corona index

in other countries there is a big mac index in Mexico there is the corona index as we learnt in Acapulco.....the places where locals go the Corona beer costs 10 pesos.....we normally pay 25 pesos......in Cancun it was 35 and here in Playa del Carmen we payed 65 pesos tonight!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
isnt that something! so now you now that at the moment we are not in Mexico this has nothing to do with the country we visited the first 12 days......this is artificial tourist land here.......what a nightmare! I need to remind myself that we are here for the cenotes and they are really really beautiful!

dophin discovery

and while Thomas was again in a cenote I went dolphines watching...and I could go really really close!!!!!! it was wonderful!
seals and dolphins up close......


I went to Puerta de aventuras a small little hide away with boats, yachts, hotels, pedestrian zones, restaurants, golf course, cycle paths....you feel like being in another country.....all very tidy very quiet and very natural..... what a treat....

Cenotes

the cenotes are really really cool......Here I would love to dive as well....snorkelling is already wonderful but diving must just be awesome......
the stone formations and the light inside are just making me speechless and watching in awe.....great place great views great nature
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Moms Hotel

not really our standard I need to say......but I am not complaining...as unfortunately I have not found a good AND available place to stay for our 4 nights of cenote diving......so Thomas asked the dive master (by the way an ex student of mine from BRG Zell am See......) and he organised this hotel for us......
not really a hotel more a hostel but it was okay ......the best thing here is a huge English exchange library (as I have again run out of books.....this is vital)

and what really gets on my nerves is that in the pedestrian zone there are a lot of "vacancy" signs in front of really nice hotels......
but I need to stop that.....

thank god we have a car that makes us much more independent, well for the next days it will make ME much more independent as Thomas is going to do the cenotes which unfortunately with my level of diving knowledge and diplomas I am not allowed to do.....

restaurant "10"

if one day you happen to be in Playa del Carmen go to the restaurant "DIEZ" an Argentinian restaurant and try the salad 10 and the provolone asado.....very yummy......and you get the people watching for free.....

Playa del Carmen

so back we are on mainland......and the tourists are quite different here....much more mondaine....trendier...cooler......more the party crowd....and here in Playa del Ca as the locals say you do have everything just like at home.....McDonalds, Burger King, Starbucks......is a little like an American beach resort.....
you have a very nice beach area and a big 5th avenue where all the shops, bars, restaurants are.......so you cannot get lost you just walk up and down "on fifth"........

bad weather

and today the weather is really bad....far too windy to go diving....what a pity......
and taking the ferry back to Playa del Carmen will be fun as well in this storm.....;-)