sexta-feira, 22 de junho de 2012

Third day - Tulum + Snorkeling

Tuesday we woke up really early because the van was going to pick us up at 7:30 to take us to Tulum, a city famous for its Mayan Pyramids. It was amazing to see how a civilization that started 3114 years before Christ could build such amazing things.





Was a crazy hot day so it was a relief to go do some snorkeling - another thing I had never done before - we went to Akumal a beautiful beach that it is a nesting ground for sea turtles, "Akumal" actually means "place of the turtles" in the Mayan language.
We snorkeled for one hour an a half and even though I did swallow some water, it was a incredible experience to see so many sea turtles so close to us. We did take some pictures with an underwater camera but we still need to develop the pictures... So I'll post a picture I found on the Internet :)

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Na Terca feira nos acordamos super cedo pois a van iria nos buscar as 7:30 da manha para nos levar ate Tulum, uma cidade famosa pelas piramides Maias. Foi impressionante ver como uma civilizacao que comecou 3114 anos antes de Cristo conseguiu construir coisas tao incriveis.





Estava absurdamente quente naquele dia entao foi um alivio ir snorkeling - outra coisa que eu nunca tinha feito antes - nos fomos para Akumal, uma praia linda que eh um dos lugares onde tartarugas marinhas fazem seus ninhos, "Akumal" na verdade que dizer "lugar das tartarugas" na lingua Maia.Nos fizemos snorkel por uma hora e apesar de eu ter engolido agua varias vezes foi incrivel de ver tantas tartarugas marinhas tao perto da gente. Nos tiramos algomas fotos com a nossa camera a prova d'agua mas ainda temos que revelar o filme... Entao por enquanto eu vou colocar uma foto que eu achei na Internet :)

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quarta-feira, 20 de junho de 2012

Second day - Xplor

Monday morning I woke up with a big smile on my face and a ring on my finger (it wasn't a dream!). I haven't stop smiling since. We had a trip planned to the Xplor, the newest natural park in the Riviera Maya where we went zip-lining, swam in underground rivers, rode in amphibious cars and paddle from inside a raft. I have never done any of those things before and I was specially scared with the zip-lining thing... I have to say that I had a BLAST! Everything was so cool and was really nice for our burnt skin that every activity we did involved cool, nice water.
Food was also really great, eat as much as you want, anytime you want :)

These pictures are so cool and some of them even look like they are fake! But they are real and the place is amazing!

Amphibious vehicles

Rafts

Caves!

Underground rivers

Freaking out on the zip line

I highly recommend, the underground rivers are something you cannot find everywhere...

For dinner we had a reservation at Don Diego, the Mexican restaurant in our resort. It's cool that these reservations were also included in our package, so you could eat in a nice a la carte restaurant for "free"!
The food was really delicious and the service was awesomely great (!)

Welcome drink :)

Chicken Quesadilla

This was a fish dish... delicious but I don't remember the name (please forgive my burnt skin)

 


At the end of our meal the manager brought us three bottle of homemade tequila made just with white tequila and fruit (mango, pineapple and coconut) to sample. Was the best tequila I've ever tried :p

I wish we had bought some...

Delicious, perfect day in Mexico...
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Segunda-feira de manha eu acordei com um sorriso enorme no rosto e um anel do meu dedo (nao, nao tinha sido um sonho!). Eu nao parei de sorrir desde entao. Nos tinhamos uma excursao marcada para o Xplor, o mais novo parque natural da Riviera Maya onde nos fizemos tirolesas, nadamos em rios subterraneos, dirigimos carros anfibios e fizemos rafting. Eu nunca tinha feito nenhuma daquelas coisas e eu estava morrendo de medo de fazer tirolesa... Eu preciso dizer que eu me diverti a valer! Tudo era tao divertido e foi muito bom para a nossa pele queimada que todas as atividades involviam agua fria. A comjida era otima tambem , comiamos o tanto e a quantas vezes quisessemos :)

As fotos do parque sao super legais e algumas ate parecem de mentira, mas elas sao de verdade e o lugar eh mesmo sensacional!

Carro anfibio

Rafts

Cavernas

Rios subterraneos

Morrendo de medo na tirolesa...

Eu super recomendo, os rios subterraneos nao sao algo que voce encontra em qualquer lugar...

Para o jantar nos tinhamos reserva no Don Diego, o restaurante mexicano no nosso resort. O legal eh que essas reservas estavam incluidas no nosso pacote entao nos podiamos ir jantar em um restaurante legal "de graca"! A comida era realmente deliciosa e o servico sensacional!

Margarita de boas-vindas

Quesadilla de frango

Eu pedi um peixe mas nao lembro o nome... (por favor nao preste atencao na minha pele vermelha...)



No fim do nosso jantar o gerente nos trouxe tres garrafas de tequila que ele faz como hobby. Eh so tequila branca e fruta (manga, coco e abacaxi). Foram as melhores tequilas que eu ja provei :p

A gente devia ter trazido uma...
 Esse foi um dia delicioso e perfeito no Mexico...

segunda-feira, 18 de junho de 2012

First day + exciting news


On Sunday (June 10th) we woke up around 8 and went out for breakfast. There was so much food we didn't know what to choose, everything was delicious!
After that we went to check it out the beach and it was one of the most beautiful beaches I've ever seen! Turquoise sea, white sand. Welcome to the Caribbean Sea!


 We spend the day at the beach, we were just a few steps from the hotel so we could go back anytime for food and drinks. We were in paradise. I was in so much peace and seeing my baby having so much fun melted my heart, "I've never loved no one like I love him" was a constant thought.


After a full day in the water we came back to our room to take a shower and get ready for dinner and that's when he started to behave a little funny. He asked me what I was going to wear - which is fine because he always asks so he won't be under/overdressed - but then he asked me if I was going to put some make-up on... we walked out of the room and when we got to the lobby he asked me to stay there because he was going to get a paper from the room. I had no idea what was going on... We went to the restaurant for dinner and  asked what was up with that paper and he said it was a letter, so I asked if I could read and he said he would give it to me later...

After dinner we went to the beach, was already dark and there was no one around. We sat on the chairs and I asked if I could finally read the letter, he said yes but where we were was too dark so we walked up to another spot at the beach that had a little light. When we got there I noticed he was a little shaky, nervous, but I was still completely oblivious about what was about to happen...
Before I continue here is one thing about Dave: He is one of the most romantic people I know and he lets me know all the time, everyday how much he loves me, so when he held my hands and start saying how much he loves me, and his life is much better with me around and that he want to grow old with me and I was just there saying "me too, baby!", how clueless I was!
We hugged and then he went down on one knee and said: "Baby, would you marry me?"

OH MY GOD!

All I could say was "Of course!" And right there I'm sure I was the happiest person in the World!

I asked him to do it again so I could take a picture :p

 So happy!

I thought it was over but it wasn't. After he put the ring on my finger he showed me the letter. There were two. One he wrote to my dad (he asked a friend to translate from English to Portuguese) saying amazing things about me and asking his permission to marry me and the other letter was from my dad (he asked my sister to translate from Portuguese to English!) saying that he and my mom were very happy and they were giving their blessing. When I saw those letters I couldn't help but cry, big happy tears.

The proposal was beyond anything I've ever imagined. Was special, intimate, just me, him and God as witness. And I didn't need anything else.

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No domingo (10 de junho) nós acordamos em torno das 8 e saimos para o cafe da manha. Era tanta comida que não sabiamos o que escolher, tudo estava delicioso!Depois disso fomos dar uma olhada na praia e era uma das mais bonitas que eu já vi! Mar azul turquesa, areia branca. Bem-vindo ao Mar do Caribe!


Passamos o dia na praia, estávamos pertinho do hotel e sempre que queriamos voltavamos pra dentro pra comer ou beber alguma coisa. Era o paraíso! Eu estava numa paz tao grande e vendo meu bebê se divertindo derretia meu coração, "Nunca amei ninguém como eu amo ele" era um pensamento constante.


Após um dia inteiro na água, voltamos ao nosso quarto para tomar um banho e se preparar para o jantar e foi aí que ele começou a se comportar meio engracado... Ele me perguntou o que eu ia usar - o que é normal, porque ele sempre quer saber assim ele não sai arrumado de mais ou de menos... - mas dai ele me perguntou se eu ia colocar um pouco de maquiagem ... saímos do quarto e quando chegamos ao lobby ele me pediu para ficar lá, porque ele ia voltar para pegar um papel que ele tinha deixado no quarto. Eu não tinha idéia do que estava acontecendo ... Fomos ao restaurante para jantar e perguntei o que era o tal papel e ele disse que era uma carta, então eu perguntei se eu poderia ler e ele disse que iria me mostrar mais tarde...Após o jantar fomos para a praia, já estava escuro e não havia ninguém por perto. Sentamos nas cadeiras e eu perguntei se eu poderia finalmente ler a carta, ele disse que sim, mas onde fomos estava escuro demais entao andamos até um outro lugar na praia onde tinha um pouco de luz. Quando chegamos lá percebi que ele estava um pouco nervoso, mas eu ainda estava completamente sem ideia sobre o que estava prestes a acontecer ...Antes de eu continuar tenho que dizer uma coisa sobre Dave: Ele é uma das pessoas mais românticas que eu conheço e ele me diz o tempo todo, todos os dias o quanto ele me ama, então quando ele segurou minhas mãos e começou a dizer o quanto ele me ama, que sua vida é muito melhor comigo e que ele quer envelhecer comigo e eu so dizia "eu tambem, baby!", totalmente sem nocao!Nós nos abraçamos e, em seguida, ele se ajoelhou e disse: "Baby, você se casar comigo?"OH MY GOD!Tudo o que pude dizer foi: "Claro!" E aí eu tenho certeza que eu era a pessoa mais feliz do mundo!

Pedi pra ele ajoelhar de novo pra foto :p


Muito feliz!
Eu pensei que tinha acabado, mas não. Depois que ele colocou o anel no meu dedo, ele me mostrou a carta. Eram duas. Uma que ele escreveu para o meu pai (ele pediu para um amigo traduzir do Inglês para o Português) dizendo coisas maravilhosas sobre mim e pedindo permissao para casar-se comigo e a outra carta era do meu pai (ele pediu para minha irmã para traduzir do Português para o Inglês!) dizendo que ele e minha mãe estavam muito felizes e davam sua bênção. Quando eu vi aquelas cartas eu não pude deixar de chorar, lágrimas grandes de felicidade.O pedido foi além de qualquer coisa que eu imaginei. Foi especial, íntimo, só eu, ele e Deus como testemunha. E eu nao precisava nada mais do que isso.

sexta-feira, 15 de junho de 2012

The start of our trip - USA to Mexico

I just got back from Mexico and I have so much to tell, but let's start from the beginning, ok?

We had planned this trip for months and we wanted to rest so we booked 5 nights at the all-inclusive resort
Viva Wyndham Maya Resort
in Playa del Carmen.

We left Boston on Saturday around 10:30am (the flight was 2:30pm ...) and we had to stop in Philadelphia before flying to Cancun.



 
Our first plane was an Embraer (!!!) And I was feeling all giddy because it was a Brazilian plane; the only problem is that it was tiny (two rows with two seats each ...) so every breeze was as if we were on a roller coaster but we arrived in Philadelphia safe and sound so I gave credit to the high level of safety of the Brazilian aircraft...  lol

When we arrived in Philly we saw this Liberty Bell made ​​of Legos and I thought it was pretty cool :)
 

We arrived in Cancun around 10:30pm, we went through Mexican Immigration (they were very nice by the way) and when we left the airport in Dave's words: "I thought they had turned on the heat to maximum!" hehehehehe the heat and humidity was absurd, something crazy! It remind me the first time I went to Cuba, I had no idea what was going on, I just wanted someone to turn off the oven!

We took the van we had booked and after nearly an hour we arrived at the resort. The room was huge, with terrace and view of the "Relax Pool" (a smaller pool where only adults went - the resort had teenagers all over the place but they did not like this pool ... hehehe). We took a tour of the Resort, we went to the beach and went to sleep because our vacation was just starting ...

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Acabei de voltar do Mexico e tenho tanta coisa pra contar, mas vamos comecar do comeco, sim?

Nos estavamos planejando essa viagem ha meses e nos queriamos descansar mesmo, entao reservamos um All-inclusive resort em Playa del Carmen, o Viva Wyndham Maya Resort.
Saimos daqui no Sabado por volta das 10:30 da manha (o voo era as 14:30...) e tivemos que fazer escala na Philadelphia antes de voar pra Cancun.


Nosso primeiro voo foi num Embraer (!!!) e fiquei toda orgulhosinha de ser um aviao brasileiro, o unico problema eh que ele era minusculo (duas fileiras com duas cadeiras cada...) entao cada ventinho era como se estivessemos numa montanha russa, mas chegamos inteiros e dei credito a seguranca e alto nivel do aviao brasileiro... rsrsrsrsrs 

Quando chegamos em Philly vimos esse sino da Liberdade feito de Legos no Aeroporto e achei o maior legal :)
(Saiba mais sobre o Liberty Bell aqui)
 

Chegamos em Cancun por volta das 10:30, passamos pela Imigracao mexicana (muito bonzinhos por sinal) e quando saimos do aeroporto nas palavras do Dave: "Achei que tinham ligado o aquecedor no maximo!" hehehehehe o calor era absurdo e a humidade algo de louco! Me lembrei de quando fui a Cuba pela primeira vez e nao sabia o que estava acontecendo, so queria que alguem desligasse o forno! rsrsrsrs
Pegamos a van que tinhamos contratado e depois de quase uma hora chegamos ao resort. O quarto era gigante, com terraco e de vista para a "Relax Pool" (uma piscina menor onde so adultos vao - o resort tem adolescente pra caramba mas eles nao gostam dessa piscina...hehehe). Demos uma volta pelo Resort, fomos ate a praia e fomos dormir pois nossas ferias estavam apenas comecando...

sexta-feira, 1 de junho de 2012

Sissyzinha :p

What a beautiful day! And it's much better because it's my sissy's bday today!
I have amazing memories with her, we laugh til we can't breathe, we have stupid jokes that just us will understand, she always helped me and I always tried to help her.
I love her with all my heart and I wish i could fly to Vegas right now to celebrate with her.
I love you Deinha, you make me so happy and I can't wait to see you again!!