We had a very strenuous day of getting a tan, swimming, ordering drinks by the pool and eating by the water.
We started the morning by the beach, but as aforementioned the water was not really safe to go into there since there were reefs along the beach, so we moved up to the pool area. We did some reading (I was reading the Rules of the Bone fyi.)
The service there was amazing. They came by to inform us when happy hour was and take our orders. We tried an array of fruity drinks and coronas. We were about to leave to go get lunch when they informed us they could serve us right there! So we stayed. Life was so tough.
After a day of lounging we set off to meet up with Jordan's family who was also in Playa del Carmen for his cousins wedding. Everyone else was staying at the Riu Grand Mayan Riviera Maya, which despite almost having an identical name to the resort we were staying at, was actually about a 30 minute taxi drive across town.
Further confusion ensued when we were dropped off at the Riu Grand Mayan Riviera Maya Mexico, which apparently is a DIFFERENT hotel a couple miles away from our intended location. All of the Riu's were all inclusive resorts so we couldn't even get to front desk to figure out were we were. We had heated conversations with security guards at the entrance of of about 4 other Riu Grand Mayan resorts before finally finding the right one! It also did not help that the restaurant within the resort we were looking for was called the "La taquilla restaurante" so when we were trying to ask for directions (in our not-so-good Spanish) we kept being pointed in the direction of liquor stores instead.
We finally found Jordan's family, but we still had to eat separately because they would not let us into the resort since we were not staying there, even though Michael, Jordan's cousin (the groom-to-be) had us on all of the lists, had paid for us and they took copies of our passports.
We did get to spend some time with the family for a few hours at a bar afterwards but it was a frustrating chain of events to say the least!
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| Random dancing at the bar on stage with the niños |
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| Here is my Sister-in-Law Alya and her BF Ian |
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| This was Michael, the Groom's, dapper rehearsal dinner attire. |
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| Groom's Abuelo and Abuela (now somehow my great Tio and Tia In laws I guess!) |
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| One of the groomsmen chilling on the beach |
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| Grooms Brother, Alex, Sister Bianca and Michael |
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