Cancun: Day 1

Against our better judgement, we let the girls talk us in to taking them to an all inclusive resort in Cancun. They have been begging to go to one for awhile because a lot of their friends have gone and they had serious FOMO. Ben and I LOVE cruises, so this was a shift for us, and we were nervous to try something new. We purposely made the trip a little short- only 5 days including travel days. Everyone told us it would be fine, but were still nervous. Turns out, we had nothing to be worried about- it really was easy and wonderful. The flight is only a little less than 4 hours, and went really quick. It is a very easy flight. Then we caught a shuttle to the resort, and our vacation began!

When we checked in, they gave us delicious juice- we knew it was going to be great after that ;)

                                         

They called it a 2-room suite, but really it was 2 different rooms connected by a short hallway, so the girls got their own room, and so did Ben and me. It was really great!

It really was paradise!!

Some pretty cool animals

There were several restaurants at the resort that got to choose from. For the first night, we chose the Italian restaurant. It was delicious!

This was just the salad bar options!

Isn't this simply paradise?!? It was really, really incredible

We stayed at Riu Playacar- an all-inclusive resort in Playa Del Carmen, about 45 minutes south of Cancun. It was recommended to us by some friends, and it was an excellent choice. We enjoyed some virgin Pina coladas and strawberry daiquiris, but I eventually realized that the sweet virgin strawberry mojitos are my favorite. So yummy!

Silent Disco! This is something that Ben and I have always wanted to try, and it was our evening entertainment on Monday which was a lot of fun.

It was a great start to our trip!