Head Tale

Shea and I have done three or four day trips to Isla Mujeres when we’ve stayed at all-inclusives in the Cancun area over the years.

And every time, we come home and say “That was the best part of our trip – we should stay there for our whole trip sometime!”

Isla Mujeres is a small island which is only seven kilometres long and less than a kilometre across at its widest point.  It is commercialized to a degree, especially in the part of the island near the ferry terminal where hundreds of tourists disembark everyday.

But it is still a lot more rustic and low key compared to most tourist destinations in Mexico with tons of unique restaurants, minimal cars on the island (most people walk or rent a golf cart or scooter if they want to range further) and a calm, quiet vibe in general.

So this year, we finally pulled the trigger – instead of booking an all-inclusive (even on the island which has a few), we have booked a central hotel right on Playa Norte (regularly rated as one of the Top Ten beaches on earth!) and are going to have a pretty low key week of being on the beach, reading, eating and swimming.

Only a few days until we’re on this ferry!