Wednesday, April 2, 2014

Xplor Day Mexico

I have completely neglected the blog.  I am sorry. I have been more busy then I planned to be. I am still not done talking about our Cancun, Mexico trip. I have always wanted to do a zipline. I am afraid of heights, not like deathly afraid but I get anxiety and stress, but once I am doing it or up high and feeling the rush I am loving it.  So for my husbands birthday we decided to do the Xplor excursion while in Mexico.  It is an all day event, you leave around 8:30 from your hotel and get back around 6:30. Once you are in the park drinks and food are free, its all inclusive. There isn't any alcoholic drinks while in the park though, do you blame them, they don't want people drowning or getting heat stroke, falling off a zip line or driving the ATV's off the tracks and crashing. Overall my husband and I are glad we did it but once is enough for us.

I have always wanted to do a zip-line but something that many people don't know about me is I'm terrified of heights. I get a thrill once I am up and about doing something but I get really stressed before the event.  My husband has never seen me in this situation before and he was shocked.  I was breathing heavy and talking a lot to people in line.  We had dated for almost 7 1/2 years and been married for a year and a half and we are still learning things about each other.

Anyways I thought the day was pretty good and a fun way to celebrate turning 30.  We went to the zip-line first to avoid the huge crowds, glad we did, when we went around to the 2nd line the wait time was huge to start the zip-line, then we grabbed some lunch, headed over to the atvs. We ended the day with swimming the caves and I am so glad there were 2 options, when we got in the water it was freezing. So we took the 5 minute swimming option rather then the 30 minute option. Anyways... here are the photos from our day.


When you first enter the park you walk through these caves and get a locker key. It was gorgeous.

Zip-line into the water and caves. 



Waterfalls were everywhere.


 The view from one of the zip-line towers. You can see the ocean as well.


Swimming through the caves. 





8 comments:

  1. Wow, stunning place, seems you had a great time!

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  2. I'm planing a cancun trip myself, if you have any good recommendations , I will take the, :)

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    1. I loved Tulum, we did it as a tour and next time I would go on our own so we could enjoy the beach, but I am also glad we did the tour first. Don't buy anything if they stop at the Mayan visiting center, its cheaper at the town Tulum. The Explor was so much fun, but I have also done it once and wouldn't do it again. Swimming with the dolphins was my favorite thing by far.

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  3. I've heard really good things about the Xplor place in Cancun! I went to Playa Del Carmen just outside Cancun last fall and had an awesome trip! The weather is sooo nice and warm!! Sounds like you guys had a great time too! :)

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  4. Looks like an amazing time! :) Just want to let you know that I've nominated you for the very inspiring blogger award, all the details are on my recent blog post: http://misselenarogue.blogspot.com.au/ xxx

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  5. Gosh! that looks like A LOT of fun! I am going zip-lining on Friday with colleagues from work. No where as cool as Mexico, 30 minutes down the road from me actually but I am soooo nervous. Any tips?! Cool blog btw! x d

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    1. I was SO nervous but it was so fun. Just relax and enjoy it. Keep your eyes open and enjoy the breeze.

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  6. What an amazing trip! So cool- I would love to do this.

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