Blogs from Cancun, Quintana Roo, Mexico, North America - page 2

Spät aber doch, hier noch ein paar Notizen zu den wohl bekanntesten Touristendestinationen Mexikos: Cancún, Playa del Carmen und Isla de Mujeres. Vorab: In diesem Blogpost werde ich von ein paar sehr schönen hellgelben feinen Sandstränden an türkisblauem karibischem Meer berichten. Wer das gerade nicht ertragen kann, sollte vielleicht zum nächsten Kapitel springen und sich mit der Geschichte der Maya auseinandersetzen… CANCÚN In dieser bekanntesten Stadt der Yucatán-Halbinsel angekommen wurde ich gleich einmal belehrt, dass es neben dem Begriff Yucatán, den wir gemeinhin als Oberbegriff für die Halbinsel kennen, auch den Bundesstaat Yucatán gibt. Cancún allerdings liegt im Bundesstaat Quintana Roo, wodurch sie sich mit “Yucatán” nicht wirklich identifizieren, das ist eher der touristische Oberbegriff. Also Obacht. Ich wusste, dass Cancún sehr touristisch ist und dass ge... read more

As usual, I like to wrap up my trips with a run down of my favorite places, foods, people, etc. I'll also talk about my trip back home, since I didn't spend any time doing that in the immediate aftermath of the trip. It's been a few weeks since I went on the trip, so I feel it's a good time to reflect. My taxi for the airport in Cancun was a repeat performance by my favorite cabbie - the one who had taken me to the El Rey ruins on my first day in town. I was as surprised to see her and she was to see me. But there was another guy in the cab, in the front seat. And as usual, she was on the phone for most of the trip to the ... read more

Left Chichen Itza Noon time heading to what we thought to be a 3 drive on a sunny day to Cancun. Of Coarse we always go the scenic way and get a little lost, but we see more that way. Bonus great roads. 1st toll 143 pesos. Second toll 526 pesos. OOCH! to go only about 40 Kms into Cancun. Arriving a little later than planned and forgetting about another time change losing an hour we hit the friday rush and had to go clear through downtown to the RV Park that we had chosen for its location to every thing. But Moco Loco was having an event and they were full. So around we went through to the south in all that traffic again To Cancun RV Park of the south end. Far from the ... read more

I awoke our last full day in Cancun miserable. My stomach and intestines were sore and then some. I was wiped of energy and I think sporting a fever. I tried to relax that morning and prep for my Northrup Grumman interview between bathroom breaks. Lauren had told me about an app called Talkatone that allows you to call US numbers free through the internet. I downloaded it and called the one person I was sure to be home and free at this time of day, my dad. Unfortunately the call to the house phone didn't work but to his cell phone did. He tried to help me use Skype to get to the landline but I couldn't figure it out. I tried the number they provided for Northrup Grumman and luckily it worked with Talkatone. ... read more

Another early morning, yey! I woke up dreaming of hockey and realized I hadn't booked a distillery tour for this upcoming weekend so I sent Alex to the bathroom whi!e I did that. Then I headed in to get ready. 2 seconds later Alex was telling through the door that we were running late and needed to leave ASAP. So a quick rush through my routine and off we went. I snagged our bag of pastries from the kitchen on the way out. It was chilly! The rain from the day before ble away the humidity and left a breeze. I was wishing for my jacket by the time we made it to the hotel for pick up. Once we got there, I pulled out a pastry while waiting for the Go Mexico bus ( we ... read more