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10 Tips for your trip to the Yucatan Peninsula (Mexico)

First of all, this is obviously a subjective selection and mention of experiences from our 12-day trip to the Yucatan Peninsula. We spent nights in Playa del Carmen, Tulum,...

Mayapan instead of Peter Pan

, Puh, if the journey continues like it has been so far, then I'm looking for a flight back to the USA.' Currently, it's always just an 'arrival to move forward' and it's not...

Mexico, Playa del Carmen, Tulum, Chichen itza, Isla mujeres

Aaaaai que calor! As soon as I got off the plane, I was overwhelmed by the heat. The humidity was so high that 30° Celsius felt like 45°... At the Cancun airport, I waited for...

The last days in Mexico

After Tulum we continued to Playa del Carmen: mass tourism at its best! You couldn't have gotten more shops, stalls, restaurants and bars on the nearly 300 meter long walk from...

Mexico: Playa del Carmen

Playa del Carmen is a typical holiday resort like Cancun: beach life, partying, and plenty of alcohol. Plus countless tourists. We wouldn't have gone there at all if it weren't...

Playa del Carmen - Last full day together (02.03.2022)

Sun, sand, sea and finally ice cream...

From Playa del Carmen to Tulum (21.02.2022)

Our first full day in Mexico - many impressions, tacos, and more...

Goodbye Costa Rica & Good Morning Mexico (19+20.02.2022)

Goodbye green oasis and wildlife and welcome to Mexico...

The End of Abstinence

Viva Mexico!!! Finally we have arrived. After an hour of flying time and thanks to my moderate fear of flying, thousands of nerve cells have been lost. We also survived the...

Playa del Carmen, Mexico

We drove to the Dallas airport in a Dodge Ram. The handover of the vehicle went smoothly. The final bill clarified the actual costs. Accounting in the USA is a real challenge...

The beautiful beach in Playa del Carmen

Of course, we also had some beach days. These days were quite relaxed because we mostly spent them lying comfortably with a good book on the beach or by the pool, cooling off in...

Welcome to Mexico!

Since we traveled large parts of the country six years ago, this time we limit ourselves to the part of the Caribbean coast ... So this is ... the Caribbean. After the eventful...

Mexican Caribbean

As already mentioned, I was down for a few days and still not completely recovered. Not much happened during these days, I slept a lot and watched movies and ate snacks and...

New Year's Eve - Mexico or Dubai?

Every year shortly after Christmas, many people ask themselves the question: 'What am I going to do on New Year's Eve? We also answered this question a few weeks in advance this...

But if you spend it it would be like shopping

I had such a beautiful day in Playa del Carmen, I was still thinking about finding ways to stay there. The only negative side comes out when you book everything in advance....

Tag 336 - Playa del Carmen, Mexico (12/12/2020)

It's been a month now that we've been in Mexico. Admittedly, it was a mixed first month here in Central America. Due to the end of the rainy season, the weather here was still...

18.02.2020 - Day 55 - Playa del Carmen, Mexico

Today, part of the Rottberg/Flesch travel group took a beautiful and quite long tour to the ancient Mayan buildings and pyramids, while the other part enjoyed a lazy day of...

Goodbye, Mexico!

Like every vacation, this one also comes to an end. The last day in Mexico has arrived. We will take it easy and spend the day at the beach hotel. One last swim in the...

Mexiko - Abends im Hotel

Die Abende in Mexiko verbrachten wir alle in der Hotelanlage. Man hätte auch mal nach Playa del Carmen in die Stadt fahren können, zum einen mussten wir im Hotel aber nichts...

16.02.2020 - Day 53 - Playa del Carmen, Mexico

Finally on vacation!!! 😉 After 7 weeks of traveling with daily activities and tours, it's time for 7 days / 6 nights of relaxation in a luxury resort on Playa del Carmen,...

Day of arrival + Playa del Carmen

February 20, 2018: The first few weeks of the year flew by really quickly. Who would have thought that the day of departure would come so fast. Wake up at 5 o'clock in the...

21.02.2020 - Day 58 - Playa del Carmen, Mexico

On our second last day in paradise, after breakfast and a small work session, we rode our bikes 1.5 km to the reception, where we were picked up and taken to the golf course at...

17.02.2020 - Day 54 - Playa del Carmen, Mexico

As announced earlier, there is not much to report today. And that is a good sign for us because it means we have had a lazy day ☺️. After breakfast, we took our bikes to explore...

20.02.2020 - Tag 57 - Playa del Carmen, Mexiko

Vormittags war die klare Ansage: Strand, Meer, Pool, Liege in Zusammenhang mit relaxen, schwimmen, sonnen und lesen. Das passende Wetter dazu gab es auch, sodass wir beide heute...

Mexico 27.10.-10.11.17

After more than five months without a vacation, it finally started again in October 2017! And this time in a direction we hadn't been before: the Caribbean, to Mexico! We booked...

Hello Mexico 🎉

It's been a while since the last entry. Now we have been in Mexico for three weeks and we feel pretty good so far. In Germany, we already booked a two-week Spanish course at the...

Tag 348 - Playa del Carmen - Merry Christmas! (24.12.2020)

Merry Christmas! We wish you all a Merry Christmas and a peaceful and relaxing time at home! Make the best out of the current situation and we hope that despite these turbulent...

Xplor

New day, new adventures! We decided to take a day trip to Xplor Park, which is built in the Mexican jungle. We arrived and had to lock all our belongings in a locker because...