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Over the years, Cancun, Mexico has morphed from a beautiful stretch of beach to a tourist ghetto with too many high-rise hotels and partying college students. As a result, I have no interest in ever visiting. I was surprised, therefore, to come ...

We did a piece for AOL about some of the hidden spots to check out during Spring Break in Mexico. Not on the list, for reasons that should be obvious, was Cancun. Me, I'm no fan of Cancun, the sweltering, tourist-ridden Shangri-la for, it seems, ...

Just when you thought it was safe to go back to Cancun, a biblical plague has smitten the Mexican resort town. Last year, it was Hurricane Wilma that descended from the heavens to tear apart the popular beach town like something right out of the Old ...

Before podcasting became all the rage, Russell Johnson at the Connected Traveler was doing audio stories for download from around the world. He calls his site "the world's first 24 hour per day world travel and culture radio station". You ...

A great massage needs no embellishment. The simple act of kneading stress from your body is enough. Warm Jacuzzi waters afterward complete the experience, especially when washed down with crisp cucumber water. A twist that enhances the experience, ...

The local vendors manning the kiosks at Mercado 28 – Cancun's outdoor marketplace – do not disappoint. They are ready to cut you a deal and almost seem to be acting in character when you step onto the sidewalk. One instructs you, "It ...

Last March I went to Mexico on a do-good travel venture which involved building a house. Here is a simpler way to do good if you are heading to Cancun, Mexico on a vacation and want to share your good fortune at being able to afford such a vacation ...

Yesterday I wrote a post about travel weirdos who inspire us to think and travel outside the box. After I wrote that post, I heard on the radio about a hijacker in Mexico who threatened an Aeromexico plane with what turned out to be a fake bomb as ...

Tahiti is one of the world's top tattoo destinations and for a good reason: the Tahitians kinda sorta invented the whole tattoo thing, even giving us the word which derives from the Tahitian tatau, "to strike". Once upon a time in Tahiti, tattoos ...

Spring Break is upon us, and for most college kids, March means two things: basketball and getting your color back on some tropical beach. When I think Mexico, I think drugs and girls gone wild, but there's something about Mexico that really draws ...

Shortly after taking off from Cancun on Wednesday, the pilots of AeroMexico flight 737 radioed the control tower to say the plane had been hijacked. The hijacker had showed off a bomb (later found to be fake) and demanded to speak to Mexican ...

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Cancun has always left a bad taste in my mouth. Even though it is so close to my home, I avoided it for many years because of the horrible reputation it had for drunken frat boys and over-developed beachfront property. In fact, it is so full of North ...

One of the best, quick tropical getaways from my home in Los Angeles is the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico. Unfortunately, it tends to be dominated by Cancun, an overdeveloped strip of high rise hotels, tourist dives, and drunk college students. It ...

Video from The Sun surfaced this morning showing an alleged gnome running around an Argentinian town, scaring the living daylights out of local teens. My thoughts are that this is either a hoax or a clever viral marketing campaign courtesy of ...