Blogs from Cancun, Quintana Roo, Mexico, North America - page 26

Well first of all I was gutted about England and what makes it worst I reckon we would of beat France in the semi, so after that you never know. If Ronaldo stays at Utd it should be a very interesting season for him!! The way we got knocked out I was glad to be away as all the papers and news at home would have done my head in and wouldn´t be surprised if they are still mentioning it now! Well our first stop after Cancun was Isla Murjares (Island of Women). It was a nice chilled out little island and it was good to get away from the hordes of tourists. We hired some mountain bikes and toured the island for a few days. Michelle wasn’t happy with the exercise, but I was glad ... read more

Having a great time in Mexico - although the weather hasn´t been too great, today its been cloudy all day and it even rained - think they´re approaching rainy season here. But other than that, the foods great, the people are nice, its easy to get around and its hot! We´re staying at Hotel Margaritas which is in Downtown Cancun so we have to take a bus to the beach but it was about a tenth of the price than staying in the hotel zone on the beach and the hotels nice, clean with a TV and it costs about 40p to get the bus. The beaches here are beautiful, probably some of the nicest we´ve been to so far on our trip - white sand, amazing blue clear sea - the only thing missing at ... read more

So after a fairly tearfull send off last Friday we left Heathrow on an 11 hour flight to Mexico City. After lording it in the celubrious VIP Lounge (courtesy of Uncle Bob and Tess! Thanks!) and with a heady mix of Martini´s, Red wine and Diazapam in our bodies (well, mainly Stu´s) we settled into a crappy flight of cloud, turbulence and Stu sraping the enamel off the handrail every time someone coughed! Get Mexico City, and guess what? Its raining! Absolutely massive city from what we can see from the approach on the flight. Just urban sprawl as far as the eye can see. So after getting our head down in one of the airport hotels, we jet off the following day to Cancun on the Caribbean Coast. Unfortunately, due to our budget and the ... read more

Thursday 30th March. We caught the 7.30am Water Taxi from Caye Caulker, and made our way back to Belize City marina. From the City, it was a 3/4 hour bus journey to the Belize/Mexican border. We crossed and were meeted with a huge sign across the road 'Welcome to Mexico, North America'. My Central American journey had now come to an end. We jumped back on the bus, which took us on to the town of Chetumel, and the bus station. A wait for 45 minutes, and then our next bus, and this time a 6.5 hour journey to our next destination, Playa del Carmen. Although the bus journey was long, it was comfortable, a fully air conditioned bus, with movies on the inboard tv screens all the way. Playa del Carmen is located 1 hour ... read more

Grande difference entre Isla Holbox, calme avec peu de touristes et des hotels de charme et Cancun, immense, pleine de gens et d'hotels plus grands et moches les uns que les autres. En fait, tous les hotels sont concentres sur une langue de terrain coincee entre la mer (magnifique) et une lagune interieure. Cela devait etre tres beau a l'epoque ou Cancun n'existait pas, mais disons que ca a ete un peu denature, d'autant plus qu'ici aussi Wilma a ete la cause de nombreux degats, ce qui enlaidit le tout. Mais bon c'est un peu marrant de voir ca: plein d'amerloques parques dans une zone faite exclusivement pour eux. Pour des raisons budgetaires que vous comprendrez, j'ai prefere une auberge de jeunesse dans le centre (ville des Mexicains) a un hotel sur la plage, et la ... read more