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Mar 18, 2024
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mobicurious
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^ very much this
Be prepared to pay many bribes (mordidas) as you drive the roads in Mexico. Never have your cash and cards in the same place. Use money belts inside of your clothing to keep must have stuff. Get the full insurance package for any rental vehicles.
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4 days near Tulum (Akumal) recommendations? Tips on self-drive to Chitzen Itza?
BluebloodOR
Mar 18, 5:44pm
Have some money available for when the cops
Archaea
Mar 18, 5:48pm
^ very much this
mobicurious
Mar 18, 5:50pm
Agreed. Driving in Mexico is a crapshoot and not my favorite place to travel
Archaea
Mar 18, 5:51pm
How is Belize in comparison?
Zenoch
Mar 18, 5:52pm
Belize has much lower corruption, but sometimes their roads are scarier
mobicurious
Mar 18, 5:55pm
The roads are not always good quality but the real problems are
Archaea
Mar 18, 5:57pm
100 times safer. Never been fleeced there.
Archaea
Mar 18, 5:55pm
I have a different strategy. I carry very little cash for this very reason.
FrontLineFan
Mar 18, 5:59pm
Until they put you in jail.
shakarocks
Mar 18, 6:12pm
Sure its a possibility but highly unlikely in my experience.
FrontLineFan
Mar 18, 6:19pm
I don't like driving in Mexico (outside of Rocky Point) just because the
crack
Mar 18, 6:28pm
Cobá is a must visit, stick around and have lunch there with one
mobicurious
Mar 18, 5:48pm
This is a good post.
Archaea
Mar 18, 5:49pm
Yes to all
macdizzle
Mar 18, 5:53pm
Which are the best cenotes near Tulum?
Avery
Mar 18, 6:27pm
Just do the Xenotes tour, so much easier
mobicurious
Mar 18, 7:40pm
Looks like that is just in Cancun
Avery
Mar 18, 8:33pm
It is south of Cancun, and they take you to a bunch of private cenotes
mobicurious
Mar 18, 9:00pm
Go to Coba ruins, and Xcaret
Bob Vance
Mar 18, 5:49pm
Xcaret Park is a blast!
BYU Grounds
Mar 18, 8:17pm
From my experience last year -
crack
Mar 18, 5:50pm
We also went hiking and swimming in some cenotes. It was amazing.
crack
Mar 18, 5:51pm
I have rented a car on three trips and never had a problem.
El Careeb
Mar 18, 6:01pm
And our favorite cenotes
El Careeb
Mar 18, 6:07pm
Depending where you drive, you will eventually get fleeced.
Archaea
Mar 18, 6:14pm
Read this first: Cancun resorts are no longer off limits from Cartel violence..
BYU Grounds
Mar 18, 8:06pm
Unfortunately, the security situation in Mexico has become like the weather
mobicurious
Mar 18, 8:13pm
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