During my time at my last job, one of the people I got along with the best was Matt Atkinson. So when he invited us to attend his wedding in Mexico, it didn't take us long to accept. We spent four very hot but lovely days, from September 12 through 16, 2002, at the Aventura Palace Spa/Resort on the "Mayan Riviera", near Playa del Carmen, Mexico.
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Our room was very spacious, and we had just about everything we could ask for. Here, you can see the two-seater hot tub we had just inside our balcony. |
| Outside the rooms were myriads of pools, lagoons, and beaches. These are two views of some of them. |  |
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 | The Aventura Palace is one of the "Palace" group of hotels. The wedding itself took place at another of them, the Xpu-Ha Palace (don't ask), in a thatched-roof gazebo. The first shot is of the table the couple was to stand behind. The rest are of the bride, Crystal Atkinson ne้ Buchanan, and groom during and just after the ceremony |  |
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This is Matt, Crystal, and myself during the reception. Hard to believe from that smile that he HATES having his picture taken... |
