Blogs from Playa del Carmen, Quintana Roo, Mexico, North America - page 14

Within 15 seconds of arriving in Playa del Carmen I was offered drugs on the street, over the years this has happened many times but I have never taken up the offer. Ok, once, many years ago at the Notting Hill carnival, but that was a special occasion and the dealer accidentally dropped another bag which I ‘accidentally’ covered with my foot, in a flash he had merged into the crowd and his inflated price became a bargain! those were the days ….. Anyway, back to Playa Del Carmen… We had 4 days here and I was offered drugs constantly, people would use an excuse of selling something to me, like a hat or a tattoo, then when in close, reel off a list of drugs that would make a chemist proud, Playa del Carmen is ... read more

Thursday 10.6.2010 day 239 More Spanish lessons Today we did our second Spanish lesson. It was amazing how much we remembered from the first lesson. Tomorrow will be our last lesson before we go to Sth America so I hope that we can make it. There was a fireworks and light show at midnight in the resort next to us I do not know why. ... read more

Tuesday 8.6.2010 day 237 Taco beach party Today we had a chat with our personal Concierge and he gave us free cocktails. For lunch we went to the all you can eat Taco beach party with free drinks. After being out in the sun eating and drinking we needed a rest. Later we got some more food from the shops. ... read more

Sunday 6.6.2010 day 235 Welcome meeting and free beach party We woke up early to watch the Magello Moto GP. We read that Rossi had fallen off and was out for the next 3 or 4 mths. In the race Haydon fell off and Casey came 4 th so it was not the best result. After bfast we went to the welcome meeting were then gave us free coffees and pastries and told us about all the sited and what is on offer at the hotel. I won a prize for travelling the longest to the resort. They told us a story about people using their free kayaks hires and getting lost and ending up in Cuba were Fidel Castro finds then and give the resort back the Americans (who are not allowed to be there) ... read more

On Monday 1 February I flew from Habana to Cancun in Mexico, being the nearest point on mainland Central America. Cancun really isn't my sort of place so I got straight out of there to Playa Del Carmen, which is a smaller resort town about an hour away. Playa is more chilled out than Cancun but still extremely touristy and pretty expensive. It is in fact pretty much the opposite end of the spectrum from Habana: very commercial, full of western goods and shops, everybody speaks english, and full of mainly American and Canadian tourists. Having said that, it was great to be able to use the high speed cheap internet and go shopping for all the things I was lacking in Cuba. I met up with German David and two other backpackers, Francois and Hagit, ... read more