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Playa del Carmen Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Playa del Carmen, Mexico
A diving we shall go.
... breakfast was not served until 7:00 am. We had to be at our dive shop at 8:00 am so we quickly ate and headed off to Playa del Carmen and Scuba Playa. On the advice from staff we parked our car three blocks up in the Wal Mart underground parking. We ...
Celebrations in the Yucatan!!
Let the celebrations begin!! In the true spirit of the holidays we all come together in the sun, sand, and surf to fiesta in the name of a wedding and no less than four birthdays!! An amazing time!! The resort was a wonderland for adults - ...
Hola Mexico
Hola Amigos, como estas?! So i finally made it to Mexico in one piece. I´ve decided to undertake a CELTA course which is Teaching English as a foreign language. I arrived last night into Cancun and got to my Mexican host family´s house that evening. ...
Island Life
We made our way via ferry from the mainland over to Cozumel (about 30 minutes) found a hotel and hit the town for some window shopping and drinks. We happened to arrive on the day they were having an “Ironman” race on the island (their ...
Playa del Carmen and Cozumel
Got to playa del carmen to find my shitty little room in a shitty little hostel. BUT what an awesome group of people. We sat around the communal area every night, drinking, chatting, playing poka. It was heaps of fun! Then I spent the days ...
Farming, falling out, fisticuffs and flouncing
... part of my trip ended yesterday. There wasn`t much fanfare, and I'm now kicking my heels in the tourist trap of Playa del Carmen, waiting for when I can jump on a plane down to Colombia, most of which the Foreign Office advises against all but essential ...
Starting my new Intrepid tour
I woke up to another beautiful day in Playa del Carmen. After spending the morning catching up on my travel blog and packing my stuff, it was time to move to the starting point of my Intrepid tour. The hotel was only a couple of blocks away, called Hotel ...
Merida to Playa, via Chichen Itza
... forget) construction. We left Chichen Itza at about 11.30am, and from then had a couple of hours on the road to Playa Del Carmen, for our final night of the trip. Playa is very different from where we have been of late - it is packed with ...
Land of Tequila....My Happy Place!
... atmosphere. We dropped off my bag and set out on the town. Only a block away was the main pedestrian street of Playa del Carmen, which was lined with restaurants and shops as far as you could see. Even though it was a little overwhelming, it wasn't ...
Playa, playa del Carmen
... meme si ca me fait bizarre de passer autant de tps avec des francais j y etais plus habitue! On est donc sorti le sur Playa del Carmen...ensuite l 1 aeu sa CB bloque...peut pu retirer d argent..et l autre a "oublie" sa carte dans le distributeur..je dois ...
My Kinda Place
Playa del Carmen, Mexico - July 19th - 25th, 2007 Day 65 Well after a good rest and reducing my frustration level I was eager to get on the plane for Mexico. A decent flight, the in-flight movie was Blades of Glory (Will Ferrell) so I got to ...
Playa, Tulum and Cenote Diving
This is a top pick! ... girl (Amy), and two Canadians – one guy (Collin), one girl (Raisa). Sunday was only a short travel day down to Playa del Carmen to start our tour – just over an hour. Playa is more of traditional beach resort in comparison with Cancun – ...
playa del carmen
After jumping on 4 aeroplanes and travelling in the skies for over 2 days we have finally arrived in playa del carmen about an hour out of cancun. The flights over were very tiring but we managed to make our way to venice beach in LA during our 12 hour ...
Party Beach Town
Well the party beach town of Playa del Carmen was full of Americans who had decide to take a trip from Cancun. There was some cheap beer available and there was also some cheap food but I decided to stay only one night. I knew that I could spend my time ...
Mexico
Day: 60 Location: Playa del Carmen, Mexico From the air Mexico City appears vast and clogged with traffic. On the ground I couldn't work out if it was the altitude (2200m) or the pollution making me feel short of breath. With a ...
Bir Meksika Klasiği Playa Del Carmen
... yarımadasının üçüncü büyük yerleşim alanı. Eski bir balıkçı kasabası olan Playa del Carmen Karayip denizinin turkuaz suları ve altın rengi kumsalı , Cozumel . Excaret ve Çiçinitza ...
Honeymoon in Playa del Carmen
... wasn't too bad either. It was maybe 300-400 meters down to the beach and about the same to get to the main street in Playa del Carmen (called 5th avenue). The first thing when we did when we got to the hotel at 1 am was to go straight to bed of ...
Playa del Carmen and the Mayan Riveria
... !) before we go the airport to fly up to Washington DC to see Phil, Alla and Aaron. We've had a fabulous time here in Mexico - it has been hard - especially the language factor. I so wish I had learnt more Spanish before we came as our basic Spanish just ...
Cenote adventure
... ate bowlfuls of tropical fruit. Mitch and Katy showed their monkey skills by attempting to reach the coconuts. Got back to Playa for even more shopping and had a yummy dinner in our favourite bagel restaurant! -Maddy and ...
Paradise Mayan Style......
... truely beautiful, the staff never stopped working. Activities on and off the Resort/Hotel: Had a quiet week, spent an aftenoon in Playa, $15 US per person, shopping has really become upscale the last few years! I celebrated my birtyhday, we came to the ...
A lazy day in paradise, Playa Del Carmen continues
... bottle of wine (which isn’t very good) and sit out on the balcony, watching the water, thoroughly mesmerized. Now Playa Del Carmen is heavily populated with American tourists and I have to tell you they can be loud and I am a little over ...
CELTA TEFL in playa del carmen
... , steve, andy and charlie......with all the drop ins......lee, libby even and tim...building bridges itself......rachael, alejo, carmen, lyndon...then there was marta!! and plans for tulum...well that was interesting as indeed is the cinny backdrop which ...
Playa Del Carmen
Playa was really nice after Cancun. It feels a bit like Noosa in Qld or some other boutique town on a nice beach. Dave did a lot of diving, he went to a Cenote and to Cozumel. I hung out at the beach club and had massages. It was ...
Holiday Time.....
This was our holiday before the backpacking really got going. Playa Del Carmen is, or was, a pleasent little fishing town on the coast. The beach was fantasic with its dazzling white sand and crystal clear shallow waters. The ...
Playa del carmen
A real resort town. As we arrived a street festival was just finishing. Beautiful costumes and plenty of commotion. We took a wander down the main street. Loads of bars and restuarants. All the guys out front trying to get you in. The streets were ...
A little bit of sun
... someone else, and need some down time to just sit and do nothing, think of nothing, and just veg out. Sunday we headed to Playa del Carmen. It was nice for John and I to be back there and to reminisce about our time there a few years ago (I ...
School on the beach
... there is really pretty and we still had a good time. The school offered a cooking class in the evening. We made tacos del pastor. I didn't really understand what the meat was (yes, the cooking class was held in Spanish), but the tacos tasted really ...