http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Quintana-Roo/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from North America , Mexico , Quintana Roo en-us Tue, 18 Jun 2013 05:53:15 +0000 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 05:53:15 +0000 3 pizzas and 3 beers US37 Happy chaps. Just made our bus from Playa Del Carmen to Tulum walked it to the bus stop BooYah Megan didn39t lose a wheel and Jana and I didn39t break our backs. Loving the back packing gaining some serious muscle.Jumped on the bus I sat next to a spanish she fell asleep as the air con dripped on her I didn39t know what to do I was fine. I39ll ju http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Quintana-Roo/Tulum/blog-789547.html Wet and rainy. 20 peso a chair.Shitty beach.Lots of margaritas.Not much happened this day cos of the weather. We watched a child use the public shower. Shit got weird. http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Quintana-Roo/Playa-del-Carmen/blog-789401.html We had booked a room along Tulum beach for our last few nights to treat ourselves a little. It was a funny coincidence that Steve was actually staying at the exact same place on the same date for one night. We had our last amazing breakfast at our hostel and received huge hugs from Chelo as we said goodbye.We shared a car with steve to coco tulum one of the many Eco chic cabana style hotels that http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Quintana-Roo/Tulum/blog-784230.html Chichen itza About to go into a Mayan Skies show. Arrived at Chichen Itza at about 3pm after leaving Merida at 730. After a bit of confusion with the rental car no registration plates but apparently it39s okay made our way to Uxmal. The ruins there were pretty spectacular. Still amazed every time we go to those ruins at what they were able to achieve. Spent a bit of time just sitting at the http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Quintana-Roo/Tulum/blog-783637.html We flew in to Cancun from Cuba in the early afternoon and waited for the express ADO bus to Tulum.The bus ride took just over 2 hours stopping at playa del Carmen along the way.We arrived at the ADO bus station in down town Tulum. I knew our hostel was a little out of town so we decided to eat before heading up. We found a cheap looking local place across the road and pulled up a seat. We ordere http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Quintana-Roo/Tulum/blog-783600.html Scuba diving social and networking club for scuba divers living in or traveling through Playa del Carmen Mexico.Playa del Carmen Scuba http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Quintana-Roo/Playa-del-Carmen/blog-782053.html On our third day in cancun we woke to cloudy skies though still hot we decided to take it easy today and head to plaza las Americas a large local mall. So after another large fruit based breakfast we caught another bus to the mall. We were surprised at just how large the mall is when you start to explore it and were pleased to find that it was aimed more at locals rather than tourists like the http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Quintana-Roo/Cancun/blog-780944.html We awoke at my grandmothers house in Sydney Australia the day of our flights she had offered to drive us to the airport and we greatfully accepted. We had freshly squeezed juice for breakfast and the best smoothie and salad for lunch before hopping in the car with my little sister and grandmother headed to the airport. Our flight was to leave at 3.30 and after only a brief hiccup at the check in http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Quintana-Roo/Cancun/blog-780941.html 10 day trip to Holbox and Isla de Mujeres and surrounding areas. Holbox is a relaxing place especially on weekdays during the nonpeak seasons. Peak seasons are June thru August for whale shark viewing Easter and Christmas. Most of the rest of the times there are modern airconditioned rooms available for 500 pesos. One can pay more but there39s no need. I rented a bike for a week and with http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Quintana-Roo/Isla-Holbox/blog-777857.html This blog site Travel Blog is being buried by Trip Advisor in terms of viewership for one reasonbecause it is so user unfriendly to the poster. It has been for the five years I have been associated. It39s hard to post but anyway I sure enjoy posting things and photos about my travels if for no other reason to answer questions that upcoming prospective travelers have especially first http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Quintana-Roo/Cancun/blog-776393.html All four of us headed to Mexico....we nearly missed the boat from Caye Caulker to Belize city as we got the time wrong but they held it for us luckily. We then took a taxi to the bus station and got on a chicken bus which would take us to the Mexican border crossing in the town of Santa Elena we arrived as the sun was setting and took a taxi from there to the bus station in Chetumal. We got the http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Quintana-Roo/Tulum/blog-775858.html ltstrong stylemsobidifontweight normalgtDay 8 of our travels sore us catching a bus to Tulum this was something we anticipated with great expectation. Having seen photos Jenny Damiens of Tulum and read about it we were very excited to get there. The bus was very comfortable and cost about 110 pesos each. We opted for front row seats so as to have the best view on the journey http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Quintana-Roo/Tulum/blog-772063.html I can39t believe how fast time has gone today is our last day of 63 days in Cozumel and this is the last blog of our trip. Thank you to everyone who has been interested in reading about our adventure.Cozumel exceeded our expectations by far contrary to some of the bad hype about Mexico Cozumel is very safe and a wonderful place for a vacation. It39s also very reasonably priced. We work li http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Quintana-Roo/Cozumel/blog-769175.html We came to Cozumel on a recommendation from our neighbours Gerry and Betty who were also kind enough to hook us up with our accomodations here at the Villas Mayaluum. Their daughter Jodie her husband Elton and their six kids affectionately nicknamed as The Six Pack are also here this year at the same time as us for one month. I couldn39t imagine even having six kids let alone travelling to http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Quintana-Roo/Cozumel/blog-769023.html If it wasn39t for bad luck we39d have no luck at all with our kitchen appliances. Our coffee maker is now leaking so bad that it39s pretty much unusable. Then while Ian is making breakfast our toaster starts on fire and burns out at the same time our microwave decides to pack it in and there39s no power to it at all. They are all super cheap appliances to start with. Our maintenanc http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Quintana-Roo/Cozumel/blog-768844.html After Johnny39s scuba school we are starving so we take him to La Choza for lunch which is Ian39s favorite Mexican restaurant downtown in San Miguel. It39s busy with local Mexicans as usual. We like the atmosphere it39s very clean and comfortable for a large restaurant nicely decorated. The food is always good and service is great. Ian and John both have chicken fajitas which are de http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Quintana-Roo/Cozumel/blog-768646.html John has signed up for scuba school so he39s busy every morning with that. I have no doubt he will achieve his goal of obtaining his scuba ticket while he39s here which is also an asset for his job go JohnnyIan and I run out for a few groceries then after lunch we all head out to Paradise Beach. It39s another beautiful sunny Sunday very hot with a few clouds. There39s some peopl http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Quintana-Roo/Cozumel/blog-768453.html We wake up to a beautiful sunny morning eat some fruit poached eggs and toast for breakfast. We soak up some sun lounging around the pool for a while before Ian and John walk down to the dive shop to pick up another snorkel mask.On the way back Ian stops by the massage place next door and makes arrangements for Amabel the masseur to come by our condo and give us each a 40 minute massage. She http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Quintana-Roo/Cozumel/blog-768233.html To mark a last day in Cancun we thought it was right to spend it on the famous beach in the Zona Hotelia. We opted to pay to sit the Cabana beach bar it was meant to be 100 pesos each but for some reason they charged 50 pesos each. We didnt mind. It was a good choice as you got to use the sun lounger and there fresh water pool as we overlooked the gorgeous beach. We had some pretty good lunch http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Quintana-Roo/Cancun/blog-768148.html Day 5We woke up this morning bright and early with no real plan of what we wanted to do. One thing was for certain though we had no cash. We headed out to the bank to withdraw some money. This seemingly simple task took us 45 minutes it wasnt until the 4th bank of trying that we actually managed to get some cash. At first we slightly concerned by our inability to get money but it later be http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Quintana-Roo/Isla-Mujeres/blog-768147.html