On this cognitive part of our journey ends and begins right after this most intense program – rest on the Caribbean coast of Cancun. Somewhere I read that Cancun resembles a finger, a long strip of land between the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea, and so narrow that all hotel rooms are obtained with a sea view, just on different things. Caribbean a little closer, it was on it and are all the beaches, the Gulf of Mexico looks less attractive, at least from afar. The hotel was called the Cancun Palace and was part of a complex of four hotels Moon Palace, Sun Palace, and the name of the fourth, I forgot. Upon arrival, we put in the hands of the orange bracelets with the name of the hotel, which guaranteed us free food and drinks in all the above hotels. All these hotels are by the way were not close, even up to the nearest had to go by taxi. And the start of the holiday!
What there beaches, snow-white sand and very unusual, at first I could not understand why it is almost impossible to shake off with a bag with towels, but there certainly have been more interesting activities than to puzzle over this problem. Later, back in Moscow in an unsuccessful attempt to shake the sand out of a suitcase answer was found. If we consider every grain of sand in isolation, you see that they are totally flat, that they were so terrible has happened, from which they could accept such an unusual shape did not know, but it’s really unusual. I saw the white sand in the Bahamas and the Maldives, it is quite another.
The weather was cloudy on our happiness, if not for this we would immediately charred, because they took into the habit of some sleep on the beach. Umbrellas there are only around the pool or a little closer to the sea on the grass, and on the beach just a strange-looking beds. They have no legs, just a piece of the same snow-like sand and plastic curved shape lying body, ie, place for the head and knees elevated. Very convenient way, if lying on your back and not suitable for lying on his stomach. Here’s to them we snuffle Having fun hanging out at local nightclubs, our sleep broken only by three American nymphs. But that is another story. The girls were not to lie to 150 pounds each, so what were Zateinitsa not convey. They did next, type the full plate of cakes, so yes you know with a hill and went to the beach. But this, they were little, they went to bathe in the society of these dishes.
Now imagine how you, awakened by a loud laugh and squeal, open your eyes and see a meter away from him the three Graces lying on the waves, with plates on each of which pyramid cakes. Here is one cake falls into the water without hesitation, it is removed from the water and sent to the mouth, accompanied by another burst of laughter. Disgusting – it is not the word!
In Cancun, we only have 4 days to enjoy all the benefits of the hotel, working on the “All inclusive», plenty nakupatsya the turquoise waters of the Caribbean, soak up the sun for the rest of the winter ahead, and of course avoid all the nightclubs, not to be excruciatingly painful aimlessly for your time. Of course 4 days it is very very little, but we tried to do everything.
The hotel I liked, but judging because we had seen walking along the beach, there are all wonderful hotels as well as the resort is relatively new. The hotel had several restaurants inside the building, an outdoor pool under a huge canopy. Afternoon around swimming pools do exotic cocktails and seafood cooked on the grill. If restaurants really bored, you can order room service. But best of all, it is when returning late at night with discos, we found in the hotel lobby carefully laid table on which stood a thermos of tea and coffee and a huge basket with all sorts of buns and rolls.
Vacation in Cancun, mostly Americans. We have made an amazing discovery, it appears Americans apparently very similar to Russian. We kept an eye on travelers hoping to find his compatriots and a couple of times were a hundred percent sure that this is “our”, that is, appearance, clothing, demeanor all match. But no, turned out to Americans!
Now a little about what did not. The biggest and perhaps the only drawback – it’s relaxed staff. Restlessness bordering on promiscuity, the impression that the waiters feel the same vacationers can afford to sit down at a restaurant at a table, give the flowers when we ordered room service, then had to chase the waiter almost no kicks. At the disco in general was not clear where the waiters, so they are in their behavior mingled with the crowd of guests, chatted and danced with everyone climbed to cuddle, have attempted to slap the girls lower back. First, all wildly agitated, and then we realized that this is an unhealthy expression of Mexican hospitality and resigned.
Looking ahead to say that the fun was waiting for us upon check-out when, after putting the keys to the rooms to us with an entirely commonplace view was expressed that we have to pay $ 1,000. And this is the hotel where everything was included in the price, including orders in the room! In a state of near hysteria run to the representatives of tourist agencies, which are already being attacked in a panic, our comrades, and we excitedly begin to tell him about the same. His answer is equally soothing us and shakes. It turns out this is a Mexican company focus, designed for suckers, that is, fright pay – well, you begin to understand and make trouble – well not too late to apologize. But what insolence! As it turned out, the statement was made every second person from our group, and always featured one and the same amount.
Now about the disco, having ascertained that in Cancún is also a night club “La Boom”, we decided not to change the tradition and went to it there. And disappointed because it was already quite different. A small two-level room in the middle on the first level bar, a stage and dance floor on the second floor tables. Neither you falling from the ceiling, confetti, no screens with a horror film, but the room was worn by some frightening, more people, dressed in a hoodie with a bottle in his hand. Selecting a victim, he jumped and tried to pour a cocktail from the bottle, and into the mouth of the unfortunate. Otherwise, nothing remarkable, except that one girl from our group managed to break a huge mirror in the bathroom, having mixed it with the output, because of their similarity in size. She just came out in the mirror …. But strangely no one claims to present did not.
On the last day the weather changed, the clouds are gone, here we are and understand how insidious may be the sun. A couple of hours on the beach left us before his departure, was enough to earn a sunburn. But our group was visible from afar, from the characteristic crimson-red face. Catching already managed to become hateful sambrero, we left Cancun with a glowing sunburn persons with sticky from chronic lack of sleep eyes, but such unspeakably happy, because I got so many impressions that last for years to come.
At Homeland we are not waiting, we realized this when in walked barefoot on the airfield covered with snow, on which we were inexplicably dropped off without even filing a bus. But what is the essence of the difference that Moscow is now deep winter, cold and snowing, the main thing that somewhere far away, beyond the ocean there is a country where the sun always shines, where the sea is a turquoise color, which is impossible to look not blinking, where every stone breathes eternity and we now know exactly where it is!
PS the last 2 years, looking for the suitcase after another trip in search of a prospectus, climb on all pockets, remember that there is another suitcase on his belly under lock and key, open, and nearly faints. There is an impressive stack of the Mexican peso, beginning remember how to change in Mexico is something around $ 300 and for safety to hide all this wealth in this pocket. My first thought, as I have with this suitcase was wound around Europe and none of their customs are not enlightened? Second, where you can change these wrappers to normal money. It was found only in Mexico, the currency is the same wood as our ruble. Well, what will be the occasion to come back!