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Cancun,Mexico
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Luxury hotels pack the shoreline. The word Cancún in Mayan
means 'golden snake,' and it aptly describes the long
sliver of
powdery white sand beaches. Squeezed along the 231/2-mile
(27
km) causeway, 22,000 hotel rooms, in a mix of
architectural
styles, welcome sun worshippers and vacationers from all
over
the world. Last year, nearly three million visitors
arrived at
the international airport here, most bound for the luxury
and
pampering of the famous hotel zone.
Unlike
Acapulco
or Puerto Vallarta, which were idyllic little villages
until
tourism replaced fishing as the major source of income,
Cancún
(pop. 300,000) is a made-to-order resort, built
specifically for
tourism in an area where the wild jungle once met a
deserted
shore.
Inland from the waterfront is the other
side
to Cancún, the Mexican town that sprang up to supply
housing and
community for the hospitality workers in the hotel zone.
While
much of it is not of particular interest to the visitor,
the
downtown strip (El Centro) has taken on a life and
personality
all its own. We suspect that if the resorts in the hotel
zone
sank into the sea, Cancún downtown would stay on, living
and
working much as it does now - a gumbo of Yucatecan, Maya,
Mexican and North American lifestyles. It's a pleasant and
lively place to visit or stay. And you don't feel you're
in
Kansas anymore.
Whatever your vacation needs,
between
the two Cancúns you'll be satisfied. Get-away-and-relax-on-
the-
beach vacationers will find Cancún is all it's cracked up
to be.
More adventuresome, lower-budget travelers can find the
best of
both worlds downtown or on Isla Mujeres.
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