We both drained our vacation time to be able to take our Honeymoon directly after our wedding, and I don't regret it at all! There's something about finally getting to celebrate alone together when the moment is still fresh after the hustle and bustle of a wedding that makes a honeymoon feel all the more special. After sleeping away the day after our wedding we left for Mexico on a 5 am flight and arrived midday at Excellence Playa Mujeres Resort (I would highly recommend even for just a regular vacation) where we had a huge room with a Jacuzzi and private rooftop pool! Although there was enough to do just at the resort, we took no time filling up our week with fun excursions. We booked a trip to Chichen Itza, which has been on my bucket list since I took Latin American Art History in college, also Tulum and a snorkeling tour that brought us to Isla Mujeres off the coast of our resort. The first trip was Chichen Itza, which was amazing! I only wish it hadn't been so hot- my tank top was literally disintegrating off of me. Thankfully the trip included a cool dip in one of the famous cenotes (sinkholes where supposedly millions of people were sacrificed by the ancient Mayans). I was so hot I think I would have still swam even if I could see the ancient human remains below me. Fortunately I couldn't see any skeletons, just thousands of children flapping their water wings next to me. If you're looking for the picturesque Pinterest cenote with the beautiful vines hanging down- you're in the right place, just remember ALL of the cool stuff is built up with touristy stuff and most of those photos are strategically taken at times where there are no tourists to give the feeling of being remote. Our trip to Tulum, also very hot was at least on the ocean so we would get a bit of a breeze from time to time. We also stopped in a second more secluded cenote in a small village on the way back from Tulum. This sinkhole was more like a natural lazy river and I probably could have spent all day there. Our snorkeling trip brought us to Isla Mujeres where we shopped around and I bought some Frida Kahlo earrings. We also ventured inside a Frida "museum" which wasn't really a museum since it did not hold any of her real work, but it did have some pretty cool displays. I would most definitely go back to Mexico again, I felt as long as we booked all of our outside trips through the hotel and didn't venture into the city alone at night we were fine.
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