Viva Mexico, Fourth part: trip in Yucatan

 

Relax

The day opens with a sky a little 'uncertain, so we decide not to risk and stand all day in the sun at our hotel Casa Maya. A lunch of course go up in the hotel and guess what I am cooking Selene ... but of course pasta! Finalmente un po 'to eat "normal". We are Italians and so wherever we go outside part of our nation we have always some 'difficulties from the point of view culinaire. In the evening we dress a little 'chic, we have decided to go and visit the Luxury Avenue, Plaza Kukulkan, nothing' more than a shopping center similar to the island but with a center dedicated to everything 'and that' ... luxurious Bulgari, Louis Vuitton, Gucci, Valentino, etc. ...

Playa del Carmen

As often happens in our holiday, after a day of relaxation it followed an un po 'piu' busy. The next day we decide to rent it at our hotel without a jeep safari style windows and keep the "carrettera" 180 from Cancun to Tulum. Extricate in city traffic and the 'more' simple I thought. The first step, and 'Puerto Morelos, quiet town from which some ships leave port for Isla Cozumel. We decide to spend the morning here, sitting on the beach to sunbathe. Along the coast there is a beacon of reinforced concrete partially lifted from the soil and place in bars. In the country so much in fact you can see the consequences of the passage of the hurricane that was' down on last xxxxxx Hurricane Wilma, which before was' shot down the coast of the Riviera Maya, causing considerable damage mainly Cozumel and mild entities' including Cancun, Playa del Carmen and Tulum, and then 'moved afflict the American coast with a force unheard of New Orleans. Back in the car we drive even more 'down' to Tulum, where we stop at a Cenote many of which are found along this road. The Cenote Cristallino sincerely and not 'the best, just the time to take a dip in water, take 2 photos and resume our way. Going back to Playa, as in piu 'belle of the occasion of the famous accountant Fantozzi, a huge black cloud came to rest upon us. Terrible moments, almost the way we saw no more 'by the strong storm that had killed and more' do not forget that our jeep was almost half open, with no windows! He returned to the serene, we arrived in Playa del Carmen. Almost a half in Riccione Riviera Maya; bathing facilities with sunshades, deckchairs, happy hour and restaurants on the beach, very moving, many parties, but especially many Italians. For the first time since we are in Mexico, felt a moment to speak only Italian. After a romantic walk on the seashore at sunset, walk the only important route of the fifth Playa Avenida, 2 km. around the streets, all with straight at your right hand and left alone and only shops, restaurants, bars, pubs and souvenir a river of people walking in front and behind. After eating a nice plate of pasta with shrimp, we decide to return to Cancun. Before returning to the hotel but 'we decide to do a tour for all the 24 km zone hotelera closely to see the entire luxury' of this area which at night thanks to the thousand lights of hotels, premises and nightclubs assumes a value even more 'majestic.

Swimming.. with the dolphins..

The holiday is about to end, are still missing 2 days and returned to Italy. Today we decide to fulfills one of our dreams, to swim with dolphins. In fact, after having booked the modest sum of $ 120 go to the Isla shopping center, where inside you will find the Aquarium of Cancun. After a short path between tanks with a thousand types of fish, we head to the outdoor pools of the aquarium. Here we encounter now a shark, with which the board we are immortal tub with photos while we are intent to caress and nothing more ', of course all the boys led by staff. A feeling not so nice feature also seen the wrinkled skin of the animal. A little more 'forward are 2 large pools in them dolphins calamitous course that all the attention of visitors on the sidelines. And we have 'our turn. We are called together with others, we fitted jacket of our rescue and we throw ourselves into the water. We are guided by a staff guy who first tells us about certain characteristics of dolphins in general, the eyes, like breathing, how and what it feeds etc ... all of a sudden the animal begins to swim in our midst. You can not imagine how beautiful and 'touch a dolphin, a soft skin, almost like plastic. Soon he had become our "friend", there 'was the classic kiss, we danced in the water with him, even take the beak under the heel has carried for the entire pool, a word that has made us very happy even if the other side of the coin there 'to say that unfortunately, most' that animals seem real robot, for every command, every whistle, every gesture has a guide number of the animal, however, are so much tenderness you can not 'never forget such a day. Quiet afternoons spent in the sun at Casa Maya. At night we look for good and we decide to go on board the ship of Captain Hook, a timber ship across every evening with his sister set sail from the harbor not far from our hotel for a few hours sailing in the Caribbean not a short distance from the coast. Inside are all the crew, all rigorously stamped theme, Captain Hook, pirates, etc. that improvised games of entertainment to enjoy browsing, and dinner 'on the basis of lobster and side dishes after dinner and disco in the boat. All this while the boat 'in complete navigation without ever stopping. Even this day draws to a close, the evening back at the hotel we start the painful preparation bags, and the task more 'ugly play in any holiday.

Losing the flight... Yes we can!

06 January 2007
unfortunately we get to the last day of vacation. In the morning we wake up very early and close the bags. We still all morning to take a while for 'sun and we did not want to miss even a minute. Unfortunately, the surprises were still to come. In fact, shortly before leaving for the airport we see that it causes a problem for the telephone reconfirmation of the intercontinental flight, unfortunately the flight from Cancun that would have given us in Italy we have lost. There have been moments of pure panic and, also because 'we did not know really what to do and how to behave, keep calm, or have in his hands, the operator of AeroMexico we had said a timetable for completely wrong? After 7 hours of waiting in overbookings fortunately able to find a seat on a flight to Madrid AirEuropa. Same flight path of the lost ... at least those we have been lucky!