Cancun is quite unusual for Mexico. From what we have heard and read, it was built as a tourist haven 40 years ago. They tore out mangrove forests to build it. It was also seriously damaged by a hurricane 20 years ago - the same storm impacted the rest of the Yucatan as well. So it has a really new feel to it. It lacks the sense of history of the other cities we stayed in, which date from the 1500s.
There are lots of night clubs, shopping centers and fancy restaurants - and we are downtown, not in the Hotel District.Many houses are self enclosedand seperate, and not the block long structures divided into individual homes that you see in most towns. Most internet places have private booths for customers... come to your own conclusions there.
There are also beautiful parks. One had a kid climbing structure shaped like a Mayan pyramid.
It also had play structures shaped like huge mushrooms. Someone is quite creative with their design!
We ate at a wonderful veggie restaurant.Kates meal was tofu enchiladas. I had fajitas with nopales (cactus). Both were very fine. I love nopales, sometime I will cook you my huevos con nopales (eggs and cactus.) They also had beer mixed with fresh fruit juices - unusual and very refreshing in this heat.
So... we board the plane for San Francisco tomorrow. BOO HOO!!! We will get home very late tomorrow night, so watch for more comments on Friday. I also plan to post some pictures soon.
¡Buenos noches!
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