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OT travelers: Tell me about Cancun....
Posted on 1/10/15 at 11:26 am
Posted on 1/10/15 at 11:26 am
Thinking about heading there in July for an extended weekend. Would be staying at the Ritz.
Is it worth it? What kind of shite is there to do?
Never been to Mexico. Closest I've been was in El Paso across from Juarez
Is it worth it? What kind of shite is there to do?
Never been to Mexico. Closest I've been was in El Paso across from Juarez
Posted on 1/10/15 at 11:28 am to jimithing11
Why not go to Florida in July...then go to Cancun in the winter when it's warm there and not here???
Posted on 1/10/15 at 11:28 am to jimithing11
Find a bellhop with a good coke connection
Posted on 1/10/15 at 11:28 am to jimithing11
No one speaks english, the toilets flush backwards and they use rubles instead of euros. It's crazy. Any other questions?
Posted on 1/10/15 at 11:30 am to jimithing11
Drink lots of tap water, especially from water fountains where it's unfiltered water. It's got this great taste.
Posted on 1/10/15 at 11:33 am to dillpickleLSU
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Why not go to Florida in July...then go to Cancun in the winter when it's warm there and not here???
I was invited. Not my suggestion.
Posted on 1/10/15 at 11:35 am to jimithing11
There's this cool little alley that cuts through from the clubs to the business district. You can get anything that you want there. ANYTHING
Posted on 1/10/15 at 11:38 am to jimithing11
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I was invited. Not my suggestion.
You're gonna wake up in a tub full of ice, short one kidney.
Posted on 1/10/15 at 11:42 am to jimithing11
I'm kinda over Cancun personally. Just too much of a party place with manufactured ambiance.
Not to be snobbish, there's some great times to be had, but it's just not my cup of tea at this time.
I've become more attracted to Cozumel, Riviera, or Isla de Mujeres.
Not to be snobbish, there's some great times to be had, but it's just not my cup of tea at this time.
I've become more attracted to Cozumel, Riviera, or Isla de Mujeres.
This post was edited on 1/10/15 at 11:45 am
Posted on 1/10/15 at 11:50 am to jimithing11
Cancun is great for a senior trip/spring break type trip
Posted on 1/10/15 at 11:52 am to yellowfin
I seen boobies on the beach
Posted on 1/10/15 at 11:54 am to fatboydave
I fricked 7 girls in 5 nights on my senior trip there
Posted on 1/10/15 at 12:04 pm to jimithing11
Just got back from the Yucatan this morning, 3 nights in Playa. Lots of Italians, Canadians, South Americans. Great walking town, tons of stuff to eat and drink. Saw very few Americans. Spent 4 nights in Xcalak, a small fishing village, near Belize. Spent one night in Cancun, it was like being in more commercialized Destin.
I think the Americans were in all the all inclusives.
Felt safe everywhere we went, even when we were driving around 5 hours south of Cancun...
I think the Americans were in all the all inclusives.
Felt safe everywhere we went, even when we were driving around 5 hours south of Cancun...
Posted on 1/10/15 at 12:05 pm to jimithing11
Cancún (/k??n'ku?n/;[2] Spanish pronunciation: [ka?'kun]), is a city in southeastern Mexico, located on the northeast coast of the Yucatán Peninsula in the Mexican state of Quintana Roo. It is a major world-renowned tourist destination,[3] as well as being the seat of the municipality of Benito Juárez. The city is located on the Caribbean Sea, and is one of the easternmost points in Mexico. Cancún is located just north of Mexico's Caribbean coast resort band known as the Riviera Maya. In older English-language documents, the city’s name is sometimes spelled "Cancoon".
As documented in the earliest colonial sources, the island of Cancún was originally known to its Maya inhabitants as Nizuc (Yucatec Maya [ni? su?uk]) meaning either "promontory" or "point of grass".[8] In the years after the Conquest, much of the population died off or left as a result of disease, warfare, piracy, and famines, leaving only small settlements on Isla Mujeres and Cozumel Island.[citation needed]
The name Cancún, Cancum or Cankun first appears on 18th century maps.[9] The meaning of Cancún is unknown, and it is also unknown whether the name is of Maya origin. If it is of Maya origin, possible translations include "Place/Seat/Throne of the Snake" or "Enchanted Snake". Snake iconography was prevalent at the pre-Columbian site of Nizuc.[10]
When development was started on January 23, 1970, Isla Cancún had only three residents, caretakers of the coconut plantation of Don José de Jesús Lima Gutiérrez, who lived on Isla Mujeres, and there were only 117 people living in nearby Puerto Juarez, a fishing village and military base.[11]
"Due to the reluctance of investors to bet on an unknown area, the Mexican government had to finance the first nine hotels."[11] The first hotel financed was the Hyatt Cancún Caribe, but the first hotel actually built was the Playa Blanca, which later became a Blue Bay hotel, and is now Temptation Resort. At the time it was an elite destination, famous for its virgin white sand beaches.
The city began as a tourism project in 1974 as an Integrally Planned Center, a pioneer of FONATUR (Fondo Nacional de Fomento al Turismo, National Fund for Tourism Development), formerly known as INFRATUR. Since then, it has undergone a comprehensive transformation from being a fisherman's island surrounded by virgin forest and undiscovered shores to being one of the two most well-known Mexican resorts, along with Acapulco. The World Tourism Organization (WTO), through its foundation UNWTO-Themis, awarded the Best of the Best award "for excellence and good governance" to the Trust for Tourism Promotion of Cancun on February 3, 2007. This award Cancún ensured the ongoing support of the Department of Education and Knowledge Management of the WTO.
Most 'Cancunenses' are from Yucatán and other Mexican states. A growing number are from the rest of the Americas and Europe. The municipal authorities have struggled to provide public services for the constant influx of people, as well as limiting squatters and irregular developments, which now occupy an estimated ten to fifteen percent of the mainland area on the fringes of the city.[11]
In the 21st century, Cancún had largely avoided bloodshed associated with the trade of illegal drugs and reportedly known for retail drug sales to tourists and as a center of money laundering.[12] The links with Cancún date from the 1990s and early 2000s, when the area was controlled by the Juárez and Gulf drug cartels. In recent years Los Zetas, a group that broke away from the Gulf Cartel, has taken control of many smuggling routes through the Yucatán, according to the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration.[13]
The 2010 United Nations Climate Change Conference was held in Cancún from November 29, 2010 to December 10, 2010.
As documented in the earliest colonial sources, the island of Cancún was originally known to its Maya inhabitants as Nizuc (Yucatec Maya [ni? su?uk]) meaning either "promontory" or "point of grass".[8] In the years after the Conquest, much of the population died off or left as a result of disease, warfare, piracy, and famines, leaving only small settlements on Isla Mujeres and Cozumel Island.[citation needed]
The name Cancún, Cancum or Cankun first appears on 18th century maps.[9] The meaning of Cancún is unknown, and it is also unknown whether the name is of Maya origin. If it is of Maya origin, possible translations include "Place/Seat/Throne of the Snake" or "Enchanted Snake". Snake iconography was prevalent at the pre-Columbian site of Nizuc.[10]
When development was started on January 23, 1970, Isla Cancún had only three residents, caretakers of the coconut plantation of Don José de Jesús Lima Gutiérrez, who lived on Isla Mujeres, and there were only 117 people living in nearby Puerto Juarez, a fishing village and military base.[11]
"Due to the reluctance of investors to bet on an unknown area, the Mexican government had to finance the first nine hotels."[11] The first hotel financed was the Hyatt Cancún Caribe, but the first hotel actually built was the Playa Blanca, which later became a Blue Bay hotel, and is now Temptation Resort. At the time it was an elite destination, famous for its virgin white sand beaches.
The city began as a tourism project in 1974 as an Integrally Planned Center, a pioneer of FONATUR (Fondo Nacional de Fomento al Turismo, National Fund for Tourism Development), formerly known as INFRATUR. Since then, it has undergone a comprehensive transformation from being a fisherman's island surrounded by virgin forest and undiscovered shores to being one of the two most well-known Mexican resorts, along with Acapulco. The World Tourism Organization (WTO), through its foundation UNWTO-Themis, awarded the Best of the Best award "for excellence and good governance" to the Trust for Tourism Promotion of Cancun on February 3, 2007. This award Cancún ensured the ongoing support of the Department of Education and Knowledge Management of the WTO.
Most 'Cancunenses' are from Yucatán and other Mexican states. A growing number are from the rest of the Americas and Europe. The municipal authorities have struggled to provide public services for the constant influx of people, as well as limiting squatters and irregular developments, which now occupy an estimated ten to fifteen percent of the mainland area on the fringes of the city.[11]
In the 21st century, Cancún had largely avoided bloodshed associated with the trade of illegal drugs and reportedly known for retail drug sales to tourists and as a center of money laundering.[12] The links with Cancún date from the 1990s and early 2000s, when the area was controlled by the Juárez and Gulf drug cartels. In recent years Los Zetas, a group that broke away from the Gulf Cartel, has taken control of many smuggling routes through the Yucatán, according to the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration.[13]
The 2010 United Nations Climate Change Conference was held in Cancún from November 29, 2010 to December 10, 2010.
Posted on 1/10/15 at 12:07 pm to wickowick
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3 nights in Playa. Lots of Italians, Canadians, South Americans. Great walking town, tons of stuff to eat and drink. Saw very few Americans.
Saw very few Americans in Playa del Carmen??? I find that hard to believe...that place is very popular now for Americans. Americans that don't like how commercialized Cancun has become are going to Playa. Even if they were all staying in the all inclusives....you still see plenty of Americans walking up and down 5th avenue and on the ferry to Cozumel.
Posted on 1/10/15 at 12:10 pm to lsunurse
Might have been the time of year...
Posted on 1/10/15 at 12:13 pm to wickowick
5th avenue was cool to walk up and down though. We had stayed at an AI right next to it so we walked around that area a decent amount during our trip. Only negative are the peddlers that constantly harass you. That and the guys with the squirrel monkeys trying to scam you.
Posted on 1/10/15 at 12:16 pm to lsunurse
Had my good camera on me waking down 5th one day and it was cray, left it in the apartment after that.
There was a group of animal people one night, some raccoon looking thing, a lion cub, a snake, monkey and iguana...
There was a group of animal people one night, some raccoon looking thing, a lion cub, a snake, monkey and iguana...
This post was edited on 1/10/15 at 12:18 pm
Posted on 1/10/15 at 1:05 pm to jimithing11
Overrated. Go to Turks & Caicos.
Posted on 1/10/15 at 1:12 pm to tigerbutt
Ritz in Cancun is nice and you will find lots to do,it is just all contrived. We fly into Cancun then go south to Playa or Tulum which I really enjoy. Tulum is VERY low key!!
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