4 Nights in Playa del Carmen (Playa as it's known locally) full of food, especially seafood and drinks, roof top pool and late nights in this party town. Manage to check out a Cenote as well.
Is this known as Party Playa yet?
Made our way to the ferry terminal in Isla Mujeres which is about a 4 block walk. Ferry for $14 USD to Cancun, a $6 USD taxi to the Colectivos (Vans) to Playa which cost $3 USD finished with 12 min walk to our fantastic apartment with rooftop sitting pool. A perfect 4 days of fun and relaxation on the mainland.
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| Nice contrast |
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| Anavyantas, little slower and not any cheaper |
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| But definitely less people |
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| Heading to Cancun |
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| Chau Isla Mujeres |
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| Speed vs finess |
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| In to the big city of Cancun. |
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Don't take the back seat!
Crammed like this for 1 hr or more. |
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| Hot walk, but happy to be off that bus/van/colectivo. |
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| Roof top area, so nice |
Great spot in Playa; Petit Maguey
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| I can live with this |
Tight beach area, not sure that's the best part of Playa. I am sure the hotel brochures are sexier than the actual beach fronts they boast. Beware!
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| Big hotel - Grand Hyatt |
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| Busy And this is at the end of the day. |
Possibly my favourite lunch spot ever! Chiletin has a great vibe, great seafood and good drinks to get a guy back on track. A tribute to Chiletin.
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| Soup shooter to start. Ojo Rojo - Red Eye |
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| Tuna Burger |
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| 2 Ojo Rojos is better than one |
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Like coming back from the bathroom
to your food, except sub in "the Pool" |
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| Tostados, so tasty and only $2.5 each |
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| Hey guys, "concrete anchor bolts" |
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| Too spicy! Shrimp cocktail - "Aguachile" |
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| Shot from next door hostel tower bar |
Enjoying a swim before lunch...at the restaurant...nice
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| Perfect |
Other moments around town.
Recommend: Chiletin for eating seafood, La Perla Pixan for authentic Mayan food, La Ranita for drinks, La Changla for live music.
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Ran in to my old boss Grant and
Tracy (Entec) on the street. |
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Dancing girls outside a $55 all you can
drink bar. "Mandala" |
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| Out front of a live music bar "La Changla" |
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Last litre of the night for me at
Karaoke bar "Bambu" |
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| Not a bad Hefeweizen from the can! |
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| Check out the 200 ml beers, Ah cute |
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| Homemade Margaritas by Sterling |
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| Fried up Crickets at La Perla Pixan |
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| La Perla Pixan |
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| Cricket taco. Taste like soya'd pumpkin seeds |
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| COOL! knitted type thing... |
Cenote Chaak Tun which is cold and dark and very overpriced. $30 USD for 1.5 hrs to swim with rental gear (light did not work). Stay tuned in the next post to see how you should do a Cenote proper!
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| Manicured area = could be expensive |
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| Going in to the cenote cave |
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| Definitely one of the good photos of the day |
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| What? |
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| Camera dying... |
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| Staglamites |
Screwed up camera, flashlight didn't work and we arrived late so we were the final group of the day and everyone wanted to go home.
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| Sterling and I listening to the guide |
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| Roof top sunsets so great |
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