Hotel Xul-ha Isla Mujeres

We made it to Mexico after 30 hours of travel. We had a great feast of mexican last night while listening to a mariachi band play and the flambe waiters make all sorts of desserts, coffees and lobster. It felt great to sit in the humid heat and be on vacation.

My pina coloada was the length of my arm! Watched Buffalo clobber ...

... of the bus and wait. So we did, while he walked back to his little man's throne of prickness and gossiped with everyone about the stupid gringo who tries to put a local man out of a job by putting his own bag on the bus. God forbid.

Eventually the bus driver came and started the engine. Getting anxious now I went to put the bags on the bus just as the baggage porter arrived to watch me put them in the compartment. Nice.

So we were off, me fuming about the ...

... to hide also and with regret the guide said we had to go back. However, just as we were about to go one of the guys on the boat saw one shark just below the surface. It was one of the big ones, probably about 9 meters long. We finished off the second round of dives and I lined up for a third.

This time the guide stayed in the water so he could keep an eye on where he shark was and we jumped in to swim up to him. As I started swimming I could see ...

... doesn’t sound so great, so I ask when I can actually reserve a seat. The reply is Dec. 26th. Yikes.

So a bunch of us try to go standby on Delta, but that is terrible and they only accept 2 people off the list. A couple of us are really worried about making it to Nashville so we get together and decide that we might try renting a car. So we take the shuttle to various rental agencies and finally find a place that will let us rent a ...

Our final week was spent on Isla Mujeres, a small island a 30 minute boat ride from Cancun. Despite the island being small we didn't really see much of it as most of our time was spent in the hostel, on the beach or walking along the promenade that led to the supermarket. Laura was with us for our first few days before she left our again bed bug-infested dorm to head back to Cancun for her flight. Most of our time ...

... uns schnell auf zum baden. das wasser ist echt warm, wenn auch nicht ganz so warm wie in venezuela, aber sehr angenehm. erfrischt machen wir uns wieder auf in den "club med of the hostels" (lonely planet) und ruhen uns aus. wir hoeren musikrichtungen aus mehreren richtungen, was uns sagt, dass unser paradies wohl echt wie malle ist. die hotels ueberall, touristen oben ohne ...

I often have couples in my office asking for advice on vacation destinations and i never hesitate to recommend the Mayan Riviera, so why mexico? The weather was perfect, our resort was incredible and it ...

... of the day, we set out at the hottest point of the day, which quickly gave way to a windy rainstorm just before we reached the southern tip of the island. Already drenched and covered with blown sand, we waited it out in the shelter of a porch, then explored the area. Earlier, we stopped at a ¨granja de tortugas¨ (literally sea turtle farm) where they breed them for conservation purposes. There was a tank with thousands of hatchlings and even ...

... it was called discotecq bumbum. Wasnt that inspiring so after a bit of reggaeton dancing we left in search of better discotecqs. After long discussions with locals we ended up visiting the nightclub in plaza las americas. Apparently flash. The cover was 60 pesos a person which every other local happily paid except us. (6us in mexico. no thanks). Somehow Thomas (the german) talked the guy into letting us in 2 for 1. He eventually agreed, but somehow in the ...

Cancun!
Una hermosa ciudad, arruinada por el afan de lucro y el turismo desmedido, los hoteles en la playa como una selva de concreto. En este maravilloso lugar entre por primera vez a Mejico, pero esta tan enfocado al turismo que se pierden las tradiciones y costumbres locales. Disfrutamos en familia de las maravillsosas playas, de la comida, de la bebida no pude porque era chico todavia y ni me interesaba. Pero ...