May 23

I got back from my one week holiday to Mexico last Sunday, and it was great! My dad took me down as a “finished first year of University” present, which was so nice of him!

The flight took around 3.5 hours (to get from Toronto to Cancun) and it went by quickly. The movie they played was King Kong, which I saw already, but ended up watching again. It’s a good movie, but I don’t think it lived up to all the hype, at least not for me. then we met up with the bus that was to take us to our resort, the Gran Bahia Principe. The drive took around 1.5 hours, and we couldn’t really see much because by that time it was dark outside.

We stopped off at the Gran Palladium Resort first, as some of the people on our bus were staying there. It looked like a nice place as well, though it was too dark to see much of it at the time. A few minutes later we arrived at the Gran Bahia Principe resort, the one we were staying at. The resort is partitioned into four different sections, each with their own lobby and respective facilities; the Tulum, Akumal, Premiere and Coba. Ours was the Tulum.

Sunset in Mexico
The Gran Bahia Principe Tulum was in one word, great! It’s an all-inclusive package, so you get all the food and drink you could wish for, plus access to all their facilities. Our room was on the ground floor of one of the many (there must be enough to house several thousand guests) villas, had two double beds and all the rest you’d expect. One of the many, many pools in the resort was just a minute walk away from our room, though I actually never went swimming in one of them, as I much prefer the Ocean. The beach was just a little further than the pool, and the water was great! It’s the Caribbean sea, so you really can’t get much better. In our area it was a little rocky, though just a short treck down the beach it was perfect. The temperature was also perfect, so nothing to complain about at all, I went in the water every day!
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May 05

Well, I am finished my first year of University, and I must say it went very well and was both interesting and enjoyable! My final exams for the year finished last week, and I walked out of each feeling like had done a great job! So yeah…1st year of University is officially over, oh yeah!

Ryerson

This past week I’ve just been relaxing and hanging out for friends. I finally got to see a movie, after I don’t know how many months, and it was “The Sentinel“. I hadn’t heard of it before, and only decided to watch it because of the time it was playing and because the actors were all quite famous. I walked in expecting a cookie cutter action flick, but I left feeling very satisfied. Great movie, I’d recommend you go see it :) .

The Sentinel

I’m planning on travelling/working most of the summer, as it will be my last before co-op begins (and I’ll be left with no summers….). I’m leaving for my first trip of the summer tomorrow, the destination being Mexico! It will be a 7-day all-inclusive resort on the Mayan Riviera, so plenty to do and see! Should be tons of fun, I can’t wait!

Mayan Riviera

For the past week or so, I’ve been looking into a digital camera to buy (I’ve been happy with my Fuji A310, but it’s getting old now). I settled on either the Canon SD700 IS or the Sony DSC-T30. They are both full- featured ultra-compacts, with all of the latest and greatest bells and wistles: huge LCD’s, OIS, 6-7MP’s, etc, etc. I was going crazy trying to decide which one was the best. They both had their strengths and weaknesses, and they both took amazing pictures! So….I finally decided on the Canon SD700 IS, and I think it was a great choice! The battery is still charging (just bought it), but I’m already very pleased with the size, look and build quality of this camera. I’ll be testing it out over the next week, and I’ll write up a review on it when I get back.

Canon SD700 IS

Speaking of writing, now that school is over for the year, I’ll start getting caught up on posting, I’ve just been too busy.

Anyways, all the best and see you all soon.
Marcus

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