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wow! the beach at the Sands looks amazing, I can't wait till May!! thanks for the links

This is being done by the government, not individual resorts - the entire Cancun beach in front of all the resorts and hotels is being redone.

We also use ATM's and get enough money to last several days at a time. we feel safer using bank ATM's than the ones in some stores. We have used ATM's in the resorts, but prefer to go to one of the bank ATM's - they generally give you a better exchange rate.

Cancun Tom says: "Yesterday we entered through the Royal Mayan. We walked thru and down the steps to their beach and then walked north as far a we could which was about a kilometer, until we came to a orange temporary fence shutting off the beach. This was located near one of the Marriott's. We could see the work progressing at what I think was the Golden Parnussus. It was a nice walk and a different perspective of the work. Then...

Oh well. Things vary all over the map I guess. The Sands checkin has always been ffffffaaaaaaaassssssssssssttttttttt. Checkin at the Haciendas is prompt, but I always smile (inside) at the expression on the clerk's face...has been the same person each year....I can see the translation process taking place. It is like speaking into a cellphone with a 3 second delay.....always correct, but I force myself to slow down and allow for the...

buceo -- Oh no, not more shirts. I have a whole drawer of them!!! ...including one of the originals, with the Cancun logo on it. It has a few holes, but I can't EVER throw it out. Geoff - I agree, the name should have been swapped when the trust changed.

Quote: Originally Posted by bellesgirl If you really need to do laundry while you are there (which I doubt), I would recommend the laundry service behind the Soriano grocery store across the street. It is by the kilo and works out the about the same as doing one load yourself at the laudromat. Drop it off, pick it up the next day. No, I don't really need to do laundry there-I just wanted to make sure I packed enough workout clothes for...

VDP and the Arco would be right next door to the Enstacia. If you were at the Arco you could be your buddies guest and vice a versa. You could contact each other with the room phones very easy. www.myuvc.com has the remoldeling updates. Every place else is a bit of a walk.

If you have time, you might like to explore the little surfing town of Sayulita. Bus trip takes about 45 minutes or so and is comfortable (from WalMart) safe and interesting. Take the city bus across from the resort, north to WalMart. Get off there and get on the "SAYULITA" bus that runs every 30 minutes. For the BEST breakfast go to ROLLIE'S! You walk across the bridge and into town on the main street. The beach is a...

Don't get me wrong, I love Mexico, but after you have a personal incident like we had, it leaves a bad feeling in your stomach for a long time. It wasn't only just being stopped and harassed by police, that can happen anywhere, I have had other friends have similair issues. I was also offered to purchase drugs several times, we were harassed at the local markets just to look, there are a lot of desparate people in mexico right now....