Playa Del Carmen is an interesting mix of laidback and frenetic. The frenetic part is the downtown shopping restaurant core; and after dark that energy at least doubles. The laidback part is the energy of the people, even in the frenetic areas. There are lots of vendors hawking things, but many of …
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Mayan Culture, A Crash Course: Chichen Itza, A Cenote and Tequila tasting
Yesterday, Thursday, we went on a Chichen Itza tour. I intended to write about it last night. Technology, again, reared its ugly head. Suddenly my phone had difficulties sending photos to Gmail. Then it started to do weird things to Gmail. Some photos got through. Sometimes one of six made it, …
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The Unique Flavor of Playa Del Carmen: Technology Friend or Foe, Google and Viator
I do not know if you will be able to blow up the trail marker with the words, but it basically explains there are the remains of three distinct Mayan villages in the city Playa del Carmen. They are remains that just pop up in the middle of things. Here is the transition from a well populated condo …
Finding Our Way In The Jungle
This leg of our trip is a bit unusual. Though we are in a city, we are remote to the city. We are in a condo, the condo is in an extensive complex of many condos called PlayaCar. Not all of it is connected, it is all gated. It is about a 20 minute walk to the business part of the city, or from our …
It’s A Jungle Out There! More Travel, eggs
We have transitioned from high desert Mexico where we spent over 4 months, to the jungles of Yucatan Mexico. We are now in Playa del Carmen on the Caribbean coast. The featured image is the entrance to our deluxe condo. We have also transitioned from really nice accommodations to something now that …
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