Cancun

amberg321

Anyone been? It's on our list of possible vacation spots for the year but I can't seem to find much helpful info other than spring break travel which is soooo not what I want :P I figured I would try you gals first before I venture over to the travel board on The Nest

sv4338

We went last year for our family vacation/honeymoon
I'll email you info :0)

ladylulu

Thats our honeymoon destination if my Doc OK's my travel!!

We did send my parents for their 25th Wedding Ann & they loved it... They did a lot of sightseeing... Good Luck!

hischiquita!

Silvia, Can you send me the info too pls?
hotdevil1123 at hotmail dot com

sv4338

on its way Mayra :0)

amberg321

Thanks Syl! I really like Mayan history and I think the ruins would be neat to see

SarahB0427

never been to mexico at all..I would love to go but FI wants to go to Hawaii first.  Well he actually wants to go to NY but, that is sooo not a honeymoon

sv4338

We all went to Chichen Itza that was awesome
the baby (hes 10) and I went zip linning thru the jungle
we also went snorkeling
it was such an awesome trip

MarcellaMunoz

I absolutely love Cancun. It has everything, beautiful beaches, nightlife, relaxation and best of all CULTURE. I too am very interested in Mayan culture, the pyramids are to die for. My favorite is Tulum. Plus most of the hotels are all inclusive. The food isn't always the best but I enjoyed myself much more when EVERYTHING was icluded.

Hope this helps.

Kasi80

I am of no help.  I have only been to TJ and Rosarito.  Mexico scares me now.  I know it's different in Cancun and other parts of Mexico but TJ and Rosarito killed it for me with the crooked cops.

jojochanti

Did something happen with the cops Kasi? The thought of that scared me in Rosarito.

I love Cancun! We stayed at Mayan Riviera and DH's family stayed at Maroma Resort, which is really nice and ridiculously expensive (a lot of celebs are photographed there). We were there for a wedding at Maroma, so we always hung out on that beach.. white sands and so pretty. We saw it on the travel channel as one of the top ten beaches in the world.
The area is called Playa Del Carmen and it is about 20 mins past Cancun and there are a lot of nice resorts and no Spring Breaking going on. There is a pretty large town in the area with lots of restaurants and shops and it was a lot of fun. I would definitely recommend it.

Kasi80

3 things stick out in my head from my TJ/Rosarito days.  I was there every weekend. 

OK, first experience.  I went with my husband and a few other guys to TJ to go to a club.  The bouncer at the door said one of th IDs was fake so the guy pulled out another ID (military and state IDs) and the bouncer confiscated them and called the cops.  The cops made our friend get in a taxi.  The taxi took him to an ATM and they forced him to pull out all the money he could from his bank account.  They threatened to arrest him if he didn't.  He eneded up taking out what he could and giving it to the cops.  They dropped him back off with us.

2nd experience was in Rosarito.  We were driving around, doing nothing wrong.  The cops pulled us over and made the guys give them all the cash they had on them.  They didn't mess with us girls for some reason.  If the guys didn't they would be arrested.

3rd experience, we were walking back across the border when we saw a bunch of cops by a car that was trying to cross over to the U.S.  They were dragging women out of the cars by their hair and dragging them on the ground.  I have no clue what the circumstances were but I believe the women were American.  Scared the crap out of me. 

Because of these things I witnessed, amongst plenty of other things I have heard from my firends at the time that went down there, I have decided to never set foot in Mexico again.  I hear that it's way different in Cancun and other places a further South but I don't care...I'm not chancing it.  It scares me way too much.

emilypeach

yep that would do it for me too kasi! that sounds way scary!!

jojochanti

I have always been fearful in Rosarito. If I witnessed any of that, I would have flipped out. One SPring Break, five of us girls went and my Mom was so afraid (guess thats where I get it from lol). But I absolutely love love love Cabo.. Jon proposed to me on a beach at sunset in Cabo, but aside from that, it is still one of my favorite vacations ever. I think you would like it too, but I totally get where you're coming from, that's nuts.

emilypeach

i want to go to cabo, my family went in october without me and i was bummed!!

EandE0919

Can I get that same info? elizabeth2116@yahoo.com Thanks!

breleficent

Ohhh. So not liking TJ or Rosarito either!

I went down there with some friends for my our friend's bday. When we got down there our friend's truck wouldn't go in park! lol. Since it was stuck in drive...the key wouldn't turn off. So, I decided to drive back with her to our house to get a different car. Well, on our way out 3 cops (American side) walk up to our truck while we are sitting in that horrible line to get out of Mexico and tell us to put the truck in park and get out of the truck! My friend was like, "it wont go in park," The cop got pissed and kept telling her to put it in park. He finally realized it literally wouldn't go in park. We figured out that we could put the parking break on. They made us get out of the truck and sent a drug dog through the truck and tore everything up in the truck! lol. They didn't find anything. I just thought that it was soooo random that they would search two blonde haired chicks in a lifted truck screaming the lyrics of Pour Some Sugar on Me while eating churos. Go figure!