SPRING BREAK CANCUN 2013!!!! (Mexico)

Yesterday, Jared and I woke up and had the minimal, yet free, breakfast here at our hostel, Meson de Tulum.  Then we set out to find junk yards to see if we could get a new lock on the trunk.  I learned a new word, deshuesadero, junk yard!!  It was a pretty miserable experience, as we went to 5, and none had the exact piece we needed.  I finally got testy with the last guy, who was definitely trying to dick us around, because we were Americanos.  Somewhat annoyed, we came back to the hostel.  Clint and Jared went out for lunch and a quick, and unsuccessful, attempt to find the beach.  When they came back, we all relaxed a bit, and then set out to the beach.  We went to the super touristy part of Cancun, and ended up at a beach with all the locals.  It is odd for us all, seeing so many Americans.  Even we get annoyed now, but I guess they are also mostly underage or college gluttons, so that could be part of it.

We realized, absolutely no one in that area would ever come over to the mainland, where we are staying and all the local restaurants and bars are located.  To be honest, we were not even really sure what the draw to come here is, unless you are underage.  Don´t get me wrong, it´s gorgeous here, but there are nice beaches in Florida as well, and things are not cheaper here.  If you´re going to just stay in "mini-America" in Cancun, why not just stay in America?  Anyway, the area is chocker-block full of huge hotels, expensive store, and the mandatory Chiles, Senor Frogs, Hooters etc.  The beach was so nice though!!  The water was super clear, and the sand was so fine, when it was wet it looked like soggy cookie dough...which got me into a cookie mood...I think I was alone in that.  We hung out there for a while, relaxing and basking, and then headed back (to our illegally parked car).  We have developed a theory, that driving laws and signs in Mexico, are more like suggestions that actual laws, stop signs, speed limits, parking signs etc.

When we got back to the hotel, we quick dipped in the pool, showered and headed out for dinner and a couple beers.  Then we came back to prep for Hotel Row.  We hadn´t really seen a lot of Americans in our area, so we weren´t sure if it would be very crowded...it was also a Monday.  Holy crap, were we wrong!  When we drove through the same area we had earlier, (which was prety empty) it was like the Vegas Strip at night.  There were people EVERYWHERE, many super young.  All the bars anc clubs have kind of open front areas, so you can see what´s happening inside, and there was music blasting, fog, crazy.  It took us a little while just to acclimatize.  Then we were told every single bar and club had a cover, and it was $55 DOLLARS.  We were crazy blown away, and I actually laughed in guys face.  As we headed back to car, we did a little more investigating and found that one of the nice places had a $25 dollar cover with restrictions.  So we went back to Coco Bongo, and had open bar till 2am.  They also had really elaborate imitation shows of live concerts from people like Madonna and Michael Jackson.  It was fun, and I got my $25 dollars worth.  We get to say that we did Cancun...maybe not like a crazy 19 year old, but it´s done, and it was fun.  We will not be coming back to Cancun.