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Yesterday was a little bit of a lazy one. We grabbed a bed by the pool after breakfast (our normal routine now!) and based ourselves there for the rest of the day. We left at 10am for the kayak tour, but it was only when we got half way out to sea - something that seemed to take an age - that the guide decided the weather conditions weren't the best and the sea was a bit too choppy to continue. So we turned back and never got to see the sunken ship out in the distance!
Nothing much else happened until the 4pm bike tour (we were a little into the tours yesterday!). We cycled around the whole of the Playa Mujeres complex - which is owned by the richest man in the world - and I managed to get a few mosquito bites while we were all looking at the crocodile in the swamp. Ouch.
We had dinner at The Grill and Dan tried his luck ordering the mixed grill with an 8oz sirloin along with it - no questions asked, he got his meat overload as requested!
Today was a bit more exciting - we went straight to the beach at 9am to rent stand up paddle boards - something I'd wanted to do for ages. Dan had booked a lesson, but at $150 I thought it was a bit too expensive, especially as it was something I didn't think I'd need a lesson in and we could have the boards for free at the hotel.
I was able to get up and stay up straight away (I must have a natural gift for it!) but Dan was a different story...he must have spent as much time in the sea as he did on the board - in his defence the sea was a bit wavey. I felt a bit bad that I'd denied him his lesson. I think we're oing to try again if it gets calmer.
After that we went to borrow the bikes and take them a little further than we did on the tour yesterday. We'd planed on going to El Meco - ruins of a Mayan village - it wasn't too far to get there but there were no paths and as we'd heard that there aren't many taxis that pass we'd struggle to get back, so the bikes seemed like the best option.
About 15 minutes into our bike ride and we were there. It was brilliant, even though it was raining! Lots of ruins of the ancient village to look at, and lots of iguanas all around.
Nothing much else happened until the 4pm bike tour (we were a little into the tours yesterday!). We cycled around the whole of the Playa Mujeres complex - which is owned by the richest man in the world - and I managed to get a few mosquito bites while we were all looking at the crocodile in the swamp. Ouch.
We had dinner at The Grill and Dan tried his luck ordering the mixed grill with an 8oz sirloin along with it - no questions asked, he got his meat overload as requested!
Today was a bit more exciting - we went straight to the beach at 9am to rent stand up paddle boards - something I'd wanted to do for ages. Dan had booked a lesson, but at $150 I thought it was a bit too expensive, especially as it was something I didn't think I'd need a lesson in and we could have the boards for free at the hotel.
I was able to get up and stay up straight away (I must have a natural gift for it!) but Dan was a different story...he must have spent as much time in the sea as he did on the board - in his defence the sea was a bit wavey. I felt a bit bad that I'd denied him his lesson. I think we're oing to try again if it gets calmer.
After that we went to borrow the bikes and take them a little further than we did on the tour yesterday. We'd planed on going to El Meco - ruins of a Mayan village - it wasn't too far to get there but there were no paths and as we'd heard that there aren't many taxis that pass we'd struggle to get back, so the bikes seemed like the best option.
About 15 minutes into our bike ride and we were there. It was brilliant, even though it was raining! Lots of ruins of the ancient village to look at, and lots of iguanas all around.
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