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La Ibiza De Las Americas
From Tulum, we travelled up the Quintana Roo coast for about an hour on another very comfy bus. Sod's law that our shortest journeys were on the nicest buses. No matter - we arrived in the town of Playa del Carmen, our last stop, and couldn't have felt more relaxed.
Playa del Carmen is probably the sort of place that splits opinions. For …
Farming, falling out, fisticuffs and flouncing
The first 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 travel to.
But then that's a large part of the appeal. Pez Maya was an amazing …
Lets get this show on the road
Finally landed in Cancun!!! Met the guys at the bus terminal at downtown Cancun. I have never been so happy to see Maccers and Sean, big hugs all round and the start of my Central/South America trip has begun.
A quick debate followed and we decided to move on straight to Playa Del Carmen. A quick 1.5 hour trip and we arrived at a chilled …
Mexico.. and how I've afforded it REVEALED!!
I'm beginning to think that maybe the reason I don't take many flights is because I pretty much suck at it. I booked my flights to Cancun - apparently a different day to what I meant luckily it didn't matter so I just changed my accommodation. Then I booked my flight home, 10 days out from when I meant it to be. I don't know what I was thinking!!! As I fly out of New York it's not like I can just stay 10 days extra... unless I sell a kidney.. tempting.. thanks to a bit ...
Cozumel and the great scooter adventure
... of the intersections are uncontrolled and take on a "he who is bigger or more aggressive" has the right of way. Even pedestrians have to fight through sidewalk areas as it's common for a train of cars to keep coming. Another interesting thing is the road construction. Detours consisted of nothing more than a few cones blocking the road and a few more dividing the othe side. You are expected to divert to the opposing direction. There was quite a bit of ...
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