The High Flying Adventures of Lucky and Axel: Playa Del Carmen, Quintana Roo Mexico, Part Dos

By the third morning the endless all-you-can eat epic super buffet had started to take its toll, so we got up for an early morning stroll down the parkway, where we met up with Poncho Villa...

...an old Mayan God...

...and settled for the usual...

Naturally, some shopping was in order...

...followed up with a full & glorious day of soaking in the sun & salt water...

...endless amounts of white sand to sculpt...

Axel took some time alone in a hole...

Maizie grabbed up as much as she could carry...

Today's Special: Guava Margaritas = Sunny Sandy Happy Hour...

...along with a little Beach Blanket Bingo with my Baby...

Later that evening on our walk into town we came across ancient Mayan ruins...

We were very careful not to disturb anything as we didn't want to uncover an old Mayan curse. However, that didn't stop us from crawling all over it...

5th Avenue is as classy and fancy as it sounds...

...Street performers...

...Bonita mamacitas...

...Luxurious textiles...

...Gourmet dinners...

...Warrior friends who will defend your honor...

...Coconut milk, straight from the source...

...Keepin' it real...

Meanwhile... Back at the resort...

(Mexican Hat Dance Song)

...there are carnival games...

...that play out more like a little friendly under-age gambling.

No worries. Human Dolphin is in control.

...Daddy-O wins a shot...

...kids win a coin!

...and keep 'em coming!

Seriously? We just ate.

Your royal late night buffeting is getting in the way of our drinking,

your Majesties with your white linen and fancy silver...

The Tulum Ruins are on the bill for our final full day.

Made of limestone, Tulum dates back to the thirteenth century and is the only

Mayan city built on a coast. It was a seaport, trading mainly in turquoise and jade.

There are several theories as to why a wall surrounds Tulum. One suggests only priests and nobility were housed within the walls, while peasants were kept on the outside.

Did you know that on average, Mayan women stood 4 feet tall while the men towered over, at an astonishing 5 feet.

All this learning has worked us up quite an appetite and we are miles and miles away from any buffet. Will one plate be enough???

A popular joke amongst restaurant & store merchants is that the ninos are welcome to come in for a shot of tequila or a cerveza fría. No worries. Lucky says, "NO BUENO!"

but, I am ready to take the ipads away and get these kids a box of chickens...

...they'd never survive.

The guy that set us up for the ride to Tulum sent us to this beach where we could see turtles.

We didn't see any turtles...

We tried snorkeling for turtles...

Still no turtles...

So, we sat in the sun and listen to them bicker about who gets more sand...

...all while trying to distance ourselves...

...and pretend like we didn't know them...

After all, it's not ALWAYS all about them..

Then a man in a building said we could rent a boat and spend half the day out looking for turtles. No thank you. Not with our 3 little jumping jelly beans...

Come to think of it, were we supposed to walk to a light house?

Maybe the turtles were at the light house? Oops...

Each night there is show of sorts put on by the resort staff. This particular night happened to be family fun night. Of course our attention starved children rushed the stage...

Maizie was smart enough to sit this one out as these two jokers mostly wrestled and carried on instead of participating in the ultra lame, monotoned games. It was way too humorous to make them stop.

There was something slightly off about these unlicensed Disney friends...

I just can't put my finger on it....

OH! I think they're HAMMERED!!!!

Stumbling around...

Sneaking up on people...

The saxophone player was not apart of this character infused fiasco. In fact, he was indeed very serious about serenading older couples while they slow danced to his romantic power ballots...