a little bit more shopping then called it a night and headed back to the resort. Renting the Jeep was so much fun! It was definitely the favorite day of the trip for the both of us.
The next day was our last full day on vacation so we scheduled a 90 minute couples massage and made reservations at the fancy restaurant in our resort for dinner. The massage was so great that the 90 minutes felt like ten and we both couldn't believe how fast time went. We then got dressed up for dinner and enjoyed a five-course candle lit dinner on the beach!
Terry had a t-bone steak and I had salmon. I took a bunch of pictures but because of the dim lighting, they didn't turn out that great. Take my word for it that dinner was delicious!
We had a few drinks at the lobby bar where there was live music playing and then called it a night. We wanted to wake up early the next day to soak up all the sun we could before heading to the airport at 1:00PM.
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| Our last Caribbean sunset |
We took a taxi to the airport and said good-bye to Mexico.
It makes me so sad to see these pictures and not be there still. I joked several times throughout the trip that we could make a living down there and be able to experience those sunsets every night (a part of me still isn't joking).
To say the least, this is not our last time going to Cozumel or staying at the Melia resort. We spoke with many other couples at the resort who have stayed elsewhere, yet time and time again they return to Melia. I can't wait for future trips with my husband! :)
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