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Going for a week in february......what should I eat? where should I go?
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Yup, I went there December 2010. Basically felt like I was still in the US with all those tourists. My hotel was on the quieter side of the city, but it was right on the beach, so it was cool to just relax there all day. The ruins were cool but it got hot as @#$% all of a sudden (80+), and it was also allergy season down thereOriginally Posted by sillyputty
Extremely overrated IMO. The touristy aspect of it is really corny and there really ain't that much to do unless you got a group of friends that are down to just have a lot of fun on your own and make your own plans...but its no different form South Beach personally. Its expensive too because they don't even need to take Pesos down there like that and they mark up the price of the dollar on regular things, so they're making a KILLING of off you.
The clubs aren't anything special...just big venues that play SUPER outdated music.
Better off going to panama city or somewhere on the panhandle.
Its not worth it unless you're going to do something really "mexican" like viewing the ruins or something.
If you MUST go to Mexico, go to a place that isn't so damn touristy... i felt like I left the country...basically to go to Orlando or something. But if you do choose to go elsewhere, know that your safety isn't as guaranteed as it is in Cancun just because of the relative amount of tourists there.
If you want to go somewhere exotic, try Carnival in Trinidad or something (it might be too late), or another country that isn't so much "tourist trap" as it is "exotic location" where you can mix with locals and really feel like you visited another country.
I went in 2008 for spring break with my frat brothers. All we did was drink and try to find stuff to do but it was just kinda boring walking up and down the strip in stupid souvenior shops after a while and the clubs continually sucked cause we never liked the music...like if this was 2008, they were playing nothing older than 2002...and for a group of black guys who threw house parties on the regular, this was just really annoying. The only memorable thing we did was not even in cancun, but visiting the ruins. That was my favorite memory. Not the overcrowded beach. Not the crowds of people. Not the feeling of a plastic environment.
Looking back it was cool for what it was, but I'd recommend people to pass cancun up over other legitimate getaway spots where they can really embrace what it means to "travel"
Originally Posted by CWrite78
go to playa del carmen instead.
Originally Posted by Oh YoU MaD
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Originally Posted by Rick2345
Originally Posted by CWrite78
go to playa del carmen instead.
My favorite time in cancun was at Playa Del Carmen