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Levi and Linz Honeymoon in Cancun. Traveling with Vibram Five Fingers

By Justin Owings on Feb 16, 2010 | In User Stories | Leave a comment »

Photoed above we see Levi and Linz who were recently married and seen honeymooning in Cancun, Mexico.  Levi saw the sights while wearing his KSO Vibram Five Fingers, which brought a decent amount of attention from the locals!  Inset we see the Mayan templ
Photoed above we see Levi and Linz who were recently married and seen honeymooning in Cancun, Mexico. Levi saw the sights while wearing his KSO Vibram Five Fingers, which brought a decent amount of attention from the locals! Inset we see the Mayan temple Chichen Itza.

In the mailbag comes this Vibram Five Fingers KSO user review from Levi (forum member "Leaves") who recently got married — Congratulations! — and went on to vacation in Cancun, Mexico. Here is what Levi had to say about traveling and sight-seeing Mexico in VFFs:

The wife and I were married January 9, 2010, and left that next day for Cancun, were we stayed at the Moon Palace Resort. Everywhere I went the VFF's were a spectacle. In the market the merchants would yell, "Hey! I like your shoes!" At the resort people would quite frequently stop me to take pictures of my feet, ask about arch support and result in a brief discussion about barefoot, Vibram's and my previous stress related injuries. Notice that the wife doesn't have any on her feet ... she does now. :) We have been waiting since November on a black pair of KSO's, 42W, to come in ... no such luck, yet. So, she settled for the grey/purple, as it was the only available KSO or VFF in her size.

Glad to hear Linz has been hooked up with some VFFs! I like grey/purple KSO FiveFingers personally — tried to get my wife a pair, but she went for Classics instead.

Anyway, glad you're spreading the word about Vibram's barefoot alternative to the folks in Mexico! Thanks for sharing your VFF experience!

About the Author — I founded BirthdayShoes.com in April 2009 on realizing just how much I enjoyed having "free feet" - I mostly wanted to use them for weights, sprints, and plyometrics (I'm not much of a runner!). I'm a Googler by day and minimalist footwear aficionado by night; you can find me 'round Atlanta. If you want to catch up with what I'm doing outside of the site here, follow me on twitter @bdayshoes or @justinno or check out my personal site JustinOwings.com.
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