Viva Mexico!

I wish I could show off my Spanish prowess by inserting a little upside down exclamation point in front of the above title, but I don't believe my keyboard has that option, which is a shame. Just know that there is a small exclamation point in front of the title in spirit. That will have to do.

Today I dove into the colorful plethora of activities available for people to do in the area in and around Riviera Maya, Mexico. Why, you may ask, did I decide to do such a thing? Well, I just so happen to be getting married there in 259 days, as that bastard super helpful wedding website called theknot.com so kindly reminds me today. Side note: I swear that site makes me sweat with all the options and advice on wedding planning that they provide. While it is awesome to have such a great resource and to be able to use their many checklists and budget spreadsheets and guest lists and stuff, it can sometimes be overwhelming and freaky that they remind you how little you have done and how much more you have to do and how little time you actually have. Cue panic attack.


So anyway I have about 8.5 months before we are walking down the aisle in Mexico. Plenty of time to figure everything out. Today I decided to focus on researching fun things to do. And boy are there a ton of awesome excursions! It's nuts how many adventures you could have there and not even scratch the surface of all this particular part of Mexico has to offer.

You can do stuff like go snorkeling here:


Or maybe you would rather have company while you swim and do this:



Or maybe you would rather stay dry, so you could check this out instead:



Or maybe try this:



Or it might just be worth a good long rest and relaxation session lazing around over here:



Seriously, the possibilities are endless. It is fun to think about what we might want to do on our wedding vacation. I mean, we plan most of the wedding when we get there, so the first few days are probably going to be a little stressful. But once the party weekend is over, we will have about 5-6 days to hang out together for our honeymoon and maybe try some of these neat adventures. I am leaning toward the snorkel caverns (actually called cenotes) and maybe a zipline tour over a jungle. The swimming with dolphins thing is a longtime dream of mine though, so that might have to be worked in there somehow too. At this rate, we will not have a moment's rest on our honeymoon. It is quite possible that we will end up sleeping till noon every day and do nothing but eat good food and relax and have fun being together instead. But knowing us, adventure will call our name at least a few times during our stay in Riviera Mexico.

Maybe all these fun pictures will inspire you to make a trip to Mexico sometime soon yourself! It really does sound like an affordable paradise. That is why we chose it for our wedding in the first place. Of course, we have not ever actually been there. But we have gotten solid rave reviews from pretty much anyone we meet who has been there and finds out we are going. So that is a great sign of the good things to come for our wedding extravaganza.

Viva Mexico mis amigos!