I am not a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha, but I sometimes like to view your boards. Anyway, I just got back from Mexico a month ago. It was fabulous! We didn't stay in Cancun, we stayed in a resort town called Puerto Aventuras which was about 45 min. away from Cancun. If you are going to do some traveling away from Cancun, I would suggest that you try Playa del Carmen (I think someone mentioned it already). There are fabulous restaurants (with LOVELY atmosphere by the way), and several MILLION shops and vendors! (not really, but they are everywhere) Playa del Carmen is also a fabulous beach and they have jet-skiing (out of this world!), banana boats (don't try it if you are afraid of being dropped in the middle of the ocean, because you WILL fall off....and there ARE sharks!)and wonderful snorkelling and swimming. The water is beautiful! We were standing in knee deep water and there were fish swimming all around us! Anyway, Cozumel is wonderful as well. It's a 45 min. ferry ride from Cancun or Playa. There is absolutely WONDERFUL snorkeling there! There are also great shops and the Mayan ruins are not far from the downtown area. You can rent scooters and ride there (it's about a half hour ride). The scooters were fun, however, one of my friends was in an accident
(she ran into a tree) when we were on our way back from the ruins (it wasn't her fault, but the rental place said it was and we ended up having to pay $600
for the scooter and my friend was seriously hurt and had to go to the hospital.....not the thing to do in Mexico....so think about it before you do it.) Anyway, all in all it was a fabulous vacation and I would love to go again sometime. I hope you have fun and have a wonderful birthday celebration.
Blessed1
P.S. - Taxis are EVERYWHERE in Mexico.....you only have to THINK the word "taxi" and 10 of them will surround you. But they are pretty nice and give you a flat rate price before you get in.