Mexico, Cancun

Cancun is not real Mexico at all. It´s a massive tourist resort where people fly in from mainly the USA and have a beach holiday.
The Zona Hotelera is a stretch of hotels along the sea but there´s nothing else here other than a few shops. There is a public beach near the Hard Rock Cafe.
We did however go and see a bull fight at the Plaza del Torros. On Wednesday afternoons at 3:30 they have the spectacle which is an expensive very tourist affair for US$35 but still worthwhile. This is NOT for vegetarians and not a Disney bullfight but the real thing! There are a few cultural dances and Mexican songs and horse shows which are fun to watch before the actual fight. The bloody affair is a dance between bull and torreador and sitting in stunned silence is not the thing to to! Encouragement by cheering and clapping is required to appreciate what this has to do with Mexican culture and now it is seen as a dance.

We took a Playa Express minibus for US$3 to Playa Del Carmen which runs from across the road from the ADO terminal.