There comes a time in a young girl’s life when she is considered a “women.” Usually when a girl turns 15 there is a tradition to follow known as a “Quinceañera” and this tradition typically involves a mass first and a party afterwards at a big reception with family and friends. I, on the other hand, did not follow that tradition, because my parent’s had something a little different in mind. When I was 5 year’s old I remember going to Disney world in Orlando, Fl and thinking it was a summer vacation, but I later realized we were celebrating my big sister Yazmine on her 15th birthday. Ten years later my parents decided to do the same thing with me, sort of like our own “small tradition.” After months of deciding where to go we concluded …show more content…
When we landed it took about an hour or so to get through customs and get our passports stamped, and after we checked into the hotel and it was around 10:00 p.m. so we called it a night and slept in. Waking up the next day sounded weird because we thought it was raining really bad, but then we noticed it was the oceans tides, something my family and I were never used to. We left Houston on a Monday so on Tuesday we all decided to roam cancun by foot and go into the city which was dangerous for tourists to do. Cartels were known for being in those parts of town but for some reason we just weren't scared. In the city we saw Aztecs, Mexicans, Asians selling there little artifacts and in different stores squished such as: purses, dresses, jewelry, games and so on. Wednesday came and we all had to wake up at 6:00 in the morning and we booked our first trip to Chichen Itza an Archeological site in the Yucatan Peninsula. This place looks like a giant pyramid surrounded by thousands of trees. One thing I wont forget was how hot that day was, my Mom and my cousin Arlette were barely able to keep going, so they just sat under a tree that whole time. The rest of us kept on going to learn more about …show more content…
So our last Excursion was Tulum this place topped all the others. Tulum is located right next to the beach in Quintana Roo filled with many Mayan ruins next to tall cliffs, we learned Tulum was one of the last Mayan cities built. This place was the most tropical and the weather was just perfect to enjoy walking for hours. One thing that I defiantly won't forget was the amount of iguanas there were, I literally saw thousands of iguanas there every corner you turned there was at least a group of five iguanas. We ended the day by swimming in the beach the white sands and the blue clear water were worth every hour having to be standing