Riu Lupita All Inclusive Playa del Carmen

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 first). This is were they first swim 2 1/2 miles, bike 112 miles and then do a marathon of 26.2 miles! The winner made it in just over 8 ...

We next moved south to Playa del Carmen (about 1 hour drive), originally a small fishing town, tourism began with the passenger ferry service to Cozumel, an island across the Cozumel Channel and world famous scuba diving destination.


While passing through, many people realized that it was a nice place to relax away from the crowds of Cancun with the same quality beaches and turquoise waters. Based on the hurricanes damage since ...

Today, my husband and I arrived in Cancun international airport after 6 hour flight from Seattle. No hassle going through immigration and custom. However, before going out from the airport, we were greeted by "friendly" people that were selling timeshare. They told us if we were going to use public transportation, they are the only one who can help us with it. I think that's a lie. Since we rent a car ...

Yucatan Cenote Guide: http://www.travelyucatan.com/div-2.htm Chac Mool (Claw of the Jaguar) Location: 22 km south of Playa Del Carmen/Almost across from Puerto Aventuras. Description: 2 cenotes. Large cavern zone with beautiful views of jungle from inside cavern. Open: 10-5 daily. Facilities: Bathrooms, Restaurant. Snorkeling: Yes. Larger of 2 cenotes offers view to large room. Entrance Fee: Yes. Ponderosa (El Eden) Location: 3 km south ...

... We all went out of dinner to a place called 100% natural which served lots of veggie food. I ordered a pita pizza which was tasty and also massive. Everyones meal took ages to arrive and it was quite expensive because tipping is compulsary and it was 15% extra. After the meal I went for a walk around the shops and got a drink in the chocolate cafe with the three teachers (2 Irish, 1 American).

I spent a couple of days in Playa just relaxing on the beach and cooling off in the crystal clear waters of the Caribbean Sea ...

Na een mooie maar heel vermoeiende tijd zijn we aangekomen op onze eindbestemming, Playa del Carmen. Eergister hebben we Guatemala verlaten en zijn we Belize ingegaan. Een mooi land waar we alleen maar heel weinig van gezien hebben want we zijn diezelfde dag doorgereden naar Mexico. Dat houdt in 4 grensovergangen op 1 dag. Guatemala uit was geen probleem, Annemarie kon al onze paspoorten in 1 keer laten stempelen en wij bleven ...

... After enjoying a couple of drinks and watching the turtles bob their heads in and out of the surf, we decide to head down to La Buena Vida for some dinner. There's nothing quite ...

... pesos (25 cents USD). We went out again to the Blue Parrotbar. Had to say goodbye to some of my friends who would leave early the next day ;( Sept 3rd....my cenotediving day!!! It was kind of disappointing...since the diving company did not show up at 9:00...in fact...they did not show up at all...at 9:30 I called them and did not get any good reply...so I went to their shop. To make a long story short...they use another company for the cenotediving...and that comapny had picked up ...