Mayakoba Day 5: Best. Day. Ever.

I'm skipping day 4 in the hopes of getting some photos for that day off of the page of a new facebook friend that we met in Mexico, to help you visualize all the crazy things we did on that day... so we'll come back to day 4 another time.

Moving ahead, day 5 was filled with a few of my favorite things...

Breakfast!

Free eco-tour boat ride in the Mayakoba lagoon...

Unusual sightings in the man-made lagoon, which has turned into a natural habitat for wildlife.

Baby gray herons...

A baby crocodile!!

Seaweed maintenance...

Teenaged crocodile, hanging out on the rocks by the Fairmont... our guide had to call her colleague at the Fairmont to warn him about the beast on the hotel grounds!

My tattoo got some good air time...

Mr. and Mrs. Iguana...

Our boat captain Ignacio, who had eyes like a hawk.

In the afternoon, we sailed off to the beach, to relax in the cool, crystal waters.

We loved the beach club!

We made it back to the resort by 3:30 in the afternoon, just in time for our spa treatments!! The Banyan Tree Spa is one of the best in the world, and in Mayakoba, they actually relocated some of their spa attendants from Thailand to help train the staff in Mexico. My 120 minute facial came with a full body massage, and Jack enjoyed the complimentary 60 minute Balinese massage which came with our room, but was lengthened to 80 minutes just because his therapist was nice. No pictures, unfortunately, but needless to say, the experience was perfect and tranquil, one of the best spa days we've had.

For dinner, we headed over to Saffron, Banyan Tree's signature Thai restaurant. We requested the special sweet heart table out on the edge of the lagoon, and watched the sky change colors during the course of our meal. In spite of the heat and the mosquitoes, we loved our dinner. There was much sighing, as we knew that it would be our night in Mexico.

After dinner, we took one last evening stroll through the grounds, and found that our friend the cigar man was back, so Jack purchased another Cuban to cap off our perfect day.