
Tim and I just got back from a great vacation in Mexico. We went to Club Med in Cancun on another trip sponsored by Atlantis and as usual, we had a fantastic time. Great weather, a really nice facility, and we met a lot of really great new friends. We also had the added bonus of traveling with Brian and Garth, which was really great.

Neither Tim nor I have ever been to an all-inclusive resort and frankly, I had pretty low expectations. But I have to say that I was more then pleasantly surprised at the quality of the facilities, and especially at the quality food and drinks. One odd thing though…since Club Med is a French company, the food was much more French influenced then Mexican. Poor Tim craved nachos the entire time we were there, and although the dining room was overflowing with fois gras and terine, there was not a nacho in site.


We booked the Jade Suite and it was very nice. It was in a separate building that was a little isolated from the main part of the Club Med village but that turned out to be an asset. The room was quite large and came with a very large bathroom with tons of closet space (two things that tend to be important for Tim and I). We liked the room well enough to actually reserve the same space for the same trip in 2009.
As with every Atlantis event we have attended, the people on this trip were exceptional. We found the land resort to be just a little more laid back then the cruises, and if anything the people were even friendlier. We met a great group from the Dallas area that was celebrating a gaggle of 40th birthdays, and a really fun couple from Montreal that will be traveling on the Solstice Cruise with us next March (howdy Robert and Stephan!). And then of course there was Kyle. Firefighter, EMT, Laser God from Portland. His subliminal messaging about swimming in the sea was almost too funny to handle. We can hardly wait to see you again in September here in San Francisco Kyle! Last, but by no means least, we also met a real loner from Denver that we couldn’t seem to shake (love you Mike Jones, mean it!). No silly, not that Mike Jones from Denver!
Lots of pool time on this vacation, which was 100% a-OK with me. The beach was really nice but y’all know I hate sand so I ventured out there very little. Oh, and the dead guy on the beach the day we arrived put a little damper on that area for me. No really. Dead guy. On the beach. For about 3 hours. Sad but true.

Also true was that the theme parties on this trip were great. Sure, they are a little smaller then the ones on the ships (but there were only about 600 people at the resort compared to 3000 on the ships) but that made them all the more intimate and enjoyable. On the ships the parties seem to go until 5:00 or 6:00 in the morning while at the resort, they started early and ended about 2:00am. I guess maybe I am getting old but that was plenty of time for me, and it made the next day much more reasonable. However, I am not sure I can hear Bleeding Love or Apologize one more time this year. And thanks to Lee I know ALL the words to both now!
New for this trip…I took a ton of video that I will compile later this week and post to the site. For now, here is a gallery of pictures (thanks Kraig for some of the shots!).
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