WHY would anyone with a functioning, cogent brain, go to the Turd World, for a “vacation”?
We were there six years ago, not far north of Tulum.
Our resort was five stars all the way (Secrets Capri Riviera Cancun). Food, acccommodations, everything, especially the food.
We took a cab from the resort into Playa Del Carmen (the nearest town) and we both had the same idea. From the main highway into town, it was pretty much a slum, and we were both thinking the same thing (not voiced so as not offend the local cab driver). “If we don’t see six Americans who aren’t running for their lives, we’re not getting out of this cab.”
But, once we got to the tourist promenade, all was well and we had a great time, being offered cocaine while the Mexican police were 30 feet away.
Nevertheless, I would highly recommend vacationing in that area. I went on a wilderness walk all by my blonde, blue-eyed, white, American self in the woods next to our resort. Saw a herd of wild pigs, a couple of iguanas in trees, and a minivan full of questionable characters who I waved to and they waved back, but I emerged unscathed. I didn’t see a jaguar, but I understand they frequent those areas.
We loved every minute of our trip and want to go again