Blogs from Playa del Carmen, Quintana Roo, Mexico, North America - page 41

right.....my last day has unfortunatly arrived.... spent 3 days in Tulum..at the weary traveler.....hmm...how can i put it...NOT the nicest plays ive stayed at but...loads and loads of nice people so they mad me stay.... more or less just pomms and israeliens... had a great time.. me and this american guy desided to sneak in to the ruins...haha that was a bit tricky i tell ya...walked along the beach and then it started to get a bit rocky,..on ya sara for taking your yellow flipflops for a hike on sharp rocks..!!!! danger danger..!!! haha all good.....we made it...after that we had to walk a bit through i pretty hot and sticky rainforest..sweatin like pigs again..and we managed to get through that aswell....YEAY.. saw this footpath and this american couple lookin funny at us when we came ... read more

After having such an amazing experience in Chiapas, we couldn´t help feeling a little disappointed with Playa. Lots of tourists, crappy tex mex food and expensive prices just aren´t our thing. Having said that, we were pretty excited to be here as this was the place we were meeting our mates, Su & Adrian. We are pleased to report the four of us survived a slightly problematic snorkelling and sailing trip. You think you can´t go wrong sailing and snorkelling in the carribean. Turned out to be a bit of a comedy of errors starting with Francisco (our Mexican amigo) having to paddle the hobiecat with one of our flippers on his hand as there was not a single fart of wind (bowels in perfect motion at this stage of the game!). Once we finally arrived ... read more

Touched down in Cancun and I vaguely remembered the airport from my past venture into the area during spring beak of 02'. One thing I do remember from that trip was being scammed on a taxi ride, so I strategized to get the cheapest transport possible into Playa, which was a public bus for about $8. However it was a packed bus, I was the only moron who couldn’t get a seat. I'm not much of an attention seeker so it was somewhat of an uncomfortable ride. Anyway. The weather reports were forecasting clouds and rain, I can't stand Weather.com's tropical weather forecasts, 50% chance of thunderstorms, gutless to say the least, thaaaanks. Well weather.com was right for a change, started to rain 15 mins after I got on the beach, which kinda shook me up, ... read more

Hi! After almost 20 hours of flight, I finally arrived in Cancun......... read more