The Flip Flop Family - Week 4 - Mexico, Yucatan Peninsula & Quintana Roo
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Date: 29/05/2018

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MEXICO ITINERARY WITH KIDS ON THE EAST COAST
Cancun, Puerto Morales, Tulum & Chichen Itza

We flew from Mexico City to Cancun and had booked another car with Mex Rent a Car but this time we had a terrible experience with them and in the end got our car from Dollar Rentals. The price of this for 9days was £140 including full insurance which we chanced the last time (we do not recommend this. Always go direct to the car company and purchase the full cover for the best rates). Ordeal aside and 3hours after landing, we were finally on our way to our Air BnB apartment in the small fishing town of Puerto Morales. A short 30min drive and we were finally at our home for the next 5days. We dumped our stuff and headed to 'Aki', our local supermarket. Grabbing a trolley and doing a food shop felt very alien but also quite nice and I was thrilled to find a box of 'Twinings English Breakfast Tea'. No matter how hard I tried in Espanol, to order an english tea with phrases like 'Ingles Te' and 'Te negro con leche', I could not get a good old builders cup of tea!

Puerto Morelos – Day 1-5
Our apartment, was a modern 2 bedroom, 2nd floor apartment in a gated community with a pool. It ticked all the boxes as we were craving a bit of normality. We cooked, swam, went for nightly walks and thoroughly enjoyed our stay.

The Beach
Puerto Morelos is lovely and fairly quiet. White sands with lots of fishing boats and a couple of Light houses, one of which stands on the beach by the pier leaning significantly. It was hit by Hurricane Beluah and the foundations were swept away.

Cenotes
When driving from Cancun Airport you see signs for Cenotes everywhere. We couldn't wait to check them out and went to see Cenote Las Majores first. We feel that we may have been overcharged to access this one but not entirely sure at 200pesos (£7.60) per adult and the kids were free. There was various height jumping platforms, an awesome zip line running through the middle of the large sinkhole and a tightrope. Life jackets were included and there were toilets too. The water wasn't as clear as we had hoped but we had a great day in the water splashing around and of course Zip lining.

En route to Tulum we passed another Cenote called Cenote Azul and as we were still after some clear water, the name of this one, 'Blue Cenote', suggested that we might just get our fix here and we sure did. This was very beautiful and cheaper to enter too, 100pesos (£4) per adult. 60Pesos  (£2.30) children aged 4+ and 40pesos (£1.50) for a life jacket. There was one large Cenote and 2 smaller ones, each with natural clear water. It was a beautiful place to swim and snorkel with quite a few fish too. Emiliana even took a high jump into the Cenote when some adults wouldn't even dare!

Tulum – Day 5-7
After a refreshing dip in Cenote Azul, we continued with our journey to Tulum, total drive from Puerto Morales was 1h30min. Our hotel in Tulum was a pleasant surprise, with a small basic kitchen area and a garden overlooking the pool. The kids couldn't wait to jump straight in the pool and got wet for the second time. For dinner we found this gem of a place called Tacos Kukulkan and couldn't get enough of the Gringas which was basically a taco with a cheese base and better cuts of meat on top
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The next day we tried our utmost to get to the Tulum ruins early but the previous day had wiped us out and by the time we got there, it was very, very hot! You can either walk for 15minutes to get to the ruins entrance or take a little shuttle bus 20pesos  (75p) each. The fee for parking the car was more than the entrance fee at 180pesos (£7) compared to 70pesos (£2.80) adult ticket. Kids under 13years are free. There is a fee to take photos but this rule wasn't enforced while we were there and we snapped away. Once you arrive at the Ruins, it all feels very touristy and you can even find a Starbucks!The ruins set against the water was breathtaking but the heat made it hard to immerse ourselves into it. Most of the paths are buggy friendly apart from the viewpoint which is up stairs. For this we just parked our buggy on the side and collected it at the end.

Top Tip – get there when it opens to avoid the peak heat of the day as there is zero shade. You can also chill at the beach afterwards so bring your swim gear.

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