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theresatan



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PostPosted: Sun Jul 09, 2006 10:09 pm    Post subject: Best beach in Mexico? Reply with quote
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M@tt



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PostPosted: Mon Jul 10, 2006 3:42 am    Post subject: worst Reply with quote
worst beach in mexico: playa bonita, campeche. an atrocity that still manages to attract families hellbent on having fun (in a parking lot, without any sand, next to brown water full of seaweed with a concrete wall serving as the beach).
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periodista-masajista



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PostPosted: Tue Jul 11, 2006 2:11 pm    Post subject: playa basura Reply with quote
I'll have to second that. Playa Bonita is where New Jersey meets Mexico. Amusing to hear the locals in Campeche tell you about how great it is. Campeche sucks.
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MELEE



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PostPosted: Tue Jul 11, 2006 2:30 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
I think everyone is on vacation, at the beach! Maybe when they get back you will have more responses.

I have two favorites. 1) in Quinta Roo, Akumal bay! Fabulous place.

If that is too far to go, 2) Lagunas de Chacaua, Oaxaca. But there are many great beaches on the Oaxacan coast, depending on what you're looking for, quiet, not quiet, surf, no surf, sunrise, sunset...
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PlayadelSoul



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PostPosted: Tue Jul 11, 2006 3:37 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
The beaches south of Playa del Carmen are the best I have seen in Mexico.
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M@tt



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PostPosted: Tue Jul 11, 2006 9:05 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
i really have almost no beach experience in mexico. but, people talk to me constantly about my need to get to more beaches, and from what i've heard they go like this:

best beaches in the universe: anything in quintana roo
second best beaches in the universe: anything in oaxaca
after that, you have assorted other good beaches on the pacific coast: zihuatanejo, puerto vallarte, the neglected chiapas coast, and bringing up the rear would be acapulco which is definitely a has-been as far as tourist spots go.
for a bad time, call: almost anywhere on the gulf coast. the only people who vacation there are already close by.

by the way, campeche itself, veracruz itself, those are really nice places for a visit, really interesting. just don't go for the beaches!
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lozwich



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PostPosted: Wed Jul 12, 2006 3:27 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
M@tt wrote:
best beaches in the universe: anything in quintana roo
second best beaches in the universe: anything in oaxaca


In the universe? You haven't been to Australia, have you? Razz

Cool
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M@tt



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PostPosted: Wed Jul 12, 2006 4:54 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
no, and neither have any mexicans which is why they will tell you QRO has the best beaches in the universe. better than hawaii, better than brazil, better than jersey shores. the nerve!
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lozwich



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PostPosted: Wed Jul 12, 2006 5:29 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
On a holiday to Playa del Carmen once, I read a diving brochure that said that Cozumel had been rated the second best coral reef in the world.

Guess where number one is? Laughing
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TheLongWayHome



Joined: 07 Jun 2006
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 12, 2006 11:07 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
matt wrote:
no, and neither have any mexicans which is why they will tell you QRO has the best beaches in the universe. better than hawaii, better than brazil, better than jersey shores. the nerve!

The same people will also tell you that Mexico is the biggest country in the world.
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M@tt



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PostPosted: Thu Jul 13, 2006 2:59 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
someone recently told me mexico has 300,000,000 people and the US has one billion. i thought that was funny until i read an article stating that something like 30% of americans think the same thing.

for anyone who is curious, the US is just under 300M and mexico just over 100M. i'm not sure where the 10M