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March 29, 2008
Quinta Avenida At Night
After enjoying Quinta Avenida so much during the day, Brent and I decided to go back to see it at night and it was gorgeous. There were people everywhere and the stores were open until nearly midnight. We walked up and down the street looking in all the little shops and even stopped at a little cart in the middle of the street where an old man was selling homemade ice cream. He had two flavors: coconut and fruit. Brent and I both got a scoop of coconut on a cone and it was fantastic.
Brent and Me before leaving:
Quinta Avenida all lit up at night:
I love this picture, look at the Mariachis on the right:
A lot of the palm trees were strung up with lights or had these little glowing lanterns hanging from them:
This was a store of jellyfish-shaped coconut lanterns that were cute during the day, but unbelievable when lit up at night:
Casa Tequila:
You can actually get completely drunk for free, just walking down the street in Playa del Carmen. There are tequila shops all up and down the street that will give you a free shot just for shopping. What an idea!
All right, so a lot of people think this is completely stupid (especially Brent) but I was really upset that I had the story of getting bitten by a crazy monkey but never did get my picture taken with it, so I found another monkey to get my picture with:
It looks cute, but it was actually really scary! I was trying to face my fear of monkeys, but I think I only made it worse. This monkey didn't bite me, but it also didn't want to get off my shoulder so it laced its fingers and toes through my hair, refusing to get off. The woman who owned him had to literally untangle him from my hair.
Back to Quinta Avenida... here's a pretty white church we passed every day:
When we got back to the hotel that night, we went for a very brief night swim. The pool was lit up at night in all different colors, so it was so beautiful:
Palm tree:
Sorry this picture is so fuzzy:
We hadn't had dinner that night because we had had a late lunch, so after our quick swim, we filled up the hot tub in the room and ordered french fries and champagne:
I miss room service. Champagne and french fries in a hot tub... is there anything better?
-Lauren
Posted by lauren at March 29, 2008 03:09 PM
Comments
you forgot to mention why our swim was so brief. we got yelled at because, apparently, they put all those enticing lights in the water to say "don't swim in the beautiful water at night! that's when we put the chemicals in!"
Posted by: brent at March 29, 2008 03:49 PM
It looks so beautiful at night! I think tequila + shopping = a perfect evening!
Posted by: M at March 29, 2008 06:08 PM
THAT WAS A GLORIOUS GROUP OF PICTURES I ESPECIALLY ENJOYED THE HOTEL AT NIGHT SHOTS .. THEY DO THINGS WITH COLORED LIGHTS ---WOW G
Posted by: G at March 29, 2008 08:48 PM
French Fries and Champagne! There is nothing better!
Posted by: Jocelyn at March 31, 2008 02:00 PM