Cancun Transportation

In Cancun there are public buses up and down the hotel strip. They are safe, but you feel every pothole in the road. Great way to go to the restaurant zone or downtown.

The best known part of Cancun is the hotel strip which is a man made sand spit full of mostly 5 star hotels. There are precious few shops and restaurants and ATMs and the expectation is clearly to remain in your own resort for entertainment. There is a shuttle bus service into "town" - note that this isn't really Cancun town which is many more miles away and houses mostly the workforce in the tourist industry but another man-made town full of Hooters, KFCs etc Avoid anyone offering you legal or illegal drugs. The pimps are also rather blatant but I found more amusing with their catalogues than caused offence. In all Cancun is pretty convenient for popular excusrions into Chitchen Itza, Tulum, Merida etc. I hired a car and did my own sight-seeing which I highly recommend; plus it's cheaper, more flexible and completely easy and safe

not much here 'cept the ferry port to Isla Mujeres

When riding the bus on the strip, don't get off after the tourist spots. LOL.. I made that mistake, I was just going to walk back as it was only 1 stop..
But the bus driver would not let me get off the bus and turned it around to drop me off at the clubs and stuff. He said he didn't want me to encounter trouble. I assured him I could hold my own, but he was pretty adamant about my not getting off, he said hurt or dead tourists is bad for their economy. So I will advise you to get off on time.. LOL.... Tks to the bus driver...

ALWAYS Bargain down.Keep money close to you, and wear sunblock