Blogs from Cancun, Quintana Roo, Mexico, North America - page 11

An early start in Franktown this morning... out of bed at 2 15 and on the road to the airport by 2 45, thanks to Jim for the ride. The flight was then delayed for an hour to accomodate the airport in Cancun........ finally arrived in Cancun at 10 after 10 and it took me until after 1 to get to the hotel, not bad all things considered. It appears that I did not have a transfer between the airport and the hotel and the cabs price by what they think you can pay. My ride started at 50 US and ended at 200 pesos, what a run around. Anyhow I am here, the weather is looking great, sun is shining and it is warm outside. I have booked a few trips to see the Mayan ... read more

Heute fuehle ich mich wieder recht fit. Da Alma leider arbeiten muss verbringe ich den Tag alleine in der Stadt. Zuerst mache ich mich zu einem beliebten Platz auf um zu fruehstuecken: Toastbrot mit Huehnchen, dazu Kaffee. Anschliessend entscheide ich mich zum Buero von AeroMexiko zu gehen. Hoffentlich koennen die mir mit meinem Rucksackproblem weiterhelfen. Dort telefoniert eine freundliche Angestellte ca. 20 Minuten herum. Resultat: mein Rucksack ist in Miami - keine Ahnung wie der dort hingekommen ist. Naja, sie beruhigt mich wieder und meint er sei ganz sicher heute Abend in Cancun. Was das bedeutet kenne ich ja schon... Nach der Arbeit treffe ich mich wieder mit Alma. Ein Arbeitskollege von ihr, Manuél, geht mit uns zusammen zu Abend essen. Das Speisen sind wiederum sehr lecker - Tacos mit unterschiedlichen Fuellungen - dazu Horchata (ein ... read more

I'm writing this from my new laptop in a Vancouver Hostel, but more on that in the next edition! Just a little catch up on our last stop in Mexico. We arrived in Cancun to discover it really was different to Playa, just like everyone had told us!! My best analogy is Cancun is like the Gold Coast, and Playa del Carmen is Byron Bay. Checked into a nice hotel downtown, he gave us a better rate because we were there for 5 nights, which was a bonus. We still hadn't escaped the heat and humidity, and because we were staying downtown the concrete and bitumen made it feel even hotter. In Cancun it is a twenty minute bus ride to the beach and 'hotel zone' where all the big resort hotels are on the beach. ... read more

We got the super fast ferry from Isla Mujeres to Puerto Juraz and got a cab directly to Gaby Suites which is in downtown Cancun. Very nice hotel with fantastic modern bathrooms and large LCD tv on the wall…. sweet People had told us how Cancun was very Americanised but as we wandered around the downtown area it wasn’t really like that. The next day we got the free hotel minibus to Isla Cancun, the main hotel zone and found the luxury resorts, modern shopping malls, nightclubs and bars. We spent the day at a beach club (50MXN each includes towel, sunlounge, pool, etc) it was like a night club during the day, extra loud music, people sipping glamorous cocktails and drinking ice cold beers, we felt pressured to join in!! In the evening we checked ... read more

Friday 4.6.2010 day 233 I think we had a little too much sun today.... So we got up early today to make the most of our last day at this resort before we move on to a new resort tomorrow. So we found a fantastic spot under one of the little coconut huts and did some sunbaking and some swimming in the clear blue waters. We were out there a little longer than the other days and we got a little red but I tan really well so it should look fantastic tomorrow. Although I am feeling a little bad about the lack of site seeing we have done this week I am not too worried as we have a lot planed for the next few weeks. ... read more