Akumal 2012 Day Two

Our second day in Akumal was stormy, had a few downpours, but, even a stormy day in paradise beats a sunny day anywhere else.  As you can see, the waves were pretty choppy and the wind was blowing, so, not much snorkeling that day.  We slept in til after 8, and since breakfast is done at 10 it was time to get our day started.  I was still figuring out this camera, my Canon went awol when we were packing, so I borrowed Mindy's little Sony Cybershot.  A lot of the pictures came out really nice, so, I'm impressed with it. 

 For those who have not been to ABR, they have a wading pool pictured to the right of the pool guy, it's pretty shallow, just right for little kids.

 I took a couple of pictures of the pool guy cleaning because I've read some concerns people have had that they never see anyone cleaning the pool.  Well, this guy was out there every single morning scrubbing, and testing the chemical levels in the water.  He worked hard for hours every morning. 












 There is a pair of pelicans that hang out in the bay all day long.  We spent the morning chillin in the palapa and watching them dive for their lunch. 

 After lunch we wandered up the beach to the little town of Akumal where there are a number of small shops, restaurants, and the like.  Matthew found a hat he liked, an we scored some snacks for the room.  The beach was pretty busy for a Wednesday, which we found was going to be the case pretty much every day of our trip.  Lots of snorkeling tours, and locals all up and down the beach.

A little of Matthew's artwork in the sand.

This was Matthew's first time ever being at a beach or near the sea, so, he spent a lot of time just soaking it all up.  

At one point in the afternoon we were getting ready for something, can't remember what, and Matt came over from his room to ours.  His door shut behind him and he just stood there and said Uh Oh.  He had locked himself out of his room.  Luckily, we shared a balcony divided by a wall.  Tim climbed over and got in through the sliding doors. 

 And then the clouds rolled in.  It was obviously going to be a down pour, so we packed up and headed in to change for lunch.  There isn't much of a dress code at ABR, just don't go in the buffet wet, and I believe they want men to wear shirts.  Other than that, pretty much anything goes as long as you are appropriately covered.

 The day ended early again, dinner at the buffet, which was pretty tasty.  I had an air mattress taking up my side of the king size bed, Tim was more comfortable with just a couple of camping pads that we brought from home.  After family prayer expressing how grateful we were for a safe trip to Akumal and for this wonderful place and people, we all turned in.