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I took my family to the Riviera Maya on August 12 for a week-long trip. They’d never been there, so everything was brand new for them. We decided to rent a beach house rather than stay at one of the large all-inclusive resorts, just to try something different.
The beach house, called Casa Sombra, was located in the town of Akumal, which is about 60 miles south of Cancun. We also rented a car, figuring that having our own transportation would give us more freedom and allow us to see more of the area. I’ll put some stories about driving and the beach house in subsequent posts.The Cancun airport is pretty small, and the rental car agencies are located less than a block from the terminal. It’s very easy to exit the airport and get onto Highway 307, which is the main north-south road that serves all 80 miles of [...]

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I’m in the end stages of making plans for an August 12 return visit to Cancun and the Riviera Maya region. My daughter’s heading off to college in a few weeks, and we thought this would be a great place for what might be our last big vacation as a family. The kids have been wanting to see Mexico for a while now, and the timing is right. Even though we’re staying in a remote area north of Playa del Carmen, we’re renting a car for the week so we can visit Cancun, Chichen Itza, Cozumel and a number of attractions in the region. There’s a Mayan village near where we’re staying, and I plan to see that as well. It’s a 45-minute drive straight into the jungle and quite removed from the modern world. I’m told the elders speak only Mayan, but the younger people speak Spanish. Should be [...]

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