White Sandy Beaches in Mexico
We flew direct with BA which took around 10 hours. After collecting luggage (which wasn’t particularly swift off the conveyor belt) we boarded our transfer and 40 minutes later we arrived at Secrets Maroma Beach. Due to a delay with the luggage it was dark when we arrived, so we were whisked away on a golf cart to the club check in where we were offered a very welcome glass of bubbly and a cold towel before being shown to our room.
We all love a bit of luxury occasionally, so we weren’t disappointed. Beautiful décor, comfy bed, Jacuzzi bath, comfy bed, balcony with soaking bath (not sure we would have time for all the baths), comfy bed…. did I mention the comfy bed? We were tired and looking forward to that comfy bed but not too tired to have a quick change, check out the resort, grab a bite to eat (as if we hadn’t already eaten enough on the plane) and watch a show at their in-house theatre. I can’t remember what the show was. I guess I might have slept through it but through the week we had all sorts of singing and dancing, acrobat and tribute act shows.
After 3 days of eating, drinking, sleeping and sunbathing we felt well and truly relaxed and ready to explore and who doesn’t love a UNESCO heritage site? We’d booked ourselves onto the Chichen Itza Express, got an early morning call and were on the very straight road through the mangroves to Chichen Itza before 7am. Arriving around 9am we were able to learn about the history, see the magnificence of the pyramid and take all our pictures before the hoards arrived at around 10am. It was an eerily spooky place just stood there in the middle of nowhere. Our guide was excellent, giving us stories of human sacrifice and strange games, which usually ended in the death of someone. I do feel I have a much better insight into the Mayan world and I’m just grateful that I am around 2000 years later.
Back at our little oasis by the sea, holiday life soon got back to normal, savouring delicious food, drinking the odd cocktail or three and enjoying the well-earned rest on the whitest, finest sandy beach I have ever been on (and I’ve been on a few). Just one more exciting experience waited for us, Coco Bongo’s nightclub. And yes, it is as crazy as it sounds, so it just had to be done. It started at 10pm and ended at 2.30am but it was 4 hours of dance shows, lively music, tribute acts, colourful lights and free flowing cocktails and tequila shots. I can recommend this to any party animals out there and even if you’re not, for one night you might just have to pretend.
We finally got to bed at 4am and then we had just one more day of eating, drinking, sleeping, sunbathing before heading home feeling relaxed and chilled and ready to face the world. Thank you, Mexico, you were awesome and just what the doctor ordered!
We travelled at the end of November. Temperatures were in the high twenties. We only had a few spots of rain one day. We had a few clouds but nothing serious. I would recommend this time of year as the prices are lower before Christmas than they are between January and March. I’d always recommend booking as early as possible as prices creep up the nearer the date you get.