Mexico

As promised here are some pics that were taken during my vacation in Tulum. If anyone is thinking about going, I would definitely recommend it. Beautiful beaches, great snorkeling, ruins and cenotes. Here's the beach at Akumal, where we went snorkeling with sea turtles and checked out some reefs. Literally all you have to do is put your snorkel gear on and go out to see the turtles and that was probably one of my all time coolest experiences. There were also tons of fish and different kinds of corals for us to check out and even a barracuda!

To the right is a picture from the cenote we checked out. A cenote is basically an underwater cave filled with staglmites/tites and even some fish. The water was a lot colder than the beach but it was pretty incredible. Also, try not to be too jealous of my orange "flotation device." It's considered very fashionable at the cenotes.

Below are some pictures from the old Mayan ruins at Tulum. Back in the day Tulum was a bustling port town that was an important stop over for trading merchants in the Gulf of Mexico. If you think about all of the storms this place has seen, it is pretty incredible how intact many of the ruins are. There are also a ton of iguanas, so if they aren't your thing (ahem BF), consider yourself warned.