The Eclectic Male: 2013

July 23, 2013

Campeche – Cancun – Chetumal – Cardenas – Oaxaca - Puebla, Mexico

It has been awhile since my last update, and I have been enjoying my time back in Mexico so far. I spent the last month or so in various cities being a tourist. I have met so truly great people, and taken some photos along the way. I don’t really have much to say, so please enjoy the photos. My plan is to return back to the United States by September when my visa expires. Please note that I do not have any photos of Oaxaca...there was a huge festival, and no hotels rooms were available...I just stayed the night.

Campeche

Merida

Best food cart in Cancun

road to Oaxaca

road to Puebla

Puebla

June 4, 2013

Playa del Carmen, Mexico to Progreso, Mexico

Decided to leave Playa del Carmen, I have had my fill of the quasi American Beach town (i.e. Panama City Beach, Florida, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina). Playa del Carmen is a beautiful place, but there is nothing truly Mexican about the place…McDonalds, Burger King, Starbucks, Wal Mart, Sams, Sears…I could have stayed in the USA for that crap. I could only imagine this was a small town 20 years ago until Corporate America showed up, and the place lost its Mexican soul. It was about a 4 hour ride to Progreso, and the ride was uneventful. I arrived around 2PM and found a clean but very old hotel on the malecon for about 20 dollars per night. I found that Progreso is very inexpensive, and has really great seafood at half the cost of food in Playa del Carmen.