Blogs from Cancun, Quintana Roo, Mexico, North America - page 12

Thursday 3.6.2010 day 232 Sun and blue waters We organised our transfers to the next resort today and we looked in to some trips but decided it was better to do then at the next resort so we just hung out at the beach again all day. At night we went for a walk along the beach past some of the other resorts and checked out what they had. The sunset was fantastic and we saw the party boats heading out looking like Spanish galleon all lit up. After that we had a midnight swim in our pool even then it the water was still luke warm just as I like it. ... read more

Tuesday 1.6.2010 day 230 A day of jobs Today we had to send more info to the travel insurance re the volcanic ash. So we had to find a post office, not an easy thing to find in Mexico. We got the buss then had to walk about 10 blocks in the heat. Then try and post the letter that need to be weight without understanding Spanish. Eventually we got is sent and had an even longer walk back to the bus. We were encrusted when we got back so just hung out at the hotel. ... read more

Sunday 30.5.2010 day 228 Backpacking around the world is a tough job but someone has to do it. We woke up and could see the blue ocean and beach outside our window. F1 was on TV and we saw Mark Webber almost win the race if his team mate had not tyred to run him off the road. Then we decided to have a look around the hotel and check it our. So we went past the travel agent and gift shop had a look at the two restaurants and pool side bar and beach bar had a look at the pool and the birds (in the cage). It took us about 10 minutes to check out the hotel so we went for a walk along the beach and soon got to the deck chairs under ... read more

Nach einigen Startschwierigkeiten in Las Vegas, miteinbezogen das blöde „pm“ und „am“ und die tollen Kontrollen am Flughafen in Cancùn, war ich doch recht froh diesen Teil der Erde gesehen zu haben. Im Duden befindet sich ein Foto von Cancún neben dem Wort "Paradies". Die Fotos auf Facebook werden dem ganzen nicht gerecht, somit versuch ich euch mal meine Eindrücke zu beschreiben. Der erste Eindruck von Cancún: „heiß und schwül“. Unser Hotel genannt „Sotavento Beach and Yacht Club“, etwas außerhalb der Stadtmitte lokalisiert, und eine Erfahrung wert. Die befindet sich Lobby im Freien, kein Wunder bei der Hitze, und man wird nach dem Einchecken zum Zimmer geleitet. Das hat man auch Bitter nötig, denn der Weg der zu den Räumen führt ist links und rechts von Gebüsch umgeben. Man kommt sich vor wie im Dschungel und ... read more

Considering I spent the morning running around on a quest for bus tickets and taxis I was glad to have the afternoon lazing on the beach. I walked to the bus station, caught a taxi back and requested him to return which he did, after we'd been left standing on the dusty street with our bags for more than 20 minutes. Arriving at the bus station we filed onto the second class bus, only to find there wasn't a seat free. We eventually found one space and squeezed the two of ourselves and our bags into the space. We arrived in Cancun and found our hostel. In the earliest colonial sources the island of Cancún was originally known to its Maya inhabitants as Nizuc meaning either "promontory" or "point of grass". In the years after the ... read more