Blogs from Mexico, North America - page 658

On our way to Playa del Carmen we stopped at The Fisherman’s Sunset. This was the “promo” offered by the car rental for $200.00 off the rental fee. This was our first experience and it was to take 90 minutes for an intro and sales pitch. They were trying to sell us a membership at this exclusive resort. If you ever hear about The Fisherman’s Sunset, run…. do not walk, far away. What started friendly turned high pressure and even nasty. Needless to say we did not buy a thing. How many ways to say”NO!” Onward we go to Playa del Carmen. Our hotel is Aventura Mexicana and it is just wonderful, perhaps the nicest of our trip. It is ½ block to 5th Avenue and a short walk to the beach. As we walk ... read more

Today’s Port of Call is Costa Maya. I think I’ve mentioned before that there is very very little to see at the Port. We stop here mainly because it’s a good jumping off point to visit things farther onland like Mayan ruins. Apparently there’s decent diving and snorkelling somewhere nearby too. There is quite a big cruise terminal area built up filled with shops and bars and market vendors, but I’ve covered all of that already. I got off the ship with Marlize, Brian & Chris, the new social host and we headed to the one place nearby: Mahajaul. Mahajaul is a tiny fishing village. There’s one main road lined with small shops and restaurants and one tiny grocery. The other side of the road is lined with a white sand beach. It’s like a tiny ... read more

Puerto Escondido. Yeeeeeeeeeha!! Da beach!! B-) Finally, after a torturous 6hr 2nd class trip from Oaxaca City to PE I got here, the bus took us through 2000m mountains and sort of jungle at lightening speed on those switchback roads that made even *me* feel motion sick at times, and that never happens! As Yoporai would say "Necessito vomitaria"! (sp?) But once I got here, woah! It's beautiful. My two Dulwich friends had left me a little note at reception so I met them at an idylic beach cove surrounded my palm trees and little tiki huts. Muay bueno! The hostel/hotel was PACKED with merrrrrry Oz surfer dudes whom rather monopolised events to the max, a fun bunch but.....very....er.....you know. ;) Ok, so put it this way, at 3am just after I left the bar, ... read more

Hello Well the first leg of our journey is nearly over. We leave for Los Angeles this afternoon, where we have 3 days then we fly to Tahiti where we have another 3 days. Then finally onto Queenstown, New Zealand and job hunting straight away. If we cant find jobs then you all may be seeing us alot sooner than you had hoped. We are currently in Isla Mujeres, a beautful island off Mexicos coast, by Cancun. We have been chilling here for 5 days, working on our tans. We popped over to Cancun yesterday, so glad we never stayed there. Very overpriced and the beaches werent very good at all. Before here we spent a week in Playa del Carmen, a really nice resort just south of cancun. The beaches where stunning, so many nice ... read more

Lissabon-Madrid-Cancun Naja, Cancun halt. War ne superlange Reise von Lissabon nach Madrid nach Cancun. Geh' morgen nach Merida, hol mir n Visum fuer Belize und dann mal weitergucken. Der Strand ist allerdings wirklich unglaublich, hatte das gar nicht mehr so in Erinnerung. Heute naemlich geschwommen und mich ueber die Horrenden Preise gewundert weil ich mir ja eigentlich ne Digitalkamera kaufen wollte, das dann aber doch verschoben hab weil die ungefaehr das anderthalbfache von unseren Kostet. Dafuer krasse Traveller-Stories mitgekriegt ueber Dengue-Fieber, Raubueberfaelle, etc. etc. Also alles Dinge, die man besser nicht in nen Blog schreibt, das von Eltern gelesen wird. ... read more