We left NYC on American Airlines. I had to laugh at the old dears who were working on the plane, Jaysus they really didnt wanna be there. Your wan looked like she was an old 60 (and im being kind) year old with pearls to beat the band and the New yYk accent like "yeah darl" " no darl, you gotta pay for that" lark. I just slept and listed to Dublin Gospel Choir (yeahhh) on my iphone.
We arrived in Cancun and as soon as the doors opened, whoooosh, the hot hot HOT air hit you. It was lush.
We got our taxi to the ferry port about an hour away called Playa Del Carmen and across we went to an Island called Cozumel. My lovely sis and her hubbie as a wedding present gave us 3 days on this island so we were thrilled with ourselves and off we went (thanks kids) As we got to the ferry port, it was your classic carribbean water stuff you think about - pure green water with loads of fishies swimming around. Gorge.
When we arrived in Cozumel, we were staying at the Occidental Grand. NICE! It was fab and we were entertained by the people all the time we were there. It was an all inclusive place ye see. describe them? Mostly American, very loud, and drank ALL day. Yup, a Mai thai for brekkie, a pina colada for lunch and 2 litres of margaritas for dinner. Makes for a nice crowd, ahem.....We laughed at the state of them falling around the place and just being loud out. Having said that, we had our own lovely cocktails too, Mal on his infamous Mojitos and me on the Cosmos. We ,met a lovely couple from Texas, a body builder from New Orleans (couldnt help myself by asking him, so how much do you bench he he) - his muscles were el mucho grande. At the end of the 3 days, I was behind the bar making the best cosmo in town.
We stayed 3 nights and lay by the pool and beach during the day - it was crazy hot so a lot of the time under the shade. I felt it when I put my foot out from under the umbrella and it felt el scorchio. A few Americans were like 'Jees darl, I hope you gotta high factor for your skin'. Erm yeah thanks for the reminder!! Needless to say it was factor 60 all round and we've been grand so far, no burning, dont plan to either.
Took a local boat out to the Palacar Reef and did some brilliant snorkeling for a couple of hours. Was brilliant to see all the diff types of colourful fish and the water was pure green and visibilty was 100%. Very lcuky to be able to do that. As we were coming back into shore, I asked the guide about a massive big house on the shore. Oh thats the guy who founded Corona beer ...some have the life!!
So with our bellies full and our skin just getting used to the hot Mexican sun, we headed back inland to Playa Del Carmen for a night. Its about 2 hours south of Cancun and pretty built up. Think Costa Del Sol on the Carribean......loads of English there and dunno why they go so far to get what you can get in europe (minus the green water). As we walked along the strip, there all the dudes saying 'hello miss, you come into my shop'. There are only some many Mexican Sombreros a girl needs! We couldnt believe the humidity. As soon as you go outside your t-shirt sticks to you. After juggling with this a day, we soon realised,. you tend to stay by the beach as much as you can or go indoors where there is AC. its a must. Having discussed the pros and cons with Mal my new hubbie (woooo woooo!) of having ridiculously heavy rain jackets with me from Ireland and a bulging packpack, I decided to ship them back home in a package to Dublin along with a few things of Mals and off we went. (classic, I needed my rain jacket 4 days later, I'm off to buy one in the airport ha)
Tulum next down south..
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