Spring Break

I know that a lot of people stayed at home for the holiday. But my family and I went to Cancun, Mexico! It was amazing! We had actual sun there with no clouds covering the sky overcast. We went snorkeling, played some water volleyball, and spent some time in the ocean. We also saw some of the famous Mayan ruins such as Chichen Itza, Coba, and Tulum. At first glance the place doesn't see that special. Chichen Itza was a special tower that the Mayans used that helped to tell time and the fundamentals of their calendar. Coba is just a big tower with 120 steps that stretches above the forest surrounding it. And you can actually climb Coba! Tulum was the only Mayan ruin to be found by the ocean. It's actually next to the second largest coral reef in the world! All in all it was a fabulous trip.

Returning back to Utah was tough. My family and I had to look forward to a 5-hour flight back! It was so long but we got to watch the movie Bedtime Stories on the way back, so it sped the time along. When we got back, we had to hurry through security and find our bags. We got back to our home at 10 o'clock! It was great to finally sleep in our own beds again. The beds at our hotel in Cancun were like rocks! I really needed a massage when I got back home.

The funniest part of the whole trip was actually going to Cancun. My brother forgot to put his toothpaste in his check-in bag like you’re supposed too, so he put it into his carry on. Unfortunately for him you aren’t supposed to put toothpaste into a carry on bag, so he had to get a full search and he had his huge tube of toothpaste taken away! It was so funny, and he was in a bad mood until we arrived in Cancun.

Arriving in Cancun was difficult. We had to go through customs, and by the time that was finished we wanted to hurry and check in to our hotel. But my parents wanted to stop by a travel agent and chat with him for a bit. He tried to offer us a timeshare in Cancun, which was the exact opposite of what we wanted. We almost missed our van because we were talking to him. Then when we arrived at the hotel, we had to wait even longer for my parents to get our room keys that took a substantial amount of time. By the time we made it to our rooms we had another person ask us to buy a timeshare there! We were so tired of listening to people talk about timeshares it wasn’t even funny. That first day was hard, adjusting to the heat and all the other things that make Mexico Mexico, but all in all, it was a fabulous trip. I only don’t miss the timeshare salesman.