Mayan Paradise
Travel Blogs from Playa del Carmen
Let's Get This Party Started!
... first beers and headed up to the top of the catamaran to enjoy the sunshine and the beautiful blue water. But it was really windy and we were headed right into it. So much so that the first few times I tried to drink my beer, the wind made it spill. After that I learned to turn around and put my back to the wind when I wanted to drink.
It was actually pretty awesome, standing in the sun and watching the barren Mexican coastline go by. And the crew members ...
El Tigre
... brekkie. We found a yogurt bar and each had frozen yogurts covered in fruit!!! For those of you who dont know me, Im a frozen yogurt fiend although I dont get to treat myself to it enough. Especially not any this good, or surrounded with mango, strawberries, and dragonfruit. Drool.
On the way back to our hostel we found a tiger cub! Knowing Mike has an infatuation with tigers, and he treated me to ...
No ticket, no taco
... relaxing times, hence relaxed state of mind..well, who would've guessed that a flight before ours would be entirely canceled filling the departure terminal to capacity with those re-booking - the lines being so enormous that it was inevitable we'd miss our check-in deadline. Great start! Luckily, good old American Airlines came to the party and helped us out with a later flight that would still get us to our connecting flight from Dallas with time to spare. So, no need ...
Witchcraft and pig's blood stew anyone? Anyone???
... I didn't buy anything here as, like I said before, I don't need anymore stuff. I'm trying to downgrade the amount of useless stuff in my life as it is so why add to it? What I really want to see is shopping as the locals do it, so I asked if we could see Mercado #23. Interesting it was! I was the only non-mexican there so I had alot of folks look twice at me, obviously wondering why the whitey was on their turf. The pots of ready made food ...
Playa del Carmen
... Mujeres - un peu plus développée et comptant - tout de même - 117 habitants !... Après de gros travaux d'aménagement, le nouveau centre balnéaire mexicain était né et prêt à recevoir ses premiers touristes. Aussi, il ne demandait qu'à se développer rapidement. L'endroit répondait au doux nom de... Cancún !
En 1993, cette dernière arrive déjà à ses limites capacitives (pour info, il y ...