Did I blog yesterday? Yep. Mmm… don’t remember much about it. I was very cansada!
We woke up this morning dazed and confused. Why am I not cold? Who are these people singing drunkenly in Spanish? Why is this lady knocking at the door asking if we want la limpieza?
Oh right. Cancún.
After a cold shower and a quick desayuno, we took the bus to go to the beach. We are not staying on the waterfront, in one of the ubiquitous resorts with pseudo-Mayan names, but away from the hotel zone. At least, taking the bus is easy: Cancún is built along a long and narrow straight road.
Finding access to the beach was challenging: the beach is public but access to it isn’t. We tried to walk through a couple of resorts’ lobbies but we were stopped right away by security: propriedad privada. Eventually, we found a public access, a very narrow path leading to blinding white sand and amazing shades of blue. The sea is amazing here. I’ve rarely seen these kinds of colours anywhere else. Water isn’t all that clear (and there were a lot of waves) but the gradient is stunning.
Except for the beach, Cancún looks like Niagara Falls with sand and saltwater. The same corny attractions, lame signs and ubiquitous franchises, the same kinds of “made in China” souvenirs.
But where are the tourists? The beach was almost empty, certainly not as busy as I remembered. Tourists seem to be mostly Mexicans and we haven’t seen a lot of Americans. Granted, they may be enjoying their private beach but still, Cancún looks remarkably quiet for this time of the year.
Love these painted walls!
Cancun, One Straight Road
By The Shore
Lying on the Beach
Mall in Cancun
The Strip
Trying To Tan...
Different Shades of Blue
Cancun Beach
 The Beach |
 The Beach |
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“THIS IS NOT HERE” – Heh, that made me laugh 🙂
It wasn´t! 😆
I know that feeling…
Those first mornings can be strong! Happily you are to have an empty beach and sunshine to work off the jet lag.
Enjoy!
We are lucky, no jetlag this time!
Hard Rock inside a mall… Mexicans like malls just like Malaysians?
Probably not as much, malls are aren´t as big but yes, they seem to like shopping too!
Oh jeez, I just read “La puta maya”
French are their dirty minds…! 😆
Wow. The beach is empty! Where is everybody? That is so different from the Cancun of March!
I wonder where are the people too! Weird, eh?
Ah wish I was there away from the rain and wind in Paris!
You bet!
Snow is headed our way – that beach looks inviting and tempting!
The sea looks fantastic! It’s too bad all these lovely beaches became tourist nests. Or, actually, I wouldn’t mind the tourists if it was not for these big ugly building all along the sea 🙁
Can’t wait to see more photos of your trip! Enjoy!
I hear you… Although after a while, ignoring them becomes suprisingly easy. Which is good I guess!
um you’ve done a ton of stuff in just 24 hrs, especially to make all of us up here in Canada jealous! How beautiful! Halfway wishing we were going on a trip before I get back to work.
Time goes back differently when traveling… and not having a watch helps!
wow i love the beach! but the apartments behind kinda spoil the whole tropical paradise feel to it.
Yep, it more of a concrete paradise by the shore… but the beach is still nice.
Whenever I go to a great tourist destination I am annoyed to see so many tourists. Wait, what am I saying? We see what we want to see. Look past the the little nuisances and marvel at the beauty of the sea. Do what Miss Zhu does. She always makes the best of everything.
You just can´t escape tourists! But really, there aren´t that many. Australia was annoying for that, tons of backpackers everywhere. Here it´s more locals traveling.
I find interesting that many Americans and Canadians like to see painted walls, I wonder…
It seems you are having fun!
Ottawa is freezing today (from my mexican point of view…)
Latin America is so colourful, I miss that in Canada or in Europe. But you´re right, it´s funny to take pictures of painted walls!
I bet Ottawa is cold… even by my standards!
Oh! There’s a huge guitar!!!! 😀 Love it!
The Hard Rock Cafe one!
What a lovely day and the beaches and yes…where are all the people? I love the carefree look of you Zhu “D
Not very crowded, surprisingly!