OH MAN! Am I EVER on the Missus' Sh-t List!

[Leah]

We aim to please or was that tease!

[Lance]

I'm Back!!!!!!!!!!!

And we had a terrific holiday. Someone had asked me to list the hi-lites of the Mayan Riviera because they were going soon (Fishoholic? was it you Laurie?)

We stayed at the Barcelo Maya Tropical (all-inclusive resort), which is a little over an hour drive south of Cancun. Very nice place. Beautiful, 2.5 km long beach, nice room, excellent food and facilities. I have to agree with it's 5- star rating and highly recommend it.

Some of the excursions we went on were:
-Tulum where we saw some of the Mayan ruins. (I give it a 2 thumbs up)
-Playa del Carmen for shopping, site-seeing, etc. (3 thumbs up)
-Xel-Ha, which is a beautiful park containing a huge lagoon where a fresh water river mixes with the salt water from the ocean. The snorkling was very good here; lots of fishes to see. We also went down the river on inner-tubes which was kind of boring except for the part where my wife got her butt stuck in the tube. and I convinced her to abandon the tubes half way down the river and hike through the jungle where we got lost and finally came out to a place where we had to swim half-a-mile to get back. (expensive, but a nice place: 3 thumbs up)
-Xplor Adventure Park where we rode the zip-lines and I scared the living **** out of myself. We also drove amphibious all-terrain vehicles, and swam down an underground river through caves full of stalactites and stalagmites. (I rate Xplor a 3 thumbs up)
-Xcaret Eco Theme Park which was my favourite excursion: great snorkling, river raft rides, animal exhibits, marine aquarium, and a nighttime show in a large theater. (I give it 4 thumbs up)

We took lots of pictures including underwater pics from our snorkling and diving. I will post some in the next couple of days.

[PoonTang]

Hey Lance, glad to hear you made it home safe and sound. Did you bring all the frags I requested? JK Cant wait to see all of the pictures. Did your babies miss you?

[Leah]

Originally Posted by PoonTang

Did your babies miss you?

You forgot about the Beagle...... bet she is happy your home and has her lap back.....
Looking forward to your pictures.......

[Lance]

Originally Posted by Leah

You forgot about the Beagle...... bet she is happy your home and has her lap back.....
Looking forward to your pictures.......

Yes, the little bugger is happy to have me back Leah.

[Lance]

My tank sitter did a very nice job. Aside from a little cyano in the 225g everything looks to be fine. And a big thank you to Dave and Marie for being on emergency alert.

[marie]

Originally Posted by Lance

My tank sitter did a very nice job. Aside from a little cyano in the 225g everything looks to be fine. And a big thank you to Dave and Marie for being on emergency alert.

Not exactly a strenuous job (thank goodness) but your welcome .

[Lance]

Originally Posted by PoonTang

Hey Lance, glad to hear you made it home safe and sound. Did you bring all the frags I requested? JK Cant wait to see all of the pictures. Did your babies miss you?

Darren, I couldn't have brought you any frags even if I was allowed to. This area of the Caribbean has lots of fish, but very little in the way of SPS. Lots of gorgonians and some LPS though.