Stairway to Paradise
Congratulations! It's Friday and you've made it! I hope you are able to make the most of the weekend!
Total Consciousness
“So I got that goin’ for me, which is nice.”
This photograph was captured with a Sony a6300.
Stormy Wreck
This photograph was captured with a DJI Mavic Pro drone.
Pool Daze
One of the best things about El Dorado Casitas Royale is that even though it is undeniably a mega resort, each of the pods of casitas have their own pool and beach area, making the experience far more intimate.
If you want to play pool volleyball with 200 of your closest — and loudest — friends, you can always wander down to the main pools but if you just want some quiet time with a few friends at a swim-up bar, there's a stool with your name on it just down the stairs from your room.
This photograph was captured with a DJI Mavic Pro drone.
Morning Swim
Happy Friday! Time for a swim!
This photograph was captured with a DJI Mavic Pro drone.
Beach Days
Mexico knows how to Friday! Here's a shout-out to everybody setting up a chair or cabana around the casitas today.
This photograph was captured with a DJI Mavic Pro drone.
VIDEO: Poolside at El Dorado Royale
El Dorado Royale is a magnificent resort on Mexico's Riviera Maya, near Playa del Carmen. We spent a short week relaxing by the Caribbean and poolside with friends who were visiting for the wedding of two of our good friends. It's just as beautiful as it looks!
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Cameras used to film this video:
DJI Mavic Pro
GoPro Hero
Sony a6300
Go full screen and click the image above to zoom in and explore the panorama.
El Dorado Royale
When you are down there, wandering through El Dorado Royale, you know it's a massive place but I never really understood the sheer scale of the project until seeing it from above.
This photograph was captured by turning the camera on my DJI Mavic Pro sideways, so it was in portrait mode, and then taking a dozen vertical photographs and later stitching them together back home. If you zoom in, you can see each pod of casitas in the middle, the family resort on the far right and the original resort on the far left.
Fun fact: nearly all of Bob and Christa Mason's wedding guests are somewhere in this photograph, getting ready for the ceremony.
Seaside Casitas
These casitas were home for us last week while we celebrated the marriage of our friends, Christa and Bob. What a great week!
This photograph was captured with a DJI Mavic Pro drone.