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here are pictures I took last week.

Quote: Originally Posted by Raeka I love that lagoon, is that where your siggy photo is from? yeah. we really lucked out that dreams PA was closed so we got to use their beach like it was our own private spot. there was actually a wedding there one day. it was really small.

Quote: Originally Posted by melglnh2o WOW Morgan!!! How many pictures did you take total? That is so fabulous that you shared them. You just saved all the girls that want to get married at that hotel the cost of a site visit. Great job and cute pics! that is the beauty of digital & big memory cards. I just walked around in the morning snapping pics. I was planning to explore the hotel anyway that morning so it was easy to snap away. I also took a bunch of dreams puerto aventuras I'll post soon.

Quote: Originally Posted by Jenn Looks like you guys had a great time! The place looks beautiful! Thanks for sharing so many pics! (I'm shocked you got so many posts in a row without a reply in the middle - lol) i have a trick. i put it all together in a word document & then post them consecutively.

I still have information & tips to post. I'll get to it later.

Quote: Originally Posted by DanielleNDerek these pics are perfect for girls that can't do site visits. Morgan brought the site visit to them. you can see every portion of the hotel, great pics. that is what I tried to do. I didn't do a site visit either & it was fun to see the place for the first time after all the planning. it was more beautiful in person. I was up really early the first morning so I walked around & took those pictures.

I tried to order 1 OJ. I need to learn Spanish

Friends at creperie balcony Packing to go

Kayaking again (we loved it) Dinner at the Japanese steak house with the last 2 couples to leave

Swimming in the lagoon in front of the future dreams puerto aventuras with my brother & FSIL Snorkeling at Paamul

Coralia from guests services (the lady I met with to plan my wedding, but not the WC) Mike’s family at Italian restaurant watching the sun rise from the ceremony site feeding the fish breakfast sunrise yoga

lagoon painting a piglet catermaran ride same in all languages kid's club cute catalonia sign Lobby bar with my mom

eating at the el mercado feeding fish from the kayak private houses around our hotel view from kayak lots of fish in the lagoon (there is right by the ceremony site) feeding fish the next day after more kayaking

breakfast at the la brisa I loved the yogurt covered bananas. when my mom got home, her first thought after waking up was "breakfast buffet." She was sad to realize she wasn't in Mexico anymore. writting our vows thursday at the ceremony location telling stories with my dad & brother at the lobby bar our wedding night decor i love what they did, but they used up all of our tooilet paper. we had to take apart the toilet paper flowers. my mom folded a towel duck when she got home cute masks on the wall view from balcony

the itallian restaurant ourside the mexican restaurant (where I had my reception) Inside the Mexican restaurant The creperie aka where you can find Mike after 5pm We went here with Kristie & Morgan after taking our post ceremony pictures for some ice cream. It was just what we needed to cool down before our dinner.

volley ball court patio outside the el mercado looky bar- one of the options for a private reception catalonia yucatan side. you really can't tell these are two hotels. They share everything. The yucatan side is booked in europe so there was a lot of diversity. I thought that was a cool thing about the catalonia. when i was in cancun before, i kept meeting others from texas. there were people from all over at the cat. This is a patio outside of the itallian & mexican restaurants. I think this might be an area they fix up for receptions. if not, it's an area near this. there is a balcony like space outside of the creperie right in front of this patio. itallian & mexican specialty restaurants the bar between the two- it was a nice place to relax. there were rarely people there. there was a little terrace that we sat on some nights. one night we took our food to go from teh buffet & ate on the terrace. They served us margaritas. there wasn't anyone else around. You also have an ocean view

There is more beach on this side The dive shop was great. You can kayak, snorkel, scuba, sail & ride a catermeran for free! more pics of la brisa. El Mercado buffet. They only open this one once they reach 75% occupancy. I don't know that this one is an option for a reception. It was only open on the weekend while we were there.

La Brisa Buffet This is the buffet where we had most meals. the snack bar (and steakhouse at night) place where you can get massages lagoon near the ceremony site ceremony site ceremony site The beach is erroded a lot, but it was still nice The built up this area with beach chairs

These are the snapshots I took. Normally I'd take more pictures of people, but I knew kristie had that covered. So mostly I took pictures of the hotel for the other catalonia brides to check out. I also took pictures of our adventures once Kristie was gone. I didn't even pull out my camera in Coba. cute towel decoration when we arrived Fruit & champagne on the first day mariachis on Mexican night (every night was a different theme) Lobby bridge leading from lobby to pools/ restaurants Putting together OOT bags some rooms

watching the sun rise from the ceremony site feeding the fish breakfast sunrise yoga

catermaran ride same in all languages kid's club cute catalonia sign

private houses around our hotel view from kayak lots of fish in the lagoon (there is right by the ceremony site) feeding fish the next day after more kayaking lagoon painting a piglet