One of our favorite parts of our trip was swimming with the dolphins on Isla Mujeres, an island that we reached via ferry. I’ve uploaded a video of our time with the dolphins. These are snippets from a longer video that we purchased. Continue Reading
I’ve uploaded the first video from our honeymoon. This is video of our visit to Tulum, a pre-Columbian Mayan city (now ruins). The ruins were quite remarkable, and the view from the cliffs overlooking the ocean was spectacular. The one bad part of the day was that it was very hot, and Continue Reading
I’ve uploaded more honeymoon photos – more photos from the resort, and photos from our day on Isla Mujeres, where we swam with the dolphins and manatees. You’ll be able to tell from the photos how much fun it was.
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After visiting Tulum, our next stop was Xel Ha. The best way I can think to describe Xel Ha is that it is a nature sancturary and water park (salt water) wrapped up in one. You could snorkel or swim amongs all sorts of colorful fish, explore the trails and caves, swim with dolphins, or just relax and try out the different restaurants. We stayed at Xel Ha for a few hours, before the bus took us back to the resort. We didn’t swim with the dolphins, as we are doing that as part of a tour/cruise on Sunday. I’ve uploaded photos from Xel Ha.
We have a couple of excursions planned for the week. For the first one, we visited Tulum, site of ruins of a small Mayan city. It was a sweltering hot day, but it was interesting to see the ruins and imagine what life must have been like in the area centuries ago. The view was amazing, too. I’ve uploaded photos from Tulum.
Elizabeth and I arrived in the Riviera Maya, in Mexico, on Monday afternoon. We are staying at the Iberostar Grand Hotel Paraiso, which is very nice. It is all inclusive, with 5 restaurants, a few pools, and people that go out of their way to help. We’ve had fun trying out a few of the restaurants so far, and have had good weather (good by my definition = not so much sun that I melt). I’ve uploaded some photos of the resort.
I’ve posted the video I shot of the Golden Gate Bridge. Matt, Brooke, and I stopped at an observation point on our way out of San Francisco, and towards Squaw Valley, on May 10, 2008. It was so windy that not only is the audio worthless (I’ve dubbed over it with music), but also it was hard to hold the camera steady. There was a quite a view of the city from where I shot this. The clip below is the low-res version. You can view the high def version at Vimeo.
I’ve posted two videos from the California trip that Matt, Brooke, and I took. One is of Squaw Valley, and the other is of our drive around Lake Tahoe. The camcorder’s onboard mic picked up lots of wind, and not much in the way of voices. I’m almost at my weekly upload limit with the video host (vimeo.com), so the final video, the Golden Gate Bridge, will go up early next week.
Lake Tahoe 2008 from klinehome.com on Vimeo.
Yesterday, with all the ski areas in the region now closed for the season, Matt, Brooke, and I drove the 72 mile loop around Lake Tahoe. Wow. What a remarkable drive. It was a scenic drive, and there were a few white knuckle parts as well. In one area, after several hairpin turns, the road crossed a ridge, with a dropoff of several thousand feet on either side. Matt and I took some great photos of the lake.
Brooke left for the airport early this morning. Matt and I will be leaving in about 45 minutes. I took some video which I will post when I get home.
Matt, Brooke, and I drove up to Squaw Valley from San Francisco yesterday. We skied today, on Squaw’s last day of the season. It was sunny and warm, and a nice way to cap off the season. It was a great day, but tiring. For our last run, we hiked up a ridge line, and ended up having to do a bit of exploration to find a way down that didn’t involve falling off of any cliffs. We’re probably going to do some mountain biking tomorrow. I posted some photos from the day.
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