Overview Chris planned a surprise trip to Cancun for our 25th wedding anniversary - so thoughtful! It was my first time to Mexico and we had a ball exploring Cancun, Chichén Itzá, and five different cenotes in the area. I wrote four articles summarizing our 5-day adventure: Our 5-Day Cancun Getaway. This post gives an overview…
Chris planned a surprise trip to Cancun in May (for our 25th anniversary!) and though we had just three full days in the area, we devoted one to Chichén Itzá. The site is over 130 miles from Cancun so it’s quite a commitment, but hey, it’s one of the seven wonders of the modern world;…
Chris booked two day-long excursions during our 5-day trip to Cancun, and sandwiched an unstructured day in-between. We took advantage with a long beach run followed by a dip in our hotel’s rooftop pool. After working for a few hours (yup, it was a working vacation) we hopped a public bus for lunch at La…
What a blast! Over the course of eight hours, we swam, ziplined, snorkeled, kayaked, and rappelled in four different cenotes. Chris and I were the old-timers of the group with most folks in their 20s, but we kept up with our young counterparts, jumping off cliffs and attempting back-flips off the zipline. What are cenotes?…
Chris (sweet, considerate man that he is) planned a surprise trip to celebrate our 25th anniversary, although from the get-go it was destined to be a surprise that wouldn’t remain a surprise. To keep trip costs in check, Chris booked airfare and hotel using points. The kicker? He needed my Starwood points to book the hotel…