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02-21-2011, 07:46 PM
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| Cancuncare Regular  Join Date: 18th Feb 2011 Location: St. Louis, MO
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|  Misc. CC Just heard bout something like 13 peeps got shot in CC. Is that atypical? I was thinking crime was pretty low. Also wanting to take a trip to Chichen Izta, would it be better to take the bus or rent a car? I'm a pretty safe and reliable driver, but read that some police will sometimes pull tourists over, and judge, jury, and fine right there on the spot.
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02-21-2011, 08:38 PM
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| Cancuncare Sun Care Advisor  Join Date: 23rd Jan 2009 Location: Cancun via PHILLY!!!
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| I hate to sound stupid, since I live here. But what do you mean by CC? There was 12 taxi drivers killed in Acapulco...waaay over on the other side of the Country. |
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02-22-2011, 06:09 AM
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| I can choose my own title  Join Date: 1st Aug 2005 Location: Cancun
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| The latest news was from Acapulco, 13 killed, 1455 kms/904 miles away. As far as going to Chichen, I highly recommend taking a tour. It's not your driving, it's everyone else's. Going with the tour you are in a big, safe bus, certainly safer than the tiny rental cars you might get. Plus, most tours include food, drinks and guides, can be more economical in the long run when you add up gas, tolls, etc..
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02-22-2011, 07:43 AM
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| I can choose my own title  Join Date: 13th Apr 2003 Location: Cancun. QR, Mexico
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| Definitely do not drive. The round trips tolls are over $700, about $60 US. Gas in an economy car would be close to $40 US. The main reason to consider driving wouild be if you have a rental car anyway and have like 4 people to "allocate" the travel costs among. Tours are great as Canuck describes. Click on the Entertainment Plus link at the bottom of this page. Another option would be to take the ADO bus fromt the downtown bus station. This would be the cheapest way to go probably. Then you can hire a guide to give you the tour. No worry about finding a guide. They will find you about 1.2 seconds after you get off the bus. Long ago I heard a guide say, maybe even to me, "Without a guide you are pretty much just looking at a pile of rocks." Hmmm. Take a backpack and some bottled water and lots of sunscreen.
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02-22-2011, 07:51 AM
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| I can choose my own title Join Date: 13th Apr 2003 Location: Cancun. QR, Mexico
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| Tori B. My bet is CC = Can Cun, which I have seen it written from time to time, with the accent over the "u". On the Acapulco thing the article I read said 10 taxi drivers and one taxi had 3 passnegers who were also killed. The locations were random but my guess is that the victims were not. The cartels are alive and well protecting and acquiring their turf.
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02-22-2011, 03:54 PM
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| I can choose my own title Join Date: 1st Aug 2005 Location: Cancun
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| Must admit, I agree with the statement about the guide. The guides I've had have made my trips worthwhile, extremely knowledgeable and passionate about the site. These are not just some guys doing a day job, they study long and hard to get certified and know their stuff inside and out. I went to Chichen this past Saturday for the third time this year and was thrilled to see my favourite guide Delio. He makes piles of rocks fascinating. 
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02-22-2011, 04:03 PM
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| Cancuncare's Most Interesting Man  Join Date: 10th Jan 2008 Location: Calgary, Alberta Canada
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| Quote:
 But yes a guide will sure help to put the site into proper perspective.
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02-22-2011, 09:25 PM
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| Cancuncare Regular Join Date: 18th Feb 2011 Location: St. Louis, MO
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| Thank you all for the tips and adivise!!! |
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02-23-2011, 07:23 AM
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| Cancuncare Guru  Join Date: 30th Dec 2005 Location: Minnesota
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02-23-2011, 10:53 AM
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| Cancuncare's Most Interesting Man Join Date: 10th Jan 2008 Location: Calgary, Alberta Canada
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Just by eyeballing it I think it may be http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cruziana this type of trace fossil. as always remember you can tell if a geologist is full of shit if he's talking!
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02-24-2011, 07:02 AM
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| Cancuncare Guru Join Date: 30th Dec 2005 Location: Minnesota
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| LOL I thought thats what they said about land surveyors! Hey thanks for the info. I thought it was a bone or like a deer horn, on the broken off end it looks just like a bone, it's kind of porous looking in the middle and soild on the outside. Thanks again!! |
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