coco bongo

Wow. Sri and I decided to live it up and check out Cancún last night since it was, afterall, Cinco de Mayo...and why not party it up in the party capital of Mexico? We first had dinner at this wonderful restaurant called The Plantation House, which specializied in Caribbean style cooking. I once again had a lobster tail which was delicious and Sri had a blackened grouper. Well satisfied after dinner, we wandered over to the clubbing area down the street in the Zona Hotelera to find chaos. It´s like Las Vegas on steroids and all over the place. There were bars and discos EVERYWHERE and people were spilling out onto the street. We eventually decided to check out this huge club called Coco Bongo, which had the longest line. Fortunately, it moved fast. After a $35 cover fee, we walked into quite the night! It was actually worth the $35 because it included all the drinks and this spectacular show. It was a dance club but every 5-10 minutes, they´d stop to put on some huge show, ranging from a Cirque du Soleil style in-the-air-with-ropes performance to a Madonna imitation to some random Beetlejuice combination.

One bargain we´ve learned is the local colectiva, or public bus. We took a bus that cost us $2 to get into Cancún from the hotel. But the taxi back cost us $22, which is considered quite a deal. The other night, when we went to Playa del Carmen, it cost us $1 by bus to go and $15 by taxi to return.

Today was quite adventurous...as we took our 1 excusion: Xtreme Adventure! It started off with some mountain biking through a Mayan Jungle, which was really beautiful, and through a tiny town called Central Vallarta. After that, we zip lined down 2 cables from the top of the jungle all the way down---so so fun! Not as scary as it looks! And lastly, we snorkled down in a Mexican cenote, or a cave, which is apparently the mouth to an underground river 125 ft below. The water was so cool and refreshing.

Unfortunately, by the time we returned to the hotel, the clouds came over again. No more sun. I hear the sun will return tomorrow and Sunday..and hopefully I can even out this horrendous sunburn! Just bought some calamine lotion---the bugs are just LOVING my legs and it sucks.