July 1 Cancun Day 2 /Quintana Roo To Yucatan

Cancun Beach with all the seaweed that Tropical Storm Alex washed ashore.

We had a free morning in Cancun. I took another walk along the beach in the morning. This time I walk down the beach in the other direction from all of the hotels toward some private residences. There is a lot of construction happening all along the beach. I learned that Cancun is a city that is only about 40 years old. The Mexican government decided to develop that area of the Yucatan to bring in tourists it is now known as the Maya Rivera. They also developed the state of Quantiana Roo around then.

At noon we left our hotel and went to visit a vocational high school in Cancun. It was very interesting to see. The students prepared a wonderful lunch and performed for us. It was very touching. Watching the kids just reinforces that no matter where in the world you go kids are kids.

This tiny library is the only one for the whole high school.

The students made lunch for us and performed songs and several regional dances.

Our Fulbright group with the students and teacher from the school

After we left the school we boarded the bus and headed for the small colonial Spanish village of Valladolid, Yucatan

June 30 First Day in Mexico-Cancun

Today was a travel day and we go off to a bit of a rough start. Our plane was delayed out of Austin due to tropical storm Alex that has since turned into hurricane Alex. We finally got to Dallas with no time to spare. The airline shuttled us directly from our arrival gate to our departure gate so that we didn’t miss our flight to Cancun. Once we made it to Cancun we boarded our tour bus that will be our home away from home for the next 29 days and made the short trip to our hotel.

The front of the hotel we stayed in while in Cancun

This was my breath taking ocean view!

The beach behind the hotel.

Cancun is amazingly beautiful. The ocean is a gorgeous Jade color. I enjoyed a long walk on the white sand beach behind our hotel. Unfortunately it was hard to make it down to the water because of all the seaweed that hurricane Alex has caused to churn up on the beach.

Due to my technological difficulties I will post the picture of the seaweed on my nest entry:)