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Effing Phobias & The Great Banana Hunt
So I'm alone tonight in Playa del Carmen. I've been dating this fabulous man who happens to be claustrophobic and has never been on an plane--despite that within him lies a truly adventurous spirit.
When I mentioned that I was planning to rent my house out to a snowbird and bum around the Yucatan for a couple weeks and invited him to come …
Spending the day as an honorary Mexican
... Basically spent the day in the sea, drinking beer, playing a bit of volleyball (managed to hit a couple of people-oops) and listening to the music from the bar. Kind of reminded me of phi phi!
After we headed for a drink with Perla's french friend Nicholas (who works in the dolphin park here, I pointed out I didn't agree with it and he said that while he didn't also he thought it was basically the same as having cats ...
It's Mexico captain, but not as we know it
... of the 'eco' parks that line the coast for 30 or 40 kms either side. These parks are really just Disney style theme parks with a nature angle to them and a Disneyland price to match. We gave them a miss. Instead we spent our time in Playa visiting the beach, gawking at the (very) scantily clad beach goers, finding the right place to eat, deciding who had the best mojitos and walking past the shops selling Mexican handicrafts for roughy 3 to 5 times the cost ...
Paradise in Playa
... for a few days after travelling through the 'true' Mexico! We booked into quite a nice hotel for three nights as we knew we had some roughing it coming up and spent our first full day relaxing at a beach club, swimming in the gorgeous sea and eating lots of fresh fruit and frozen yoghurt :)
On our second day, we booked onto a day of diving as we had heard that the neighbouring island of Cozumal is fantastic for its marine life. So we bought ...
Cozumel.. I will be back.
... so we had a beautiful view in the mornings and evenings when we were in the room.
The Hotel was a little over a mile from Downtown Cozumel and a very easy walk. We often opted out of a cab when we went downtown to shop or dine.
What really made Cozumel shine for us was not the downtown area or shopping but getting out and exploring what the island had to offer.
One of the best days ...
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