Justin and I just came back from a fabulously relaxing week in Mexico. We stayed at Secrets Maroma Beach in between Playa Del Carmen & Cancun. We have never stayed at an adults only all-inclusive down there and oh.my.gosh was it completely worth it! No screaming kids running around - yes please! This was one of the 2 places we had narrowed down our honeymoon to...which we had to change due to a hurricane so this was a second honeymoon of sorts! {Everyone thought we were on our honeymoon and were shocked to find out we had been married almost 3 years because we look so young...we'll take it! Oh and the flight attendant asked if I was old enough to drink *sigh*}
Our flight left early Tuesday morning - we were lucky to have my dad drop us off! Check-in/security was a breeze since we were flying first class and have global entry. We used air miles and were able to fly first class for the entire trip because we had so many miles :) It was definitely worth it...A nice treat!
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| Too early! |
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| Finally - coffee! |
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| SO much legroom |
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| Sunrise on the way to Dallas |
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| Morning cocktails |
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| Breakfast! Why can't flying always be like this?? |
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| Almost to Cancun! Check out the pretty water...that's no Gulf of Mexico! |
We had a really smooth check-in but since we arrived early our room wasn't ready. No problem - we hit up the lunch buffet and then headed over to the pool. This place literally has the best pool/beach views I've ever seen!! (I'll get to those shortly)
Since we used air miles to get to Mexico we decided to splurge on our room and got a swim out suite. I read mixed reviews but we LOVED it. There was only 1 other time there was another couple in the pool at the same time - other than that it was our private pool. The water was perfect and it was nice to just be able to get out and be in the room. We used the pool every afternoon after the pool/beach. Let's go on a tour of our room!
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| View into the bathroom from the bedroom |
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| Jacuzzi Tub |
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| The box on the left is the secret room service delivery box - you don't even have to answer the door when your food comes! |
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| View onto our patio |
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| Our patio |
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| Swim out pool |
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| Our pool view - not bad huh? |
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| Before dinner the first night |
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| Drinks in the lobby bar |
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| A dirty monkey!! |
After a few drinks we decided to try El Patio - the Mexican restaurant. It was SO GOOD. It was authentic Mexican - not TexMex so I wasn't sure about it but it was delicious!
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| Justin was real excited about his lobster - he tried it and kind of liked it! {May have been the drinks talking} |
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| My delicious enchiladas (so good I also ordered them on our last night) |
Wednesday (& Saturday) we had a beach cabana reserved at the beach. You have a nice covered bed and it includes a butler all day! The only time we really had to get up was to go in the ocean...they brought us our food and drinks all day long! Justin and I were both reading Bossypants by Tina Fey (if you're looking for a light funny read go read this NOW) and it was really nice to be able to read in the shade all day with a nice ocean breeze.
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| The camera was still foggy - hadn't adjusted to the humidity yet |
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| Our view! |
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| Mmm Pina Colada |
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| Maroma Beach |
I don't have any pictures from our dinner Wednesday night but we ate at Portifino - the Italian restaurant. It was once again - so yummy! |
| Our view from our pool chairs on Thursday |
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| So so pretty |
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| Love all the palm trees! |
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| After of day of fun in the sun we were sad about our sunburns :( |
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| Ouchie |
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| Nothing an Apple Martini won't fix, right? |
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| We had dinner at the Hibachi restaurant - I know I sound like a broken record but it was SO good and the chef guy was as good as anyone I've seen at restaurants here! Very impressed |
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| After dinner pic |
Friday we parked ourselves at the pool again!
We got dressed for dinner and went over to the Sugar Reef bar - they have tables and chairs that sit in the water (just up to your ankles) and swings at the bar! We sat for a while at the table and then it started sprinkling...then pouring so we took cover at the bar on the swings! We waited out the rain and then headed over to the Steak House for dinner.
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| They have so many hammocks! |
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| Each table had Jenga - we couldn't remember how to play so we just made up our own rules |
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| Swinging and drinking could be a deadly combo - just ask our knees |
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| and just like that it's pouring! |
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| HUGE wine glass! |
Saturday was our last full day and the other day we had rented the beach cabana. It was once again wonderful!
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| The domed buildings are the Iberostar Grand! So close to where we were last year |
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| Cabanas & Beach Bar |
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| Justin lounging around! |
We took a walk down the beach and made it almost all the way to the Grand (we stopped at the rocks...also the place we stopped on our walk last year but coming from the other way).
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| Maroma Beach Hotel (different from ours) |
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| Pretty stretch of deserted beach (hence all the seaweed washed up) |
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| You can't ask for prettier water |
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| Abandoned condos that were being built. If they finished them they would be SO pretty but right now it's just creepy! |
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| Interesting tree... |
What better way to cool off from our walk than a Watermelon Margarita??
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| Don't judge us...this is our lunch for 2 :) Club sandwich, tacos, caesar salad, onion rings & chips/guac |
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For our last dinner we went back to El Patio (where we started our vacation) since it was our favorite (and we were too chicken to try the French restaurant!) It did not disappoint the second time around!
We had to leave the hotel for the airport at 11 on Sunday morning so our plan was to order room service (so we could try our cool box!) and use our swim out room. It was nice to relax/lounge around and not even have to leave the room before it was time to go. Breakfast was delish and swimming was good. The sun was shining to the left but to the right it was dark and there was some crazy thunder. Mexico must have been sad we were leaving because it ended up raining on and off until we left that afternoon - it was a good travel day!
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| Justin had an "American" breakfast with eggs and I had banana pancakes! |
We had a fantastic time and would definitely recommend Secrets Maroma Beach if you're thinking about going to Mexico. The food and drinks were great, atmosphere was perfect (a lot of people on their honeymoons but also some older people and groups of friends...basically no kids!), room was amazing, super friendly staff, and weather was great! Everyday we saw a little rain but nothing that ruined our beach/pool time so no complaints! Especially since we were there at the start of the rainy season (and hurricane season).
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| Since it took us all of 50 minutes from the time we left the resort until we were through security (they say allow 3 hours for all of this) we decided to kill some time at Margaritaville in the terminal |
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| Our 2 taco salads & bottled water were delicious for $50 - ahh tourists! |
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| Simon Cowell is that you?? Rachel - are you impressed with Justin's picture stalking job (pretending to take my pic) :) |
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| Pretty view |
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Bye bye Cancun!! We hope to see you again next year!
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