cancun man
it was pretty easy i mean there was 700 pesos to get from the hote
from the airport to the hotel which is kind of expensive but it is what it is
all right island hoppers we are in cancun we're going to go around this area on the hotel zone
and head over to isla mujeres in this episode from cancun so uh let's show you guys what it has to
offer the hotel we're staying at here is called the crystal resort there's actually a couple of
those in this area as you can see you get that trademark cancun gatorade colored blue water
on just right off the hotel uh balcony right there the pool is nice and it's a good place to grab a
beer or a margarita but it doesn't match up to the ocean so i'd rather get in the ocean than a pool
yeah you know me i like to relax all the time right just kidding i'm always on the go so
coming to cancun it's definitely a place where you can relax something i never do
i don't know maybe i can sit here for 10 minutes before i gotta get going but hey you know pretty
good uh view they got that gatorade water out here in cancun if you haven't already seen it
but um yeah we're gonna go around coco bongo hotel zone check out some of these other resorts show
you guys around the beach here in cancun cancun and particularly around the hotel zone let's do it
cancun is the largest city in quintana roo and actually when you're heading to riviera maya or
this area of cancun even tulum you're going to land at the airport in cancun that's what's made
this really popular but it's also the most aged and dated hotel zone beach area in the riviera
maya or along this side of the caribbean coast of the yucatan if you want to call it that [Music]
cancun's population is around about 800 000 people and it is a fairly new city
uh having been established in 1970 uh because of its hotels uh back in before that the uh
population of isla cancun was about three people and they all lived on a coconut plantation
yeah so cancun honestly i don't know i hope it could survive uh the coped i mean
it looks like it's a little bit banged up but i think it'll definitely rebound
because people want to come down here but uh it's a little banged up right now
the situation that happened with the lockdowns and whatnot you could tell
it did have an impact on cancun and here's the cold hard facts you can't moth ball a
hotel or many hotels like this what that means is you can't shut down hotels with no occupancy
for extended periods of time because what ends up happening is the buildings become run down
and dilapidated and you can kind of see that some of these hotels down here on the hotel zone
so now we'll head off the beach here and go down to the main drag over here
and show you guys around the uh party zone the hotel zone where coco bongo is [Music]
pretty good pretty good this is like a jalapeno i'm gonna
take a big bite i don't know if it's hot or not it's like a reena chile a chile
this spicy oh it is a bit spicy but it's good it's good oh it's spicy
[Music]
i like beef that has like fat a little fatty beef but this is pretty good it's kind of lean
it's just an average gardening side of tacos nothing good nothing special
nothing bad just average carne asada [Music]
in case you're wondering what octopus tastes like
um it doesn't taste like anything actually and the texture is kind of like chewing on like a
like a piece of rubber a little bit but it's not as hard as a piece of rubber all right
so now we're gonna head out and try and find a boat or a catamaran to take us out to isla
mujeres tomorrow so that's what we're looking for right now is a catamaran or
some sort of tour to go to isla mujeres okay so here we are we're booking a tour with uh
promotion.com to go to the islamic horoscope at isla mujeres at nine o'clock nuevo yeah
and uh yeah i mean he's hooking us up we'll see how it goes you guys will see the video
uh come on down and see our friend here tell them that you were sent by islandhoppertv and
say yeah i want my promotion and tell my friend my amigo right here very strong man
all right so the sun's going down not too much partying tonight and uh we're headed over to
isla mujeres tomorrow morning all right guys we are here at the uh area in cancun where you go
out to isla mujeres on one of these catamaran boats uh they do have an upgrade that we are
considering it would be 50 per person more but it's a 30 vessel instead of 60 and a little bit
higher quality so we're considering it we'll see what we're going to choose but you can
see it's a little bit choppy today the winds are coming from the south which is not a big problem
it was coming from the north that would be a problem let's see what happens [Applause]
yeah so when you come down to cancun you can go on quite a few different tours you can go
out to chichen itza which is an inland tour go see some cenotes and some mayan pyramids
or head out to one of these island isla hobash or isla mujeres in this case we
went to isla mujeres did some snorkeling and also some lunch and we went around to playa
norte which you're about to see all of that right now and this is me doing my famous scuba
steve impersonation i mean if that doesn't look like scuba steve i don't know what does [Music]
around this side of the yucatan they do have a famous underwater museum that people like
to scuba dive to i believe that is near islam harris although we didn't do that on this tour
yeah so here we are at the ice bar uh look at this beautiful view looking back over towards
cancun from isla mujeres here's a buffet you get this buffet when you come here
so let's see what they got this beach here is actually called playa tiburon and tiburon in
spanish means shark so beach of the shark that's what playa tiburon would mean right but they do
have whale sharks here and they also have these really kind of gentle sharks called nurse sharks
yeah so you get one of these for an hour for 25 who knows how much it costs for a
full day but hey it's a great way to get around the island let's just say that
i'll show you guys fly at north bay and some of the other places yeah so it's just an
easier way to get around on one of these golf carts here like i said it does cost about 25
an hour uh you could take it down to plyo sir you know if you if you rent this thing for three hours
you're definitely going to get your money's worth and isla mujeres is not a very big island
we cruise this thing around checking out some of the restaurants and some of the other beaches that
we don't get to see on the boat tour so that's what it worked out for and also you can cruise
this thing up to playa norte which is considered one of the best beaches in all of mexico when you
do come to isla mujeres be ready to get lots of sunshine drive a golf cart and probably
do some shopping while you're here but definitely getting your feet in the sand you know salty hair
just don't care that's the motto out here and as long as there's not a hurricane coming in i think
anytime is a good time to come to east luma harris and get in this great blue crystal clear water
yeah man what a day what a day
all that sun and fun i'll admit it does take a little bit out of you when you're
on one of these boat tours with the catamaran but it's totally worth it
get some carne asada tacos and you'll feel much better maybe even a margarita
when you're ready and then it's 30 to 45 minutes back to cancun on the catamaran lots of music now
and as you might have noticed we've changed hotels we're now at the aloft i would say
the crystal was a better hotel view and a better hotel overall although i was fed up with staying
at resorts and dealing with that so we did stay at the aloft and it was all good and it
is really close to the downtown hotel zone where you can get the senior frogs and some of the other
happening nightlife don't forget the nightlife i'm more into it for the food and the beach relaxation
aren't you now when you do come down to cancun they do get this seaweed it's called sargassium
uh hopefully it's not in abundance when you're trying to swim in the ocean because it'll rub up
against you and you'll be like oh my gosh is that a fish no it's just a piece of seaweed but it also
goes onto the beach and causes all these problems so you might see that when you're down here
but look at the beautiful views and everything that you get some high-rise hotels so many
different hotel varieties to pick from on the other side of this beach here
is a lagoon which most people don't actually go over to the lagoon unless they're riding jet skis
or doing some sort of boating activity because no one really swims in there with the crocodiles
and what would a cancun video be without showing you guys a little bit of the nightlife although
a lot of the nightlife down here can tend to get a bit uh pg-13 and beyond if you know what i mean
and i must admit it is not uncommon to have a few too many
tequila shots or too much vitamin t as they call it
[Applause]
all right everyone thanks for watching this episode of island hopper tv
from cancun see you on the next one