I wish I could tell you that we flew to Mexico and explored the country's rich culture, got to know the people and managed to soak in as much as possible of Mexican hospitality. But it ain't so-haha. Lyana and Robert (that's us) went to Mexico this March as part of the team building event for Robert's practice. It was our FIRST TIME to Mexico!!!
Pretty fancy, eh? We found this amazing cozy place in Tulum, about an hour from Cancun airport. It was an all inclusive resort, so that was fantastic too!
Mark and Alex stayed home on their own, by the way!
We arrived later in the afternoon and headed to check out the beach right away. Heeellllooo, seaweed!
The hotel staff had to clear this out several times a day, that's how bad it was.
Every evening we got to go to a different specialty restaurant that we had to reserve. This is our group, actually minus two assistants who were late for dinner, so we took a picture without them:).
And this is a lovely group of people Robert works with. It's tough sometimes to have an all female staff but these ladies are actually pretty amazing and hard working.
Oh, and we had some time to get some pictures on the way to the restaurant. The property of the resort was gorgeous and the walk was manageable.
It was definitely time to get into the romantic mood!
One of the evenings we went out to the beach to just talk and enjoy the sound of the waves.
It was very peaceful....
Right before we decided to join the Abba night and go dancing-haha.
And now let's turn our attention to the Exhibit A of why it was such a beautiful place!
We had four nights and four days at the resort and every day we enjoyed this gorgeous view of the beach. We took some walks on the beach trying to go as far as we could, pass the abandoned hotels and recreational areas. A bit sad.... It was almost eerie too.
The main reason why Robert and Mike brought their staff here is to actually do some training as well. So on a couple of occasions they did their job while I lounged on the beach enjoying my books.
The water was super nice and warm!
Although the color of it was not the blue that we see in North Carolina, we mostly cared about not having seaweed.
We spent a lot of time together which was great!
On the way to lunch...
Another evening, another unique restaurant to go to.
Oh, and one of the highlights of the trip was our day trip to see the cenotes--these swimming holes underground--as well as go ziplining and snorkeling. Ziplining and jumping off the small cliff was terrifying and really not that exciting for me, in a good way. I am just not enjoying these activities as much anymore... a little too anxious and sometimes not too sure I can be strong enough to make it fun. Thus the picture you get is a picture of Robert who loves this sort of stuff.
And here is a picture of the cenote. It was a pretty cool experience, although cold, to get into that cave water. I do wish they would let us explore a bit longer in there.
Somehow, they time went pretty fast and here we were on the last afternoon on the beach.
On the last evening we had the most memorable dinner with our team because it was set up as a dinner and a show with acrobats and dancing. We had a lot of fun especially when Robert and Mike were offered tequila shots by the DJ because "they are the best bosses ever" according to Terry, one our assistants who announced it to the whole audience-hahaha. It was quite hilarious!
And the following morning, it was time to get on our airport shuttle and finish our vacation. It was a great team building event and everyone was very grateful for the opportunity to go. We had offered them all to bring their husbands but they all decided to go without them and keep it "girls only":). So good thing that Robert and Mike brought their wives-haha.
Now we have to wait another five years probably before we go on another grand adventure with Robert's dental assistants and hygienists! It surely was fun!!!
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