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Don’t have a clue what I did to it but I have a real problem happening with my left foot. It is very sore and quite swollen. Maybe a quiet day is in order as we are going to Tulum tomorrow. We relaxed and lazed around after having the buffet breakfast – wow what a spread. Spent a little bit of time in the internet café and sent the kids a quick note. We haven’t been able to do much snorkelling as it has been very windy and the water has been quite rough. While I was on the computer Garth came in and said you gotta come snorkel, I found a bunch of baby barracuda’s. We checked them out and spent awhile in the saltwater pool checking out the fish there. It’s nice to have the saltwater pool when it’s not calm you can still swim, snorkel and see fish.
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Maybe I should mention the breakers. I have read so many negative reports about them I wasn’t sure what to expect. They really aren’t that bad and they make it possible to swim as the water is much calmer inside them. Do they spoil a postcard view?…maybe…Are they Ugly?…no, and they do provide entertainment. Watching the waves break over them was quite a spectacular show in the morning. Watching the good ol boys, with beer in hand (who had swam out to sit on them) get knocked off by a big wave was great entertainment in the afternoon. I will make sure and post some pics of the breakers and the old pier as so many have complained about them and I know it makes people worried about booking this resort. Personally I liked the visual interest and variety they provided against an endless horizon, they are resting spots for birds, the pier is a great place to find fish when you snorkel so for me they added to the experience. If you don’t like the view walk a min. or two in either direction, and you have that endless turquoise postcard if you wish.
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We had dinner at the Oriental restaurant. It is on the second floor and seats only about 35-40 people. We had a table right at the railing and it was nice however it was very, very windy and things kept blowing off the table. The food was good but in my opinion not nearly as good as some of the other restaurants. I suppose the highlight was seeing what we think was a kotamundi right below us way kewl. After dinner we had drinks at Guacamayas but seeing as we had a very early start the next morning we wandered down to the lobby to arrange for a cab for <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:time Hour="6" Minute="30">6:30 a.m.</st1:time> uggh!!
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