The Best _______ Ever

My roommate Kate always makes fun of me for saying that things are the "best ever!" So I've now been limited to making such narrow statements as,"that was the best turkey and cheddar sandwich with granny smith apples I've ever had!" instead of "that was the best sandwich I've ever had" because in fact that may not have been the best sandwich I've ever had... especially since I probably just stated that I had the best sandwich ever the previous week. Anyway, after that lovely run-on sentence, I'm assuming you get the picture.

So as you know, last week I was in Mexico with my friend Leslie. We found an amazing deal on LivingSocial.com for a resort in the jungle and somewhat spontaneously, off we went to the backwoods of Mexico (you know, if Chetumal was the deep South.) FIve short hours after we landed in Cancun, we arrived with our rental car at the resort and proceeded to have the best Mexican vacation ever at the Explorean Kohunlich!

As I mentioned in a previous post, I had been concerned about the drive down to the resort, but it was totally fine. The only issue was came across were these pesky road bumps. Actually the road bumps were quite big and the sign to indicate them. Well... let's just say they looked less like a bump in the road and more like this:



So we started our trek down the the Explorean with a bang. Literally. Leslie went flying over one of those bumps and I'm pretty sure the front of the car was not happy with us. Thankfully the rental car company was less than precise in checking the car when we returned it. Needless to say, the rest of the trip consisted of me shouting "boobs!!" every time I saw that sign. You know, as an indication to slow down-- not because we are 12 year old boys and cracked up every time it happened.

After we finally got there though, nothing mattered, because we were at a place like this:


The next day we headed out on our first excursion, kayaking and swimming in a lagoon:


And every morning we were greeted by hot coffee, fresh orange juice and a small delicious house-made pastry of some sort. We were also greeted with one little random animal after another all searching for some crumbs:




Most importantly we met some amazing people! You know how I was worried that I wouldn't meet people during my trek through Southeast Asia? Well I am totally not worried about that anymore. We met some of the most awesome people on our trip to Mexico, that I'm pretty sure Thailand is going to be twice as awesome. They absolutely made the trip about ten times better than it would have been otherwise. We even met a couple from Boston and a guy who is going to be in Thailand the same time I am!

Our Family Portrait:


So, yes, it was the best Mexican vacation ever. Maybe not the best vacation I will ever have in my life ever, but for now, it's right up there. I'm guessing my trip to Southeast Asia will trump this trip about a thousand times over, but that is not a vacation, it is a life adventure and remains to be seen. Stay tuned...