Yucatan - V

As I already said, our next stop was in Cancún. I guess Cancún is for US Americans what Mallorca is for Germans. The difference is that Cancún was built around 30 years ago from scratch! There is the zona hotelera (area where all the big and expensive hotels are) next to the sea and... let's say the rest of the city. At least, there the hotels aren't that expensive. But there are tourists (gringos) all over the place and they try to fool you everywhere;-) For example we ordered a beer each of us in a pub and got tow each. My friend asked if at that day there were dos por una (two for one; sometimes they have those offers here) and they told us that yes. When we had to pay we had to find out that it wasn't true and there was nothing we could do about it. The next day we were looking for a relatively cheap restaurant. After asking some people in the street we found one. That is to say: the food was cheap. The drinks were not listed on the menu and we didn't think about asking how much they were. At the end, the two cokes I had were much more expensive than the meal *annoyed*.

As Cancún is a place crowded with tourists we went to Isla Mujeres (Women Island) which got it's name because the Spanish conquistadores found a temple with many statues of goddesses there. There is a more romantic explanation for the name but it is not true;-)

It is true that Isla Mujeres isn't that crowded with tourists but by no means it is a quiet place. Martin and I went snorkeling there which was very nice. The funny thing was that after we had paid and everything was almost ready on the boat they asked us if we could swim... And you will be surprised to hear that the majority of people there couldn't or couldn't swim very well in deed. They got their lifejacket and the promise that they would get extra attention...

You already know the less good news. Some of our things were stolen on that island.

Besides of that the beach is nice there...