Playa del Carmen: Season 2, Episode 1

Mi Amorsito at the Hul-ku garden!

The day couldn’t have gone any more perfectly.  After arriving to Cancun and rushing to meet Abel at the doors to the airport (I was so excited I ran right past him), we hopped on the bus to Playa del Carmen and smiled the whole way there at the thought of being back home.  

We first grabbed a bite to eat (BOTH eating our fill for about $10) and then headed to one of the nicest little hotels I’d ever been to: Hotel Hul-ku on 20th Ave.  Because Playa del Carmen has a 3-story rule, many of the hotels are boutique style and make an impact on guests by providing character and unique experiences.  When we arrived, Abel guided me over a little path through the center garden and we opened the door to a room with swan towels and dark chocolate.  +10 points.

First view of the garden area...

Secluded pool and statue/fountain outside the room

Abel couldn’t wait to exchange gifts, so he first handed over a small white box containing a necklace of entwined pearls and silver pieces- along with it, a bracelet and earrings to complete the set.  I smiled at the thought of wearing truly nice jewelry to our planned dinner this week.  My next gift was another complete set of jewelry: bracelet, necklace, earrings and a ring- all hand-woven by mi amorsito!  (What a talented man)  I admired the detail and forewarned him that he would have to teach me to duplicate this style of jewelry.  

 I thought the gifts were through (I had admittedly already seen the aforementioned gifts via skype- Abel got too excited to keep them to himself), but he pulled out a third necklace of brightly colored coconut beads that he had crafted into a stunning statement piece.  “I’m most proud of this one.”  No surprise, Abel loves colors and this is about as colorful as you can get.  Abel had me swooning- perfect gifts I would actually use… and more than half made by him!

Abel grabbed one more thing out of his bag before turning to me and lowering onto one knee.  “I was going to wait for dinner to give you this one, but I couldn’t wait.”  He pulled out an enormous ring swirling of sapphire blue and ruby red.  He looked up at me with those huge, brown eyes and I couldn’t contain myself for a moment more.  I bust into laughter and gladly accepted his ringpop.  What a jokester.