FB D4 TUE 10/15/19 - Tour Day
Actually slept better last night. Lots of ups & downs by everyone, but more restful. Out again by 9. Hit the pool and then the buffet breakfast. Then Michelle and Andy signed up for some tours.
The boys all left at 12:45 for a hike to the Parque Maya Zipline & museum next to the Captain's Cove. It was a blast and everyone should give it a go. We have done Selvateca before, and it is awesome. However, this one is local and takes less than 4 hours. Here's how it went down.
Arrive, pay additional $12 park fee for protecting the reef. Change into swimming suits. Watch an introductory video about the Mayans and the ruins. Go do zip lines and rope bridges. Not quite like we did in KY with Tree Top Adventures, because in this event, you are not tied off but there are safety nets for every bridge. This one is also about 3 stories above water, where the other was about one story above the forest floor. This version also had much longer zip lines. We flew upside down and had to jump off towers. Good times.
Come back to a Mayan celebration - get to participate in it. Then grab a boat and drive out to the reef to snorkel for an hour. Drive back and have a late lunch.
Facilities were top notch. Workers were fun - professional - but good people to be around.
We had a blast and recommend it.
Back to showers and then dinner here at the hotel. It was BBQ night, and since we were all tired, we just grabbed a seat outside. A very heavy down-pour had just come and gone so we had to dry our chairs. The a really small one came by and we just sat it out. The wait staff was impressed that we didn't want to move inside. Naw. We're on vacation and probably won't melt anyways.
Tonight after dinner, Sandy, Andy, and I taught Austin how to play Euchre. He's doing really well and in fact shot the moon twice and made it! That's when he was my partner. Tomorrow we stick him with Sandy - making Me & Andy partners. They probably won't score a point.
Tomorrow is a relax day. And then Thursday, the Albitz clan takes a 1/2 day trip to Tulum to see some ruins.
The boys all left at 12:45 for a hike to the Parque Maya Zipline & museum next to the Captain's Cove. It was a blast and everyone should give it a go. We have done Selvateca before, and it is awesome. However, this one is local and takes less than 4 hours. Here's how it went down.
Arrive, pay additional $12 park fee for protecting the reef. Change into swimming suits. Watch an introductory video about the Mayans and the ruins. Go do zip lines and rope bridges. Not quite like we did in KY with Tree Top Adventures, because in this event, you are not tied off but there are safety nets for every bridge. This one is also about 3 stories above water, where the other was about one story above the forest floor. This version also had much longer zip lines. We flew upside down and had to jump off towers. Good times.
Come back to a Mayan celebration - get to participate in it. Then grab a boat and drive out to the reef to snorkel for an hour. Drive back and have a late lunch.
Facilities were top notch. Workers were fun - professional - but good people to be around.
We had a blast and recommend it.
Back to showers and then dinner here at the hotel. It was BBQ night, and since we were all tired, we just grabbed a seat outside. A very heavy down-pour had just come and gone so we had to dry our chairs. The a really small one came by and we just sat it out. The wait staff was impressed that we didn't want to move inside. Naw. We're on vacation and probably won't melt anyways.
Tonight after dinner, Sandy, Andy, and I taught Austin how to play Euchre. He's doing really well and in fact shot the moon twice and made it! That's when he was my partner. Tomorrow we stick him with Sandy - making Me & Andy partners. They probably won't score a point.
Tomorrow is a relax day. And then Thursday, the Albitz clan takes a 1/2 day trip to Tulum to see some ruins.
Austin, Andy, and Craig getting ready to zip line.
Austin coming across the final rope bridge to safety
Andy doing his best to get his boat license suspended!
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