Mexico

I recently went on a family vacation with my mom, my husband's mom, my husband and our two year old daughter.

I wanted to "skip Christmas" and save our money to escape a portion of the Michigan winter. I started researching, talked my mom into coming and then made an appointment with our AAA travel agent, Kathy.

Kathy has always pointed us in the right direction before, so I went with her recommendation of the Azule Sensitori in the Maya Riviera, Mexico. It is an all inclusive resort on the ocean between Playa Del Carmen and Cancun. Everything was included including premium alcohol, which was very important to one traveler, it was family friendly-important to myself, had around the clock room service, important to all, five restaruants, a pool/river that wond around the entire complex and of course, swim up bars--oh and each suite had a hot tub in the room and a balcony.

Sound good? It was fantastic. I wish I would have had another four days to do a few more things locally, but who does not want more time while on vacation. Also, we were on the first floor and you could see under the door. I thought a lizard would crawl in...one never did, however our floors were flooded when the downpour came! :) Nothing is perfect and this is a new resort just opened in November, so I figured we were the 8th family to ever stay there in those connected suites. We were treated like royalty and I found the Mexican people some of the friendliest of anywhere I have travelled. The area we stay in gets 80% of its money from tourism, but that has never stopped people from being rude. In Mexico, the people were fabulous!

More on Mexico later...