Day 2 - Relaxing on the beach 🏖️

Today was an absolutely beautiful day so we decided to go to the beach to set up our stuff! We woke up early so we could get first dibs on the breakfast buffet! It was great since everything was so fresh when we arrived and sat down! Once we were full of food, we went back to our rooms to quickly change into our bathing suits to tan and relax. We got to the beach, only to realize a lot of seats were already taken. Turns out many people reserve spots by 8am by putting towels (even though you’re not supposed to do this) or their own personal items on the chairs. Nobody will touch them if they have their stuff on it already. We had to walk quite a while along the beach front to get an empty spot. We snagged 4 chairs and settled there for the morning! It was nice, we also got some drinks for ourselves to sip on while relaxing. The beach is nice, though there is A LOT of seaweed around, so it keeps washing onto the shore and it smells very strong of seawater. It also brings lots of bugs flying around the drying seaweed. Thankfully the staff collect the seaweed by a machine every so often. We did notice that at midday, the sun is excruciatingly hot, so we were all trying to huddle and hide under the umbrella, though it’s hard for 4 people to do that LOL! 😂
Lunchtime came around, so we packed our stuff and went to one of the restaurants. We got nachos to share, then I got a pork quesadilla! It was quite good, though I wish it had some sort of sauce I could dip it in.
After lunch, we dropped our stuff off at another spot in the beach and went for a walk. I see there are a lot of animals roaming around. I saw an Agouti for the first time! It looks like a skinner capybara! There are also wild iguana, cats and raccoons! I also saw a banana tree! It had so many bananas on there I didn’t even know it looked like that! 🍌
After we went back to our spot and relaxed for a few more hours. Then we left to change for dinner.
At this hotel, there are about 4-5 nice restaurants that need booking ahead of time. They also are a bit nicer, so we have to dress up a bit. We didn’t know how the system worked until we asked the front desk this day, so by the time we checked in the afternoon, everything was full. We knew from that day on, we had to book right at 9:30 before the 10am reservations open! 😅 So that evening we just went to the buffet for dinner. It was still quite yum since that evening was “Italian” theme, so they featured some Italian dishes as well as typical Mexican foods. I was very full after my meal and dessert.
There’s also a cute ice cream shop on the resort grounds, so we had dessert round 2! Super refreshing!
At 9pm, they had a circus show at the stage that evening, so we went to watch! It was fun, but more of an acrobatic show than a circus.
By the end, we were so tired we couldn’t keep our eyes open, so we headed back to our rooms for the night! 💤Read more