Maui, Hawaii

My first ever trip to Hawaii! Me and the hubs spent it all on Maui. Other than him getting the stomach flu and being bed-bound for 3 days, the trip was awesome ^_^  Weather was beautiful, the hotel was beautiful, food was amazing, hmm... oh yeah, so where did hubs get the stomach flu?

Cancun, Mexico

Beach view - from hotel room at Me by Melia

As my second trip to Mexico, I had Cozumel in mind as a level of comparison.  My verdict, Cancun is Cancun, Cozumel is Cozumel. As beautiful and peaceful as Cozumel was, Cancun was beautiful in its own way (albeit a slightly more "man-made" way).  Whereas the beaches of Cozumel were rocky, the beaches of Cancun are very sandy (some quite obviously were not "natural" though), and here is where I experienced the long stretching sandy beach with beautiful blue waters that one that sees in posters and dreams.