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Playa del Carmen Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Playa del Carmen, Mexico
Home life, and cleaning
... he is a nice-looking chap (very tall by Mexican standards, as his proud father pointed out when I said I wouldn't find a husband in Mexico as the men are too short) and has a good job in the tourist industry. There is also a baby that appears ...
Playa del Carmen
We left Cancun and the OOC American students of Spring Break 2011 and arrived in Playa del Carmen (1 hour by bus) and loving it. It's got a really chilled out, laidback vibe and lots of beach bars offering 2 for 1 all over the place. We are getting ...
Shop til we drop
... as I am starving, Drew is still sleeping. I sit out on the balcony and as it is only about 7.30am, all is calm in Playa Del Carmen. The ocean is like glass and I can't get over how crystal clear it is. I am looking forward to trying out my ...
Tulum
In the morning at 8 we drove down to Tulum to see the Mayan ruins overlooking the carribean sea. The heat was very intense. We went for a swim and the water was really clear, blue and reasonably warm. The ruins were amazing and we saw some ...
Along the coast to the next Beachtown
Following the coast you come to the next Beachtown, Playa del Carmen, bit smaller than Cancun but with lots more flair. The hostel Maria Sabina is in a three storey house and the rooms are equipped with AC, TV and a bathroom and in the second storey, ...
The Playa
Arriving late evening in Playa de Carmen, the cobbled streets were buzzing with activitey. Where Cancun is just huge and a bit over the top, Playa de Carmen bases itself around 4sq km and is literally jam packed with funky bars and restaurants. ...
Vacation from Vacation
we enjoyed a few days here in this beach town, with the most beautiful and picture perfect swimming beach on our trip so far. Great Tacos and good Mexican beer ...
Adios Playa
OK so here's my last day here in Playa. I was fortunate enough to be offered a job in hip and happenin' Mexico City which I am so excited about. I've heard a few horror stories though so let's see how it goes. Had fun here in Playa and will most certainly ...
Arrival
well, I have made it to Mexico. Relatively stress-free journey yesterday - after my delightful Miami stopover, I arrived in Playa del Carmen last night after being up for 24 hours straight (and I only got about 2 hours' sleep on Saturday in the end) so ...
Visit of Cozumel
... for a few drinks at a hotel on the waterside.. We stayed there 17:30 to walk back and take the 18:00 ferry back to Playa del Carmen.. When we arrived back, we slowly walked down Avenue 5 to our hotel.. We arrived to our hotel around 20:00.. Had a ...
More of Playa & off to Cozumel
Day 2 & 3 of Playa Del Carmen Mexico Day 2 began with Andrew refusing to wake up or get up due to the lack of sleep the night before. So I tossed and turned and got up around 9.30am and it wasn't until 11.30 am that Andrew’s time clock ...
Mexico - Turtles, Tacos and Tourists!
... shocks) before dining on watermelon and beer! The following day we really entered the heart of Touristy Mexico, namely the beach resort Playa del Carmen. It was very different from the previous places we had been to although we must admit the ...
SCUBA DIVING!!!
... . On our way back home we walked around the island that we scuba dived at, which is about half an hour ferry ride from Playa del Carmen called Cozumel. We walked past shops full of tourist stuff and the best comment was made by the last guy at a tourist ...
Playa del Carmen and Akumal
Hola, como estais? Tak vas vitam u dalsiho pokracovani sve expedice. Vcera jsem byl v Playa del Carmen, coz je mestecko na jih od Cancunu. Skvele misto na party. :) Odtud jsem pak jel s dvema holkama a jednim klucinou (vsichni z Nemecka) do zelvi ...
My trusty steed
I have rented this bike from my school and I love it. Playa is sunny and all the streets are on a grid system, so I can coast to school with no fear of getting lost or falling into a puddle. I cycle very cautiously, but am starting to notice that ...
Hulemannen Hjalmar og andre dyr i hakkebakkeskogen
... stedet da orkanen Mathew var paa vei i stor hastighet mot Belize. Loesningen ble aa ta en baat til Chetumal i Mexico og videre med buss til Playa del Carmen. For aa si litt om denne saakalte orkanen, saa er dette en tropisk storm som har utviklet seg til ...
Last stop in Mexico - Talum, Party time again!
... nights out !... we made our own party on the beach... and came back the next morning.. bloody good few days before leaving mexico. I also visited the local ruins, with wild iguanas everywhere. I wopuld of left 2 days ago, but my laundry was ...
7000 avocados later...
... coast of the Yucutan, or was i in America - it was hard to tell! Boy oh boy oh boy. Cancun and to a lesser extent Playa del Carmen and Tulum i aint joking when i say you could be in America. In Cancun you can pay for everthing in dollars, speak only in ...
Settling in to resort life
... we had a great time touring up the peninsula in one. When we got tired of the beach we took a quick drive into Playa del Carmen to book our Scuba Diving courses for the week. I had dove several times in Cuba but still required my open water ...
Turquoise waters of Tulum and beautiful Playa
... Beautiful Belize and entering Mexico. Enduring the 2nd class Belize buses was tiring and we were all glad once we reached Playa del Carmen and our air con rooms. We headed to 5th Ave, Playa´s main shopping street where we browsed the numerous touristy ...
Playa del Carmen -- Xcaret
Friday January 6, 2006 YAH!! We had a place to sleep.....we are staying in a hostel that is 2 blocks off the main tourist area, Avienda 5th. It´s a nice little place, VERY white -- makes us looks darker than we are (if that is possible). Arrived ...
Beach!
... busride by night, its like a butchersdelivery the meet is not supposed to get too hot. (same aircon stuff as asia). Playa del Carmen is a typical holiday place for X+¿* ;-) like a nice "Ballermann". No actually not so bad but coming from a nice ...
Our final day :>(
For our last day at the resort we decided to head into Playa del Carmen for some gift shopping in the morning on 5th ave. Prices were competetive so we were able to get some nice birthday gifts for family and souvenirs for our kids. It was back to ...
Day Three
... flops for Sara. They were ready for the beach now and we were ready for a cold beer, so we stopped in at La B del M where they had some nice tropical sounds playing. When the band took a break, we head some other live music playing ...
Love affair with Everywhere-PDC
... let me know....if you just wanna write something, do that too....enjoy :) Here we go. post #1 Let's start with Playa del Carmen...... Playa del Carmen--one of the most beautiful places on the yucatan coast and definitely one of my fave beach ...
Ikke lenger alene...
... reserveregulator som en hund i baand. Ganske morsomt for mine oyne. Generelt kan vel dykkelokasjonene utenfor stranden i Playa Del Carmen sies aa vaere langt nede paa skalaen, saerlig naar man nettopp har kommet fra Belize og opplevde noen av ...
Tulum
Jan 6th - Only 1 full day in Playa Del Carmen, and I went with Terry to the Mayan ruins on the beach in Tulum, which is beautiful, a fantastic setting, slightly more picturesque than the English beaches!! The area is beautiful with the ruins set on ...
Cozumel, Mexico
Jesse, Sophia, and I had a blast in Cozumel doing the Amazing Race Cozumel. The game took us all over the place and was really put together well. Seriously ...
Resort Day!
No diving today so it was our day to hang out at the resort. The skies had cleared and we were again off to the beach to swim and then to the pool. Met up with a lovely couple from Wisconsin so we floated around visiting with them. Before we knew it we ...