2/25/2010: Day 4

The photo to the right is of our suite, which takes up the entire top floor of the building. Photo taken from the tour boat.

On Day 4 there was NO working out, other than walking. My core hurt so bad from the day before!! At 8am we went on a nature tour of the property with a VERY cute Captain. :) There was a couple from New Jersey and two ladies from Los Angeles in our boat. We learned all about the mangroves, how the canals were put in, and what Mayakoba hotels have to do to preserve the lands. It's very hard to do, but they try. The tour was about 45 minutes and Eric and I both really enjoyed it. The tour Captain was extremely knowledgable and you could tell he really felt good about working for a company that was so connected to keeping the area "green". We also saw Banyan Tree--a resort in Mayakoba. Beautiful place. People say it is REALLY expensive to stay there.

This photo, to the left, is our old suite, covered by trees, on the bottom floor of the building.

After the tour we went to the beach! Our first day at the beach--we were sooo excited. We camee to Mexico to enjoy the sun and warm weather, and this would be our first day to have it. The beach here is amazing...clean, white sand, teal water, little shade huts everywhere. Paradise. Servers come by all day and bring you drinks and food, if you want. It's perfect.
This is my funny husband trying on his new triathlon goggles that I gave him. They are perfect for ocean swimming. After we roasted for a while in the sun, reading, we went to Las Brisas again for lunch and pina coladas. The drinks here are EXPENSIVO but they're awesome. I can't remember which day we went to the lounge at the front of the hotel and had drinks, but that's when I fell in love with the pina coladas and daquiris. They use real cream! These drinks are probably like 500 calories a drink..but at $10-$14 a pop, you really can't drink too many at a time, so I figure it's okay to have one every now and then. Oh, the lounge....yes. One of my very favorite places on the grounds. It's a n open air lounge, with live music and big squishy chairs. Eric and I hung out there for about two hours one day--reading and drinking. LOVED IT!

Where was I? So after lunch we wanted to get back to our room. There are three options. 1--walk. It's a fair bit of distance, but we've walked it quite a bit. 2--wait for a shuttle. The hotel has golf cart shuttles running 24 hours a day, all over the grounds. 3--bikes. Bikes are everywhere. You grab one off the rack, ride to a new location, leave the bike there. I was not going to ride a bike because I didn't have a helmet...but Eric did this day. I took the shuttle and he rode a bike and met me at the shuttle stop.

Later this day we walked all over again and ended up at the business center/conference area. REALLY nice place. We took a lot of photos from there because it is overlooking the entire grounds. Fairmont is a beautiful place to stay.

Around 5pm we went back to the lounge I love so much, had some drinks, bought a bottle of wine, and I ate a fantastic sushi roll. At 6pm we headed to the deck below for dinner. We ordered a steak, truffle macaroni and cheese (to die for!) and asparagus. WOW! Not only was the food amazing, but the service here is nearly perfect. Eric, of course, had sorbet for dinner. I even sneaked a few bites here and there. :)

Like most nights, we were in bed by 8:30pm. :) Good day.