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Namita’s 40th birthday party extravaganza in the Riviera Maya – Monday

Sadsies. After breakfast, the ladies (plus Teo) tried to find some of the Wisconsin guests and their 10 am Zumba in the water class, but never found them. Namita and I ended up picking up some souvenirs for the kids … Continue reading

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Namita’s 40th birthday party extravaganza in the Riviera Maya – Saturday and Sunday

I decided to combine the next two days, because we really spent the majority of our days in the pool drinking beverages, meeting very nice people from Milwaukee, Nebraska, and Iowa. Saturday was kinda cool because Teo and I played … Continue reading

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Namita’s 40th birthday party extravaganza in the Riviera Maya – Friday

Oh my, what day. We spent most of the day in the main swim-up bar at the El Dorado Royale. Based on our explorations, while there are 9 swim-up bars between the Royale and Casitas properties, 8 of them are … Continue reading

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Namita’s 40th birthday party extravaganza in the Riviera Maya – Thursday

I began planning the centerpiece of my wife Namita’s 40th birthday celebration months ago. We discussed maybe even a year earlier of getting a number of folks together, flying somewhere warm without children, and relaxing. As the months ticked inexorably … Continue reading

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Attending Sean’s Bachelor Party in Cancun, or “SeanStock 2016!” – Days 4 & 5

Saturday and Sunday were pretty low-key so I’ll summarize. After so many days of running around, some folks went to play golf, while others like me hung out at the pool, the gym (just me), etc. Saturday night we had … Continue reading

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Attending Sean’s Bachelor Party in Cancun, or “SeanStock 2016!” – Day 3

As part of the vacation planning, the groomsmen booked us all on this catamaran boat trip to the little island Isla Mujeres. We had most of the attendees come along, and we grabbed our chartered bus to the pier. The … Continue reading

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Attending Sean’s Bachelor Party in Cancun, or “SeanStock 2016!” – Day 2

Thursday was our big field trip to see Chichen Itza. I believe some of these guys had visited Chichen Itza back in 2006, but I had missed out. This time, I was definitely going there. We booked the tour weeks … Continue reading

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Attending Sean’s Bachelor Party in Cancun, or “SeanStock 2016!” – Day 1

This trip had finally arrived — my friend Sean’s bachelor party. He’s one of the last guys to get married, and has been a groomsmen in many weddings.  It was finally time to celebrate and make him the man of … Continue reading

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Our Mexican Family Vacation – Day 6

After five days of on-and-off rainy weather, how does our last day have the best weather? Talk about irony. We woke up this morning to beautiful weather, and our bags already packed to go home. Sigh. After a somewhat late … Continue reading

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Our Mexican Family Vacation – Day 5

Our last full day here on vacation. Yes, our big vacation is unfortunately coming to an end. Not much to report, as it was a relatively quiet day. In the afternoon. I went and had my first massage in 9 … Continue reading

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