"Puerto Morelos, Mexico" Top 5 Page for this destination Puerto Morelos by karenincalifornia
Puerto Morelos Travel Guide: 82 reviews and 196 photos
On one of our three-day jaunts down to Mexico, my husband and I picked the Yucatan peninsula. We didn't want to stay in crowded Cancun, so we opted for a small fishing village 20 minutes south of Cancun. The place we landed at was Puerto Morelos, a low-key, lazy village, which is also the location of the ferry crossing to Cozumel.
Our trip to Puerto Morelos was - well, interesting. We avoided a robbery, car-jacking or abduction (not sure which - thankfully, something we never had to discover), stayed near a place that was guarded by guys carrying AK-47s, pulled boa constrictors from our necks, bonded with the crocodiles, and ended up in a condominium complex that is now a nudist resort. Just your typical 3-day weekend.
We also visited some spectacular Mayan ruins, accomplished that spine-tingling climb up and down the Pyramid at Chichen Itza, had our own private guide for snorkeling and picked up conch shells bigger than grapefruit right off the beach.
- Pros:Laid back, uncrowded, not too hot in January
- Cons:An AK-47 or an Uzi is regarded as a fashion accessory
- In a nutshell:A peaceful place with more machine guns per capita than any other place I have visited (so far)
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Comments (8)
Heading to Durango soon. www.youtube.com/watch?v=najM-8gK3HY Looks kind of familiar to your Yucatan ;-]
Happy Birthday.......I enjoyed your pages........hopefully James invites you over for that beer this year...
Weird place . . .
Are there really men with guns? I'm going there for the New Year with my husband & 7 year old son. Should we cancel the trip?
The mayan ruins were great. We are a great fan of the mayan civilisations.
Hi Karen, I was pretty sure what with snakes, crocs and machine guns I was "Chicken for Chichen"! But any chance of clothing optional defiantly puts me in the poultry category :-O I really want to see the pyramids tho...Tom
great pages well done ! Greetings from Mindoro
I like your new tips, KCC. What's yours is Mayan and what's Mayan is yours. :) BTW, did that Mayan Baseball Commissioner support steroid testing? UR the SWOTP.
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