Cancun suggestions?
 

Long story short...last minute trip to Cancun this Monday, return Thursday. Any suggestions on what or what not to do...things to definitely do, things to avoid or look out for. Much appreciated. Thanks

Dont drink the water! :D

Hayaku just went there earlier this year:
http://www.xoutpost.com/showthread.ph...ghlight=cancun

I am also heading down there in a couple weeks. Found this to be helpful when planning my vacation:
http://cancun-hotels.tripadvisor.com...Vacations.html

Have a good trip!

JV

where are you staying?

if at palace resorts hotel, they have full reverse osmosis water filtrations systems so the water is safe.

i liked chichen itza pyramids (tourist call it chicken pizza) up to 3-4 hours away depending on where you hotel is. Tulum is another archeological site about 2 hours away.

i found the shopping town of Playa Del Carmen full of nothing to buy...

otherwise, the water is fantastic... scuba and snorkelling is a must. you can even swim with dolphins at a certain park...

i may be going back again this december =)

Check out Coco Bongo's
 

I took my family to Cancun in April over spring break. We had a great time. Not sure if your into the night club but http://www.cocobongo.com.mx/ is something to see. They do these shows which are truly amazing. My 16 year old daughter meet some girls down there that got us (my wife, me and her) into the VIP area and it was a blast. The place does not get going till around midnight and keeps going till 4 a.m. Jimmy Buffet's restaurant is pretty cool also. We took the kids 16 , 14 , and 10 to swim with the Dolphins at Atlantida (www.parquenizuc.om), they had a great time. Enjoy your trip.

Playa del Carmen area (40 mins south from Cancun airport)
 

Was in Playa Del Carmen a couple of months ago. Stayed at one of the many little family run hotels - a delight ! 100 yards from beach, 20 yards from dive center. There are many smaller, good value hotels and several small 'boutique' hotels that are truly fabulous, very modern rooms etc - but US 5* prices !

1) Playa Del Carmen took full hit on recent hurricane; but it is a neat little town. Kinda touristy and lots of tourist crap in the daytime. But by night; there are some good bars, excellent restuarants, GOOD live music too. Its smallish and not the vast hotel-plaza of Cancun and theres plenty of well-off Mexicans enjoying the more classy places. Personally, 'full service resorts' make me clostrophobic; so the place suited me just fine.

2) Day trip to Cozumel is easy for some of the best clear water diving (check on post hurriacane situ) around. I'm BSAC instructor/PADI OWSI (not my profession !) and PM me if you want any more diving info.
If you are into diving, a cenote dive is not to be missed.

3) Chichen Itza is a must. Its a full day trip by bus. Tours tend to be cheap but insist on taking you to shops/'free' breakfast at timeshare sales place enroute in the hope you'll buy stuff and you end up with only 2 hrs at the pyramids. If you have 4 people; bargain hard and just rent a private taxi for the day to enjoy your own schedule. Works out at same cost but with great flexibility.

4) Taxis are everywhere; but know that the rates of taxis at the 'resorts' are far higher than a little friendly bargaining at the local taxi hang out will achieve.

5) Many 'open' wi-fi spots in Playa del Carmen - so you can keep in touch with X5World :-). I used 'Skype' on my powerbook to talk for free to US and UK.

Enjoy,

PC