Emily, those desserts look unbelievably delicious, as does the other food. I for one, love Mexico, although I have not been there for years. If you can believe it, I went on a 7 day exploration of the Yucatan for my senior trip, in high school. I went to a very small private school in Miami, and our history teacher had done research down there. We raised a lot of $ and my parents paid for the rest of the trip as my graduation present. Realize, I had never traveled anywhere except in New England at this point in time. We stayed in MerÃ*da for most of the week; what a beautiful colonial type city. Then we actually stayed in a very small village with one bathroom, where we slept in hammocks and ate our meals at a farmer's home. Went exploring in a bunch of caves there, as I remember. We also went to Tulum; you are right, the beach there is gorgeous.
We had some wonderful camping trips in Puerto Penasco, too, when I lived in Phoenix. Of course, now it's more built up, but it was like a private spot of ocean for Arizonans when I lived there. I've also been to Puerto Vallarta, but I found that very touristy. I'd really love to go to the Mexican wine country, next. It would be easy to combine with a trip to see our son, so maybe in the next year.