Blogs from Quintana Roo, Mexico, North America - page 5

"I look best when I'm on holidays"...~ Heh heh. That's my opinion and my opinion only that I look best on holidays. Not sure Al concurs! Happy New Year! Bye bye 2018, and hello 2019. As I type this blog, there are many angry people at home in -30C weather. I'd like to tell you our weather isn't any great shakes here either but I'd be a big fat liar. We've been here 3 days and it's just perfect. Calm, little humidity, no rain, and lots of sun and about 29C. January can be a bit unpredictable in the Riviera Maya & at times windy. Mother Nature knew I was coming and put in a real nice order of sun for me. Oh what power I yield :) I wasn't planning on doing a blog this ... read more

Mexiko erreichten wir glücklicherweise ohne grössere Komplikationen. Unserer Tourguide hat uns erzählt dass er schon mehrere Stunden am Grenzübergang verbracht hat, da die Mexikaner alle Gepäckstäcke öffnen und alles genau auf Drogen überprüfen. Unsere Gepäckstücke wollten sie nicht kontrollieren, darum sind wir dann auch relativ schnell mal im kleinen Küstenstädtchen Mahahual angekommen. Mahahual ist sehr touristisch da viele grosse Kreuzfahrtschiffe dort täglich ankommen. Nach einem Tag am Strand ging es dann weiter nach Playa del Carmen. Einen kurzen Zwischenhalt legten wir in Tulum ein um Maya Ruinen zu besichtigen. Das war eigentlich der Plan, aber die Schlange beim Eingang war so lang dass wir dafür keine Zeit mehr hatten. Darum gingen wir dann halt zu einer Cenote. Cenoten sind eine Art Untergrund Swimming Pools welche durch einen Einsturz einer Höhlendecke enstanden sind und sich... read more

Today is our last full day in Mexico. Ian’s ankle is still sore but better than yesterday. Thank goodness we had anti-inflammatory tablets with us and we wrapped the foot up in the cold towels yesterday. It’s clearly swollen but Ian says not nearly as painful as it was before. We have a slow start to the day as we want to see whether Ian should be resting up or not. Ian decides we will go out. I go to the supermarket for our breakfast croissants and some bits for a packed lunch and we will go to the ferry for the Isla de Mujeres. One last chance to see the MUSA. On the island we can rent a golf cart and go to a snorkelling beach where three of the MUSA statues are submerged at ... read more

Today we take the public bus to the hotel area of Cancun. This is where all the beaches are and also where we can book up some scuba diving. It turns out to be very easy as the bus leaves from the main street just by our hotel. We manage to get the last two seats and settle in for a drive through rush hour traffic. We wanted to be at the scuba centre early before they go out diving for the day! Though there is quite a breeze and out to sea, some impressive white horses, so it’s not certain that diving won’t have been cancelled anyway! We arrive at the dive centre and book our dive at the ‘MUSA’ for tomorrow. It’s an underwater sculpture museum and an unusual dive that I didn’t want ... read more

This morning we have planned to return to Puente Esmerelda, the little cenote/lagoon along the beach from our accommodation. It is Sunday, so bound to be busy hence we have skipped breakfast and are ready to set off at 8.30am. The sky is overcast and it has been raining so it’s a pleasant temperature for walking. The beach near our accommodation is fairly deserted. There’s a group of youngsters who have obviously had a night of it. They sway past us exchanging a slurred ‘good morning’! There are also a few people casting fishing nets, though we don’t see much sign of a catch. Finally, we have the ‘beach rakers’. These are the men with the unenviable task of raking up seaweed to enable us holiday makers to enjoy a pristine beach. It’s a thankless and ... read more