Viva Mexico!

With Mexico celebrating its Bicentennial Independence Day and news of Hurricane Karl looming, I couldn't help but feel like its finally time for me to write a post about Mexico.

I’ve always had these preconceived ideas of Mexico. I’m not even entirely sure what my ideas were or where they came from, but I never thought I would like it, in fact I thought I would pretty much dislike visiting the country all together.

Last October, I/we finally decided to go check the place out for myself/ourselves, since my hubby has been wanting to go for a while and I received very good vacation critiques from very 2 trusted sources. I did my research, bought a little travel book about the Yucatan, booked a place by the ocean with a great pool great restaurants and fab reviews, packed my bikinis and a few other items of clothing and boarded the plane.

Actually, it was not that simple…we were planning on going to Mexico in May 2009, but thanks to the outbreak of H1N1, all hell broke loose, people started to freak out and our flight to Cancun was cancelled. Thanks to a great blog that I had discovered just after the outbreak of the flu, http://www.cancuncanuck.com/, I soon realised that things weren't quite as bad in Mexico as were first reported in the media. This blog gave me the perspective of some locals who were affected by everything that went on and I realized that cancelling the whole trip would just be a ridiculous thing to do. Not only would I miss out on a lazy beach vacation, but the people of Mexico needed the tourists to go back.

We finally managed to rebook our vacation and 5 months later, we were on our way…I hoped all the hassle was worth it.

Yes...yes it was - it WAS all worth it. What an arse I had been – the place was great!! It was more than worth it. I loved the Yucatan - friendly locals, vibrant colors, beautiful ocean and great food!

Thanks Canuck, your blog convinced us to not listen to the hype and I am very grateful for that, because our "discovery" of Mexico was unforgettable...in fact, we are already planning on going back to Mexico in the next year or so!