MAVERICK ROVER WORLD Blog Post #41 - Playa del Carmen, MX. 1/12/2019




"It's not a vacation, 
it's a lifestyle"
Post #41
January 12, 2019


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MEXICO
(weeks 1-8   Puerto Vallarta)
(weeks 9-12   Merida, Yucatan)
(week 13   Playa del Carmen, Quintana Roo)

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 Playa del Carmen




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 A little 3 day side trip to 
Playa del Carmen

 Just so you know, 
this travel thing comes with a few challenges. 
Oh, I guess we mentioned that in the last post, right?
One more side trip
one more challenge.
😥
This time we bought roundtrip bus tickets to Playa del Carmen in person at the Centro Station in Merida, assuming our bus would leave from that station and chose a time to leave. 
Upon arrival on the day of departure, we were informed that our bus would leave from a different station 30 minutes away by Uber and we would not have time to get there so, 
we purchased an add-on ticket and waited for an extra hour for the next bus. Luckily there was room for us on that next bus. 

 Moral of the story:
Read your ticket carefully and be sure of the time and the station of departure and return 
WHEN YOU BUY THE TICKET!!

 Remember, we are still doing this all in Spanish. 
😎
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Playa del Carmen
tripped our trigger

The vibe was exciting - just enough activity without the crazy.
The weather was perfect - sunny with a nice cool breeze.
The people - are hospitable and friendly.
The food - was amazing and oh, so affordable.
And we visited Hollywood - a cute, quiet neighborhood. 



Our favorite Bajo Cafe Coffe Shop
at Mercado 30 shops, along with
 a Vegan Taco Shop
a juice bar
a meditation area
& 
a jacuzzi




In Mexico, as in many other countries, 
restaurants do not present a bill
until you request it, even if it is just a coffee and pastry. 
You could literally sit there all day long.

After a relaxing time and taking in the ambiance at 
Bajo Cafe
we simply walked out to collect our bags 
at our hotel for return to Merida. 
We later realized that we had forgotten to pay. 
On our way to the bus we returned to Bajo and paid our bill.
The merchant was very kind and thankful for our honesty. 


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Ancient ruins
Xaman - Há
near the beach in town, where the sea voyagers 
used to stock up with provisions before setting out 
on the Mayan commercial sea route. 


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 Plastic bottle recycle location
made of plastic bottles.
Look carefully and you will see a separate holder for bottle caps. 
Innovation at its finest. 



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Local graffiti
Beautiful street art everywhere, even the overpass posts have art



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and, of course,
a door





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"It's not a vacation, 
it's a lifestyle"




**next stops
San Diego, CA
Los Angeles, CA
Bozeman, MT
Buenos Aires, AR


**December '18 - January '19 MEXICO
*merida(mid)
*progreso
*uxmal
*playadelcarmen

**October - December 2018  MEXICO
*puertovallarta (pvr) 
*nuevovallarta
*bucerias
*yalapa
*bocadetomatlan

**October 2018 USA
*portland(pdx)

**September 2018 USA
*losangeles
*palmsprings
*lasvegas(las)
*sandiego(san)
*washingtondc(dca)
*newyorkcity(jfk)

**August 2018  ENGLAND
*highclere
*chester
*manchester(man)
*salford
*liverpool

**July 2018  SCOTLAND
*edinburgh(edi) 
*alloa
*sterling
*standrews
*glasgow(gla)

**July 2018  IRELAND
*dublin(dub)

**July 2018  ENGLAND, UK 
*london(stn)

**April - June 2018  SPAIN
*madrid(mad)
*valencia(vlc)
*barcelona(bcn)
*sitges
*palmademallorca(pmi)
*torrevieja
*puntaprima
*caboroig
*granada
*cartegena
*lazenia
*malaga
*altea
*alicante

**March 2018   USA
*sandiego (san)
*losangeles(lax) 


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Our travels include all of these countries and cities around the world, plus multiple states and cities across the USA


**February 2018  MEXICO
**mexicocity(mex)

**October 2017  HAWAII
**maui(ogg)

**April 2017 PANAMA CANAL CRUISE
**mexico
**guatamala
**panama
**costarica
**curacao
**florida(mia)

**May 2016 DENMARK
**copenhagen(cph)

**April-May 2016 MEDITERRANEAN CRUISE
**italy
**malta
**greece
**turkey

**April-May 2016 TRANS-ATLANTIC CRUISE
**portugal
**gibraltar
**spain
**italy

**September 2014 HAWAII
**kona(koa)

**May2014 FRANCE
**paris(cdl)

**May 2014 ITALY
**venice

**April-May 2014 TRANS-ATLANTIC CRUISE
**canaryislands
**spain
**france
**italy

**June 2013 AFRICA
**tanzania(ark)

**June 2013 NETHERLANDS
**amsterdam(ams)

**October 2011 SPAIN
**barcelona(bcn)
**madrid
**seville
**valencia

**January 2009 MEXICO
**acapulco(aca)

**November 2008 MEXICO
**puertovallarta(pvr)

**October 2007 MEXICO
**cabosanlucas(csl)

**November 2006 ITALY
**rome(fco)
**florence
**pisa
**sienna
**tavernelle
**montepulciano

**November 2006 CANADA
**vancouver(yvr)

**March 2005 MEXICO
**guadalajara(gdl)

**July 2004 ARUBA

**December 2003 CANADA
**whistler



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