 | Included in our all-inclusive resort was plenty of water equipment - the use of kayaks, catamarans, snorkel equipment, paddle boats, even free introductory scuba lessons. |
 | Behind me you can see a cruise ship pulling into port. We only noticed one or two small cruise ships pulling into Playa Del Carmen during our stayl |
 | Day or night, the beach was beautiful. What amazed me is how spotless this beach stayed. ZERO trash. Every night the resort staff would come out and actually 'comb' the beach and smooth the sand out for the next day. The entire resort was spotless in every corner. |
 | That evening we sat and watched the entertainment and tried out many drinks that we had never tried before. My favorite ended up being a Mango Dacquiri! |
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We topped off Christmas night with some salsa dancing! The entertainment staff did a great job of pulling people (like Kevin and myself!) from the crowd and leading us through some salsa dancing. Don't be fooled by the photos - we really had no idea what we were doing!
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We crashed in our room about 10:30pm (Mexico time). The hour and a half of sleep that we had gotten the night before finally caught up to us.
Day Two...on the beach
My BLOGS
Upon arrival to the Riu Playacar (around 2:00pm on Christmas day) we checked in, had lunch, and immediately headed to the beach to look around. We had heard that the last hurricane had devastated the beaches in the Riviera Maya, but luckily our beach was one of the few that still existed. Many of the neighboring resorts had little or no beach left.
