and we found like this private Little Beach [Music]
we're Lloyd and Mandy digital Nomads currently exploring Mexico
today we're heading to the town of akamal just 30 minutes south of Playa Del Carmen
akumal's biggest tourist attraction is snorkeling with big sea turtles but we're going to see
if it is still worth visiting if snorkeling is not your thing [Music] we are currently
on our way to akamal it's about a 30 minute drive from Playa Del Carmen we've rented a
car today we are on our way there small disclaimer this is our second try at going there we did
bring bear with us originally
but it's not a very pet friendly place so just something to keep in mind there weren't
a whole lot of places we could take him especially the ones that we wanted to visit so just to
let you know the internet lied to us about that [Music] just heading there now we're
gonna grab some lunch probably first in the main part of town and then head to the beach
and then probably the Lagoon as well [Music] that's this
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burrito is actually really awesome I have no idea how much it costs because there was
no prices on the menu it's a family-owned place so I'm assuming not too bad
300 pesos for everything that's pretty cheap and it was amazing
it's called La lunita definitely check it out it's literally just as you pull into town
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so this little town part of akamal is super small I think it's like five blocks like really
really small and it's on one side of the highway more Inland then you have like your Resorts
more of a gated community close to the beach more like Villas and that type of thing
it's a doctor that's the nicest doctor's office I've ever seen we're just going to take a
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okay so coming into the Lagoon was pretty misleading we thought we were paying for admission
to the entire Lagoon but it's just like a really small designated area only tiny part
of it I guess there's like multiple businesses and a couple of Villas here that own parts
of the Lagoon so we get this like portion of it and it is a little bit crowded not quite
what we thought it was but it's very nice in here and there's a lot of bright blue fish
very fresh water [Music]
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just paid our 120 peso each for you to get into the beach I think it's because it's a
national park and there's Turtles here and the wildlife trying to figure out this whole
place it's like a guided Community with an entrance fee to the beach but it seems like
there's other entrances you can get in but maybe you've got to own property here or like
have a villa here I really don't know it's very busy though they're doing pretty well
it's a pretty nice Beach but I'm not too sure what why this one is particularly special
and you have to pay to get into it it sort of feels like we're just in one massive Resort
like the entire Beach part of the town is one big Resort where you got to keep paying
for things I don't know if we are the target market for this place from what we can see
it looks like it's more like targeted towards retirees or families not so much like our
age people I think I haven't really seen anyone at large no I'm assuming you're right [Music]
all right we're just trying to find somewhere to have a drink at um just
got turned away from the first place because it was private not having much luck here so
far [Music] we found somebody that sells his Spears it's 90 pesos it's kind of stick
okay where has been your favorite place in kintanaroo that we have visited
that's my favorite it was decently priced it wasn't too busy it wasn't too crazy uh
but there was still like lots of restaurants and bars around and the beaches were epic
the best for being too what was your second favorite second favorite Cozumel but we understand
why not we probably needed to spend a bit longer I think we should go back
was it was just basically a lagoon instead of a beach because the Lagoon was pretty sick
but as far as living I don't know if I would want to live anywhere except Playa Del Carmen
because it has everything like it has like so many like big supermarkets and uh gyms
and yoga and you don't need a vehicle to get around and like you could go out to dinner
every night for a year and probably not go to the same restaurant for us so maybe this
would be cheaper so for living pay.com is going to be the best [Music] foreign [Music]
like the nicest spot in Akama this little strip on like the left hand side of the beach
it's got a bunch of private Builders but it's a public area and there's lots of chairs you
can sit in and it's not as busy and there's no seaweed it's actually pretty nice [Music]
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thank you
it's like a whole row of abandoned like townhouses right on the ocean yeah I don't know one's
bought them off and redone yeah such a prime spot
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[Music] okay I feel like I'm coming around to this place because we've managed to get
away from the crowd a little bit and we found like this private Little Beach just a five
minute walk away from everyone incredible View and even sand
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thank you
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well that about does it for us we're gonna
head back I think
you see what Bear's been doing yeah
[Music] so we still had a really nice day even though this would not be my favorite
place that we visited I know a lot of people make fun of me because usually I do say this
is my new favorite place and unfortunately this one fell a little bit short but I just
don't think I'm the right person for it still very beautiful I would come back if we were
staying in one of the five-star Resorts that are on the beach I would not be opposed to
that I'm really happy we found that secluded area at the end I think I just get overwhelmed
when there's too many people around and I wasn't expecting it I don't know what I was
expecting I was expecting more of a Beach Town yeah we both thought that this would
be more similar to like Puerto Morales but is what it is
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yeah thank you so much for watching if you've made it this far in next week's episode we're
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[Applause] [Music] okay straight up I'm not lying this is my favorite burrito I've had
in Mexico I have no idea what this place is called
All right we are currently on our way to akumo ammo
[Music] thank you [Music]