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- [Woman] Woo!
- My name is Will Edmond. I am an adventure travel blogger.
I just love sharing travel stories with the world,
with people like you.
I got real excited about going to Mexico
after seeing a video on YouTube about the cenotes.
I'm a water baby. I love being surrounded by the beaches.
And when I saw these beautiful holes in the ground
with crystal blue water, I was like, I have to go there.
I decided to go to Mexico solo
because I was in a relationship
where I was like, ah, I think I need a break.
When I landed. I was like, Aw, I am supposed to be here.
I did three days in Playa del Carmen.
And I did two days in Tulum.
The cost of that trip was around 500 to $600.
I booked the trip from Atlanta, Georgia
to Cancun, Mexico.
And the airfare was around maybe 275, $300.
Whenever I travel,
I'm actually looking for the flight versus the destination.
So I try to find things around 200 to 350 price range.
So that's why a lot of my travels has been focusing
in central America, the Caribbean, South America,
because a lot of those ticket prices are in that range.
What are arrived in Cancun,
I took the ADO bus Playa del Carmen.
That's a really efficient way to save on your traveling.
Stayed in Playa about two days and I got a Airbnb.
That's better, I think, than sometimes
when you're getting a hotel,
it's being able to interact with the locals
whenever you booking on Airbnb.
I actually booked the room for around $25 each night,
it was about 10 minutes from the beach,
so it was great walking distance.
My favorite vegan spot in Playa del Carmen
is Bio- Organicos.
If you like something that is being cooked there,
you can go on the other side and they have a grocery store,
so that you can buy some products,
take them back to your Airbnb, in your hotel
and cook them right there. So how convenient is that?
And then I ventured off to Tulum.
I actually went to visit the Mayan ruins.
A lot of the ruins are still intact.
So if you're ever going to Tulum, I suggest that you
do the Mayan ruins a history tour.
The Mayan ruins stretch all across the beach.
So the Mayans basically had the first beach-front
properties, hundreds and hundreds of years ago.
Some of the Mayans are still living in Tulum.
There's an area in Tulum where
there are Mayan people that are still there.
They're still doing the same traditions and everything.
So that's very beautiful.
Things I was most excited about in Mexico
was swimming in the cenotes.
A cenote is a underground deposit of fresh water
that has been carved out from limestone.
The Mayans actually used the cenotes
to do burial traditions and different other ceremonies.
Make sure you book a tour so you can have a guide there
to watch it.
But also make sure you take in all the nature
and the ambience that you're going to see
whenever you're underground in the blue cenotes.
My favorite go-to Tulum spot
is the Mezzanine Hotel and restaurant.
It's located right on the beach in Tulum. Amazing views.
I mean, you could step off the balcony in the back
and 50 feet, you're right in the ocean.
The food is delicious.
They have amazing spring rolls, whenever you bite into it,
it's crispiness and it falls on a table,
but it's absolutely delicious.
I love traveling around the world.
People always ask, well, why are you so happy?
And it's like, I get to interact with other people.
I get to learn new things. I get to try different foods.
I love great food. So I'm eating my way through a city.
One of my least favorite thing is that whenever
I was traveling to Tulum,
there wasn't a lot of vegan options.
The most vegan options I found was in Playa del Carmen.
My biggest splurge was going to Cozumel.
I actually booked a private boat.
Also, I rented a scooter, but that was like a $45 fee.
I used to try to stay way under $100.
A lot of things in New Mexico in Playa del Carmen
and Tulum are not expensive,
and that's why a lot of people go to Tulum.
I actually reached out to a gentlemen and I said
I was coming Tulum.
He offered up his nice villa, right close to the beach.
And only thing he wanted me to make
was put his name in a YouTube video.
Be open. There's a lot of beautiful places,
a lot of beautiful people.
I just think that you should need to do your research,
but then also travel to that country
and find out for yourself, interact with the people.
Thank you for coming along on this journey with me
as I showed you all the ventures that I had in Mexico.
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like and comment on this video. Until next time, y'all.
Peace.
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