Might as well give up. You can’t tell some of these people anything. They have their biases and will stick to them no matter what. We’ve been all over the Cancun area all the way down to Belize with absolutely no problems. It’s a gorgeous area. Our fav spot is Paamul.
I agree. Hazards generally ascribed to Mexico are largely imaginary and misinformed.
We’ve never been to Paamul. We usually stay at Plaza Playa in Playa del Carmen. Nothing fancy, but reasonable, clean and relatively close to the beach & shopping.
We rode the ‘collectivo’ down to Akumal back in March to see the turtles. Unfortunately, the World Wildlife Fund had “worked their magic” and you were not allowed more than 50 meters from the beach, no swim fins, etc.
Bummer! Mrs BN did get to see three, though.
BTW, the ‘collectivo’ (ubiquitous mini-van taxi) was clean, safe & polite driver & fellow passengers.