From Playa del Carmen we headed west to a city called Merida, and quite frankly, I can't think of anything positive to say about it ... well maybe one thing ... it has some gorgeous old buildings. Merida was extremely hot and dry, noisy, polluted and grotty. I guess we were there on a bad day. These Mexicano's really need to learn how to dispose of rubbish thoughtfully, and that doesn't only apply to Merida. Our first intention was to spend a few days there though one night was sufficient, and we we're back on that out-bound bus the next morning. So we headed east to lovely Americanized Cancun, then got a boat to Isla Mujeres, another gorgeous island surrounded by clear waters, reef and white sand. Very shabby. The slow pace of the Isle was
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