Well, I'm back. Justine and I went to Cancun, then Playa del Carmen, but no Chichen-itza or Palenque. Cancun was as touristy as you can imagine. Think Las Vegas, but on a beautiful white sand beach. We did find some cool things though. One: Las Flores Hostel. Really small and colorful with only two dorms with four beds in each, and two private rooms. The privates ran only $25.00 for a double, which is pretty cheap. I told the owner I was from San Francisco and the first thing he asked me was if I was gonna vote for Obama. He was really cool. Now, the drawback...the private room in the back has a window facing Blue hostel, which has a rooftop deck and BLASTS house music thursday through sunday. If you're a light sleeper then I suggest going out hard, dancing a lot and coming home exhausted, then sleep is no problem. As a fan of house music , I say definitely visit Blue hostel. The crowd was young and the music is good. There's also a cool reggae club on Margaritas street, right in front of The Mayan Hostel. Everyone has dreads and they sell guaymas, quarts of beer. Nice....I love people that smile at you when you walk in. Maybe I was smiling.
Now, Playa del Carmen. This place killed it. Soooo beautiful. We stayed at Colores Mexicanos Hostel which definitely grew on me. We were three blocks from stretches of beautiful beach. The main street is 5th avenue, which is a pedestrian thoroughfare. Lots of families, lots of languages and lots of leathery, dark, sun-baked skin. It was great people watching, of which Justine and I became experts. Everyone has dinner at like 10:00 p.m. and the clubs are empty till 12:00a.m. We stopped at a bar that gave these huge 32 oz. cups of mojitos. I was getting loaded by the halfway point. I might be a lightweight. Justine and I came to the conclusion that house music was the official music of Playa del Carmen. I almost forgot. Cafe Press on 2nd street and 5th avenue. For those people who have trouble waking up in the morning, they serve you a french press of good coffee for $2.00. This and pan dulce was my breakfast pretty much the whole trip.
Have a good day.
Colores Mexicanos Hostel
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