Bob & Lin: Wet, Wild, & Wicked Weekend - May, 2001

GETTING THERE: Book a plane, get on it, get off in Cancun, go through customs, grab a cab and get to the hotel. Now just relax..............

For the next few days you will do nothing but relax....Forget the kids, the job, the ailing stock market.....just relax.........

As others have mentioned the GROUP made the trip. With the cozy setting you meet everyone at the hotel in less than a day. No one was motivated to do anything, but relax......getting the picture?

THINGS TO COMPLAIN ABOUT, BUT GET OVER IT. Beach is rocky, Booze is not top shelf, some beds are hard, but relax..........

ON THE OTHER HAND: The rooms are great, complete with hammock, fridge, microwave and tons of bottled water, , (something Jamaica should pick up on), the warmth is perfect, the sand fine....so just relax

EVIDENCE THAT UNIONS ARE PRESENT IN MEXICO: I watched patiently one day while one beach worker cleared the entire expanse of beach of seaweed across the entire resort with several wheelbarrelfuls of seaweed. Then late one night after the hottub I swore I spied another worker putting the seaweed back on the beach for the next day. Lin says it was the cheap Tequila causing hallucinations.

LIN SAYS MAYBE THEY SHOULD PUT A POLE IN ON THE DANCE FLOOR so when people get real wound up they could dance/manhandle it for the entertainment of the other guests. She says all photos of her are retouched fakes and not to believe your lyin' eyes.

TRICKS YOU MAY NOT HAVE THOUGHT OF: Fearing Montazuma was hiding in the ice cubes we made bottled water ice all day and had it in our cups whenever we got a cocktail. As a note, both us avoided the Revenge pretty well.

BE CAREFUL HOW YOU ORDER YOUR BURGERS...one day I didn't want cheese on mine so I ordered a plain hamburger. You guessed it When it came it was a burger with two big hunks of 'ham' on it. Several folks had the same experience that day and as a result the next morning there was no ham for breakfast. Go figure.

DON'T GET SO RELAXED THAT YOU DON'T TAKE A SNORKEL TRIP...either just off the beach or a short boat trip to the reef...it's simply beautiful, and easy and safe for the first timer.

BOTTOM LINE: Can't stop smiling about Robert's failed Dong Sarong, Lin's purple jackpot bag of goodies, all the useful and modest other gifts that were traded, Denis' Mexicano lessons, teaching the ladies the proper way to get jewelry, laughs by the pool, on the beach, and in the hot tub. The whole affair (can I say 'affair') was like a family reunion with none of the moron relatives attending. What a great trip. Thanks everyone for making it so memorable.

Bob and Lin