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Tourist Trap: Power????
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  • Ciudad del Carmen - Powernet in Playa del Carmen
  • Powernet in Playa del Carmen
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  • If you have something that needs to be sharged every day you need a plug to do that. And power of course....well.....if you see the picture you know why the power cuts off sometimes.

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    At Least Do This: Most of the Mexican people just make a whire from the electricnet to their house to keep the bills low. So if they have a fridge.....they need a whire...if they have a tellie...they need a whire...
    Alternative: If you really need a full battery (for your camera, for your gameboy, or your shaver) you better make sure you have batteries with you or, for shaving, bring a nice shaveknife aswell.....better with then without !
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    Tourist Trap: Hard sellers
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  • Ciudad del Carmen - WELCOME in my shop
  • WELCOME in my shop
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  • You have to prepare yourself for the sellers on the streets, they will almost pull you into their stores. Yeah, a kind of friendly but with every step you make there is an other seller who sells (wanna sell) you silver.

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    At Least Do This: Smile to the seller who wants to get you into his shop and make sure you dont get angry with him / her. The are (a kind of poor) and wanna sell their stuff, but its not so nice for us tourists.
    Alternative: Walk with a lot of plastic bags and just say you have bought everything you want !
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    Tourist Trap: Dont buy them
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  • Ciudad del Carmen - Birds in a cage in Playa
  • Birds in a cage in Playa
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  • We came into a garden when we walked off the 5th boulevard and saw a lot of birds in cages. We were not so sure about it, cause you could buy them. Well its not a good thing to buy a bird when you are on holiday, cause how on earth are you going to bring them home?

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    Alternative: Buy a wooden one...there are lots of shops who sell wood-craft !!
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    Tourist Trap: Dont be fooled by the music
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  • Ciudad del Carmen - Singer in the restaurant Jaguar
  • Singer in the restaurant Jaguar
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  • We were having a meal in restaurant Jaguar when some musicians came to join us with some Mexican music while we were eating.
    That was fun,.. and because of that i payed him $ 5. (dont go to high in your prize cause they may think you are very ridge !)

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    At Least Do This: What happend was that these men (there were 4 of them) asked $ 5 from Frans, Leny and Peter so they had $ 5 each !
    Alternative: Make a prize for the singing before they start to do so, or dont give them anything at all.
    They dont make it funny anymore themselves, cause i dont think its a good idear to ask more money if you already got some.
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    Comments for Umfufu about Ciudad del Carmen
    alayola Fri Nov 23, 2007 10:01 UTC
     Hi, I am from Ciudad del Carmen, and as much as I would like it to look like playa del carmen, well it is not ; ( ... Playa de Carmen is in Quintana-Roo. glad you liked it there. ; )
    bigmutt Fri Oct 19, 2007 22:16 UTC
     I am confused; are you writing about Ciudad del Carmen (which is the heading and location of all your writings & photos) or Playa del Carmen? Playa is a very different place than Ciudad del Carmen.
    RickinDutch Mon Feb 13, 2006 23:03 UTC
     Nice tips! Birthday greetings from Alaska!
    eranda Tue May 31, 2005 11:16 UTC
     nice VT page, i really enjoy after reading
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