Café Con Monica

Travel Days: Denver- Red Rocks!

Last month I took a quick (3 day) weekend trip to Denver with Thenewguy and it was a great time! I wish we had more time but I hope to return.

On our list was to go to Red Rocks for a show, Get Voodoo Donuts, visit some dispensaries, and just generally enjoy being in a new city and away for the weekend. We got to do it all and more!

Today I just want to share how awesome seeing Deadmau5 at Red Rocks was! We got so lucky that it just so happened there was a show we wanted to see playing that Friday night. We got in super early so we could have time to explore, eat and relax.

Some things to share….

– Everyone told us it would super cold as the night wore on so we layered up. When we first got there it was 73….I was dying. But we were super glad we listened because by 11:00 it was FREEZING.

– The hike up there is not an effing joke. I had to keep taking a break because my chunky butt does not do well with altitude and stairs or inclines.

taking a photo break on the way up…I was sweating by this point

– Sitting all the way up top was sooo freaking cool.  You can see everything beyond the stage and the sound is still fantastic!

View from where we were sitting 

– Deadmau5 puts on a fan-freaking-tastic show…which I knew because I went to Northcoast Music Festival in August but still…awesome.

– Taking a shuttle there and back through CID Colorado  for $35(roundtrip) was perfect! We met them up at Illegal Petes and had a nice warm ride there and back! They had snacks and water bottles for everyone when we got back and we didn’t have to worry about how much we drank, looking for parking or driving anywhere. 
View from the parking lot we got dropped off at! 
and just some more pictures because why not?? 

The people that played there the year I was born!

A trip to Mexico – Riviera Maya part dos!

So I shared how and what and all that. Let me share some of the pictures of our awesome vacation!

Excurion to the Tulum & Coba ruins and a Cenote! Somehow a random beach picture got in there!

Zip Lining Adventures! 
  
  
 Food food food…so much food.
I’m terrified of fish…you should know it was not me taking this picture because I saw them and ran right out of the water. 
Lots of beach and sun 
On our last night before fancy dinner! 
 Sad and waiting for our ride to the airport…
 

A trip to Mexico – Rivieria Maya

I have been to Mexico many many many times over the years but I still love it for a quick relaxing and fun trip! This past spring we were trying to find a place that would work in everyone’s budget and during my spring break from work so we decided on Riviera Maya. So here is a bit about our trip!

 I am all about travel and seeing the world but lets be serious I don’t have tons of $$ to do it. So I always do my best to research research research before I take a trip!

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Looking for flights/hotels!
Whenever I am thinking of staying in an All Inclusive I immediately check out Bookit.com & Cheap Carribean.com they almost always have the best deals and promo codes available. So this time after a few weeks of back and forth we went with CheapCarribean.com 
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Our hotel! 
I am a big fan of the Gran Bahia Principe resorts. I have now stayed in 4 of them and will likely continue when I look for all inclusive vacas. We decided to stay at the Luxury Bahia Principe Akumal which is one of the 4 on the resort which I love. When we arrived our specific hotel was actually overbooked and we got to decide between an inside resort facing room or switching to one of the other hotels for a ocean view and a $300 credit. Ummm yea $300 credit it is because we love massages! 
 
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Excursions! 
It sounds terrible to say this but I have done so many excursions on trips before that I am kind of overit unless I am seeing something brand new but the people I went with were taking their first “out of country” vacation so I had to find something that we would all be happy with…a little relaxation, some ruins and some adventure. Some tips…especially for Mexico and other places with all inclusive. I like to do some research ahead and even book ahead because the hotels are known for price gouging the excursions. Both of the excursions I booked ahead when I checked the resort were $50-75 more per person. I also found promo codes to use online to get the packages even cheaper! 

I used Cancun- Discounts & Cancun Adventure for this trip. 
We booked an Xplor package that included Zip Lining, underground river, atv rides, and an underground raft ride. It was a great time had by all of us and you can check out the pics in the part 2 of this trip! 
We also booked a ruins tour package that took us to the Tulum & Coba ruins followed up by a swim in a cenote. This was actually my favorite day of the whole vacation and I would 100% recommend checking them out to everyone and anyone! 

So that is a bit about the basics of the vacation. How & where type business.  I was not compensated or contacted by anyone for this post, I just really like to share how I book vacations on a budget!
Check out the next posting for pics of the great vacation! 



 

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