Mexico – Travel Guide

Playa Del Carmen

The Travel Guide — Fri, 15 Jan 2016 08:03:00 +0000

Playa is beautiful and is definitely going to become the new Cancun for young travellers. It is still touristy however there is more of the real Mexico here than Cancun. I just absolutely loved Playa and it has given me an itch to hopefully one day explore Central America further!

Accommodation: The Yak Hostel

This was one of my favourite hostels because of how chilled out it was. The staff were awesome and the hang out area in the middle is great for pre drinks and for your hangover the next day. Would 100% recommend staying here.

Things to do:

Drink: anywhere and everywhere! There are clubs in the main club area, which are so much fun and you can seriously go out wearing thongs if you want, no one gives a fuck! The clubs have like host kind of people who look after you and because you are a tourist, they will generally assume you have a lot of money and take you to the VIP section, we were very VERY well looked after at the clubs in playa. There are so many cool places to go and the tequila is amazing wherever you go. The Mexican people are amazing and always so much fun so do yourself a favour and do shots with them.

Jardin Del Eden Cenote: This cenote is much more natural than the other one. You can easily get in a collectivo (mini van sort of taxi service thing) and they will take you there for like $5! It is so beautiful and the Yak organises a day to take you so its good to go with them because you can rent snorkelling gear but also go to the hidden parts of the cenote. This is also a good opportunity to make friends with people from the hostel and plan to get drunk that night.

Akumal

The Travel Guide — Fri, 15 Jan 2016 07:17:31 +0000

GO HERE PLEASE FOR THE LOVE OF GOD DO IT! Akumal is SOOOOOOOO FREAKING BEAUTIFUL and relaxing. You swim with giant turtles and see other sea life.

It was nice to escape the craziness off Mexico and lay on a beach where children wont piss you off. It really is such a beautiful and relaxing place.

How to get here

We went from Playa Del Carmen to Akumal. This was done on a Colectivo (mini van sort of taxi service thing) that you can easily find in the street. It cost us next to nothing to get here and you only have to walk about 700m to get to Akumal Beach. SUPER easy.

Cancun

The Travel Guide — Fri, 15 Jan 2016 06:57:25 +0000

Given that we knew we were heading to Playa Del Carmen next, we decided to just stay around the hotel and relax. I would honestly recommend that you just skip cancun and go somewhere less touristy. Stay somewhere that is all inclusive but somewhere that doesn’t attract so many families.

Accommodation: GR Solaris

This was all inclusive so you pay fuck all and get everything included. A lot of other hotels say all inclusive but apparently you have to be careful because they are tricky with what they include. This place included everything and I was drunk all the time. It is on a beautiful part of the beach but there are lots of families here, which I obviously hated.

Things to do:

Chichen Itza: Seeing the ancient ruins was amazing and we had a fantastic day. The only issue with chichen itza is that it is flooded withvendors trying to sell you shit. Some of it is really cool but remember that you can always find it cheaper somewhere else. The issue with the vendors is that their stalls are all owned by bad people apparently and its best to not give your money to them. We went on a tour with Cancun Passion and they were great they show you around the ruins and also take you to a remote Mexican village to eat traditional Myan food. The spicey sauce was the best one we had had.

Cenote Ik kil: This is located over an hour out of cancun but the tour bus took us here. This is such an amazing cenote (swimming hole) and is so deep into the ground. There are a lot of people here and many of the surfaces are concrete because it is such a popular destination.