Birthday in Cancún

I haven't posted on here in a while, but figured I should start back up again considering I will be spending the next 2 months in Puerto Rico.

Anyways, all the way back in July, my older sister Jessica took me to Cancún to celebrate my birthday. We spent 4 days in the Zona Hotelera at the Flamingo Resort. It was all inclusive and our cheapest option and actually really nice.
When we arrived, our room wasn't ready so the hotel watched our bags while we got a few things to eat in the restaurant, which had a Spain theme that day, and headed to the bathrooms to change into our swim suits. Packed deeper into our suitcases was our sunscreen, which we decided to do without as we headed to the beach. The water was beautiful and the sand was white and floating through the waves seemed surreal because it was sooo nice. We were able to see all the hotels down the strip and other vacationers doing water sports. We then visited the pool where we played bingo and Jessica won a shirt.
The next day, my birthday, I wanted to visit the Mayan ruins at Chichen Itza, so we signed up for that trip. We took a bus from our hotel and were unaware that this trip would take all day and the site was 3 hours away. On the way, we stopped at a small Mayan village where you could buy all sorts of hand-crafted souvenirs. Then, we went to the pyramids. It was so cool to see all of the old ruins. There was their old ball field, platforms for sacrifice, and of course the pyramid of Kulkulkan. It had a total of 365 stairs and faces in a way that respects the equinox. Once upon a time, tourists were allowed to climb the stairs and go to the top, but this has changed to preserve the pyramid. It started to rain while we were there and there was a huge dark cloud over the pyramid, which is kind of creepy considering it was constructed for sacrifice. There is a hotel built near the property where we had a buffet lunch with traditional Mexican food. My favorite thing were the tacos with hand-made tortillas and pork with good salsas. We also walked around the hotel a bit. When we got on the bus, we were taken to Valladolid, a colonial city nearby. I was particularly excited because I had actually lived in a city called Valladolid in Spain when I studied there. It was very cute, but they just had us look around from the bus and we were on our way to the Senote which is a water source under ground filled with minerals and blind fish. Since we decided not to use sunscreen the first day, I really wanted to go into the water because it is said to have healing properties. The water was really cold but I still went in. There was a group performing on a small platform in the middle, like tribal dancers. There was also a farm-like setting with peacocks, chickens, goats and a horse. We were driven back to the hotel for the night and tried relaxing in the hot tub, but the hot tub wasn't up to our "hot standards" so we just watched Finding Nemo in Spanish and went to bed.
We spent the last day swimming some more and enjoying the beach and decided to go shopping afterwards. We wanted to get some souvenirs and go to the famous flea market so we hopped on the bus to go into the city. We had to get on the right one and pay a dollar and then find our way to the market. This was confusing because there were a few places falsely labeled because tourists usually don't know where they are going. Some people helped us to the market, and everything was so much cheaper than at the shopping center in the tourist area. We were able to get something for everybody. On the way back, we weren't sure where the bus stop was so we had to ask for some more help. It was so packed on the bus and so hot.
Well, that's most of what I remember about the trip. One night we had dinner on the beach as well, but I forget when that was.