Thursday, March 1, 2012

Mexico, 2010 (pt 4)


CJ and AUD go to Playa Del Carmen, Mexico, 2010.

Next up... Our last few days including the best part of all: XPLOR

XPLOR adventure park was one of the most enjoyable parts of our vacation.
The park had ziplines, four wheeling, and river  caves that you can raft in.

It.was.plain.AWESOME.


Waiting for our ride (thanks to Edgar --our Walmart tour guide)

Raising up the X for Xplor!

We're so excited, we researched this adventure park months in advance.

The entrance


Getting our helmets (you have to wear the helmets at all times in the park)




We were waiting in line to hit up the ziplines first!


There were two zipline circuits.
The first had 6 zip lines, 2 hanging bridges, and 1 zip line w/ water landing.
The other had 5 zip lines, 2 water landings, and a water slide.

Stairs and stairs and more stairs! 

Carl on one of the hanging bridges... 
I was sorta scared, being so high up is scary for a short person, but the excitement triumphed over the fear

First zip line of the day and the dude pretty much threw me out!
It was SOOOO awesome!!!




We zip lined together for some of the super long zip lines.




Another hanging bridge!

We have to climb what? To go where? Are you crazy?



You can't tell, but it was so bright our eyes are barely open in this picture!

Here's a view of one of the water landing zip lines

Waiting in line.


I like this pic of Carl coming in from one of the lines... 



My favorite picture from the zip lining adventure... 
CJ was on the line next to me and he actually took this picture while spinning around!


The cool water slide!


After zip lining, we all thought we'd take a go at the four-wheelers.

Remember in my last post I had mentioned that Carl had "bright" shirts so that we would NOT lose him in Mexico? At Xplor Carl wore a bright orange shirt...

...do you see the guy in the bright orange shirt? That is not Carl...
and we (CJ, Katie, and I) followed him around for a long time until we realized 
HE IS NOT THE RIGHT GUY!!!! 
Bright shirt... FAIL!


The first round Katie drove one jeep and CJ drove the other



Awesome bridges that we drove across

"Look ma, no hands!"


We would drive through caves & these trees were sticking out of the top of one cave.

Next round, Carl drove and CJ drove... again.








"Doin' it Indiana Jones style!"


Enjoy this video of us going through a cave




After the jeep fun, we were all exhausted & thought it was a good time to refuel...
Xplor provided an all you can eat buffet with lots of delicious and healthy food.

After lunch we "xplored" the rest of the park.

This is a natural "dryer" -- template of how it works.

It collects the wind through that funnel looking thing and then takes the air through a series of pipes that warm the air up from the heat of the sun...

The air then gets blown out the other end (this dude's mouth) and it is warm air!
I want one for my house.


Next we decided it was getting pretty warm out so we went underground for some rafting...





As we were walking along in the underground cave all the lights went out for like 10 seconds and scared EVERYONE because it was pitch black under there! Thankfully the lights turned back on and we booked outta there so fast!


We don't have pictures of it, but they have a "hammock" zip line that you can go on as many times as you want... CJ and I decided it was the coolest thing everr so we went on it over & over & over!

Here's a video!



All in all, I would highly recommend Xplor for anyone that is in the Cancun area and wants to have a day of fun. Yes, the tickets are pricey, but it was totally worth a full day of adventures!




Having fun in front of the beating heart!


On our last night in PDC, CJ, Katie & I decided to hit up 5th Avenue and go to a restaurant for the most delicious Al Pastor tacos... I am telling you, that if you EVER go to Playa del Carmen you NEED to go to Aca Los Tacos on 5th avenue and you need to order yourself 10 of their Al Pastor Tacos... 
I kid you not, you will be forever indebted to me.

Cool looking dude

Made our last stop to 100% Natural for juice because that place is so delish.



Katie and her 100% natural juice to go.



CJ and his tamarind juice

I had to have horchata with my amazing tacos... 
OMG I'm salivating just thinking of it.


Done and DONE!


Waiting for the boat back to Cozumel to end our trip to Mexico.




At the Houston airport we ate at the restaurant named Bubba Bayou City Grill (it is a Cajun/Creole style restaurant that I think is only available at this airport)
If you find yourself at the Houston International Airport and have enough time to have a sit down meal.
GO TO THIS RESTAURANT and get the shrimp appetizer. It is buttery and delicious with a hint of spiciness. Well done, Bubba Bayou, well done.

Next up are pictures of our first drink of water on the mainland (& not bottled).
Hurray! We don't have to be paranoid about our drinking water anymore!





That is the end of our adventure in Mexico...
I am about 99% positive that we will end up back there again.

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