  I am back from Mexico with a sunburn, some really annoying insect bites and a bottle of tequila. Mexico was awesome, the resort was beautiful.
Fantastic weather, beaches. The entire area was beautiful - I was told that the movie "Blue Lagoon" was filmed around there. I managed to get out of the resort every day to do the obligatory tourist things - see the ruins at Tulum and Chichen Itza (and climb the pyramid), visit some towns.
The absolute best place we went had to be Xel-Ha (sounds like shell-ha). It calls itself an eco-water park or something. You can wander through paths in the forest, and around the lagoons, see tons of iguanas and birds, cenotes. You can also get a tube or a snorkel and go swimming. The whole system is connected and you can spend days and days and not see everything, but it was incredible, I've never been snorkeling before, I saw tons of fish, some of them huge (like three feet I swear) and I'm glad they didn't get too close, I know they don't want to eat me, but I can't help feeling a little nervous.
We spent the entire day there, most of it in the water, and I got a sunburn but it was worth it. 
