Blogs from Cancun, Quintana Roo, Mexico, North America - page 9

Day 1 Feeling the wheels of the plane land against the tarmac knowing that we have safely arrived after just over 18 hours of travelling from cold old south London to the humid heat of Cancun, Mexico we step off the plane where I finally get a chance to stretch my legs after being stuck by the window so I could give Rach the chance to rest against me while she sleeps. Going down the escalator I'm greeted by a 10 foot plastic spiderman which is promoting Coco Bongos a night club Rach has non stop been going on about. Approaching passport patrol I could see the woman had a stern look on her face so I decided to use my charm; I put on my awarding smile and approached her passports in hand. "Hola," I ... read more

Again, not much to say here as we spent the last few days of basking in the hot sun, swimming, pina coladas and a trip to an island in the mix. We caught a ferry from downtown Cancun and headed to Isla Mujeres to swim in a different clear blue water. We arrived on the island and hired a golf cart, thus ending up hooning around the island like race car drivers… driving 20km (a fast 20km). I actually raced the golf cart and beat it.... maybe becuase im that fast. The island was beautiful, with clear blue water on all sides and was so warm to swim in. after a spot of sunbathing we headed back to Cancun, only to have another swim before we headed out for a few drinks. While out having our ... read more

Monday We greeted Monday morning with a free breakfast because Manuel agreed to listen to information about the property we are on. Rebekah and Manuel own a timeshare within the group that we are at but, of course, the owners always want the people to own how they could "improve" their ownership so for an hour of time we got a free breakfast. I enjoyed fried bananas which I had not had before. They were quite yummy! After breakfast we caught a shuttle to Mercado Venteocho...Market 28. It is a Mexican flea market in downtown Cancun. There are two parts two Cancun: downtown and the hotel zone. Downtown is where you will find more of the Mexican type shopping. The hotel zone is where a lot of the tourists shop. Again, Manuel was priceless in the ... read more

The journey from the UK to Mexico was long and I watched some films which were refreshingly unabridged (of note: 'Black Swan' - 8/10 - lots of wierd lesbian action which was a bit uncomfortable to watch bearing in mind everyone could see my screen and 'The King's Speech' - 9/10 - as good as everyone bangs on about, Helena Bonham Carter completely steals it as the Queen Mum). As a tip to anyone travelling to Cancun, you can do a lot worse than pre-booking your hostel/hotel transit with Best Day . You pay 22 USD online. When you approach them, they give you a travel brochure and plonk you to your hostel. They were very understanding about the fact that I was feeling mental and jet-lagged. I am staying in a marvellous hostel called Hostel ... read more

Endlich mal wieder ausgeschlafen, und fast das Frühstück verpasst. Dann die wichtigen Gespräche mit zu Hause geführt und zum Mittagessen wieder das 60 Pesos Büffet. Danach bin ich dann mit dem Bus Richtung Hotelzone und den Stränden. Mein Hostel liegt direkt in Cancun in der Stadt und die Hotelzone beginnt am Stadtrand und führt an der Küste entlang etwa 20 Kilometer weit bis fast zum Flughafen. Die Hotelzone ist eine Ansammlung von Bettenburgen für die Touristen. Das einzig Positive ist, das dort die besten Strände sind. Ich war am Strand Chac Mool. Das Wasser ist azurblau und der Strand sehr schön, wenn mann sich die Hochhäuser wegdenkt. Auf einer Seite ist eine künstliche Barriere von Betonklötzen angelegt und bildet so was wie eine Lagune, wo wenig Wellen sind. An der Straße durch die Hotelzone sind die ... read more