Seeing as the 30th Birthday is such an exciting event. I decided to continue the celebration south of the border with a couple of my girlfriends. Headed to a resort in Playa del Carmen with Lauren and Valerie. This picture above is the view from our hotel room. That's just the small pool.
Once we found Valerie, we threw on some swim wear and headed to the bar for Margaritas (I mean, we were in Mexico).
We immediately met a group of friendly Canadians at the big pool. Once they heard it was my birthday, they promptly made me take tequila shots from the bottle.
Seeing as they won this bottle of tequila playing a pool game. I venture to say it was not of the highest quality seeing as it tasted like beef jerky.
Spreading the party around!
Dos pina coladas por favor!
Waiting for our pina coladas at the pool bar on swings. The weather was very warm and humid.
We encountered funny animals walking back to our hotel room. I have NO idea what these things are. We felt there should have been some sort of animal education at the resort.
Did I mention we were in Mexico...
It's my birthday! First dinner we had was at the Asian restaurant. I wasn't sure if the appropriate term was Mexasian or Asican?
The Mexican service people really liked our board. They are extremely fluent in speaking English, but MUCH slower at writing it. Don't worry, we were patient and even helped with some spellings!
This is what took him forever to write. Did I also mention how flirty those Mexican men were.
Our waiter was named Edmundo, but we preferred to call him E-D Mundo. He was very generous with the free birthday tequila...oh wait, all our drinks were included.
They brought my dessert out with a candle and singing. After which they made me stand and all the wait staff were standing in a line, they quickly ran through the line giving me a hug and then running to the back of the line to repeat with the birthday hugs. Very entertaining for those at the tables around us.
After our dinner, we headed over to the night club. Please note the sombrero and tiny Mexican blanket on the white board. Thanks go to Valerie!
Day 2First full day at the big pool. Our only mistake was to take chairs near the activities area. Had to say no to lots of things like dance lessons, yoga on the beach, games, etc. The only thing on our agenda was drinks poolside and reading our books.
Second dinner was at the Seafood restaurant. We were already feeling the effects of the sun that evening at dinner. We all vowed to do better on the sunscreen the next day. You have to watch out for those wrinkles when you're in your 30's.
Day 3
Second dinner was at the Seafood restaurant. We were already feeling the effects of the sun that evening at dinner. We all vowed to do better on the sunscreen the next day. You have to watch out for those wrinkles when you're in your 30's.
Day 3We decided to change it up and stay at the smaller pool for our second full day. We were excited to hear pop music that we knew over the load speaker at this pool, but by the time we heard Katy Perry three times before lunch...it was getting old. Please note the sun hats as we were on our do better plan with sun exposure.
Continuing on our different food restaurants every night, it was time for Italian. Of note, our favorite salad bar at the resort. It started raining after dinner, so we were lucky enough to hop on the multi-seat golf cart for a ride over to the club.
We ordered some after dinner beverages and whipped out our on-going Uno game. Larry King decided to come out with the ladies this night.
Did I mention the rain turned into a down pour?
Day 4
Continuing on our different food restaurants every night, it was time for Italian. Of note, our favorite salad bar at the resort. It started raining after dinner, so we were lucky enough to hop on the multi-seat golf cart for a ride over to the club.
We ordered some after dinner beverages and whipped out our on-going Uno game. Larry King decided to come out with the ladies this night.
Did I mention the rain turned into a down pour?
Day 4We went back to the big pool for our final full day in Mexico. We got some prime seating away from the activities area, but of course that didn't stop them from trying to get us to do dance lessons or archery. But we did partake in water aerobic. Had to work off all those pina coladas some how.
It's me and my little Mexican sweetheart.
Three ladies in Mexico posing outside the Mexican restaurant. The only place we didn't eat at the resort.
Cocktail hour in a snazzy outdoor lounge.
Last dinner was at the French restaurant. My favorite of the whole trip! They change their menu every night. After four days of eating non-stop, I was finally full.
Our very friendly waiter at the French restaurant. We left him a $20 tip and he was ecstatic.
It's me and my little Mexican sweetheart.
Three ladies in Mexico posing outside the Mexican restaurant. The only place we didn't eat at the resort.
Cocktail hour in a snazzy outdoor lounge.
Last dinner was at the French restaurant. My favorite of the whole trip! They change their menu every night. After four days of eating non-stop, I was finally full.
Our very friendly waiter at the French restaurant. We left him a $20 tip and he was ecstatic. This trip was SO much fun. I can't wait for more of my young friends to turn 30 so I can help them celebrate in the same fashion.
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