Mexico!! pt1

Hurricane Alex. Ughh. Two days before we were supposed to leave for our trip, we found out about a storm tracking directly for the Yucatan Penninsula. For a bit, it looked like our vacation was in serious jeopardy. But we got up EARLY Sunday morning, and our flights weren't cancelled (yet) so we headed to the airport. We made our connection in O'hare just fine, but sat on the tarmac for about an hour while a storm unrelated to Alex blew through.

Passin' the time listening to music...

Once we got back in the air, we got to enjoy the perks of first class with a yummy breakfast (and don't miss Joshua's kahlua to go with his coffee haha). I still wish that Joshua could travel less, but since he has to be gone, I have to admit that I'm lovin' flying in the "front of the plane"!


We were pretty worried about landing in Cancun, as the eye of Alex was forecasted to hit almost exactly as our plane landed...but we made it in just fine. Here's an amazing view of the Hotel Strip of Cancun from out the plane window as we were descending...


We got through Immigration MUCH easier than last time that we traveled to Mexico, were picked up by our shuttle and arrived at our resort just a bit later. We stayed at the Grand Princess Riviera and it was AMAZING!


Our room was upstairs


It was absolutely gorgeous, right down to the swan towel sculpture on the bed.


This was Joshua's favorite part of the trip, hands down. It was an ourdoor shower inside our room! Kind of confusing, I know...but there were double doors that led out of our main room (you can see them behind the bed in the picture above), onto a balcony of sorts and it had a shower. It was all enclosed of course, but you could hear the birds and feel the fresh air as you showered. I'm pretty sure in the 5 days that we were there, Joshua showered about 15 times lol!!!


And this is the view from our balcony out over the private pool and decorative lagoons and landscaping.


K...that will have to do for part one...more to come later!