Category Archives: Cancun News
City Beach Club, Cancun – Review
The City Beach Club was one of the last establishments to recover after the hurricane. With reopening in Sept 2006 it is clear that they have moved after a different clientele and are definitely more upscale than before. Previously they catered for locals and tourists looking to party with regular bikini contests and even a … Continue reading
Locusts in Cancun
Reports first surfaced yesterday of large amounts of locusts in Cancun. At first I was sceptical, having lived here for two years I’d never even seen a single locust let alone swarms of them. Reports began to come in on my Cancun Message board from locals of sightings. First, several miles inland then closer to centro. … Continue reading
Mexican Independence Day Draws Near
On 15th September 2006 Mexico celebrates it’s 196th Independence Day. Here in Cancun it is always a big party with tens of thousands packing the Palacio Municipal area on Ave. Tulum for live events and the famous Grito. Incidentally, Cinco de Mayo although celebrated in the US, hardly merits a mention here. For several weeks … Continue reading
Hurricane Ernesto to avoid Cancun
Three days later things are becoming clearer. The bad news is the tropical storm has now strengthened into a Category 1 Hurricane, with predictions showing it will strengthen further. The good news is, if it keeps to it’s predicted tracking path it will totally miss Cancun. Each time a new update is published Ernesto seems … Continue reading
Tropical Depression 5 set to affect Cancun
Just when it’s been a very quiet season a Tropical Depression develops. When I first checked this out a few hours ago the 5 day tracking map had it headed directly for Cancun. The latest update shows it being pushed northwards, and that trend is likely to continue. It hasn’t even reached Tropical Storm status … Continue reading
Cancun Newspaper Offices Bombed
I’ll start by saying that these newspaper offices are situated well downtown and nowhere near any Cancun Hotels, the perpetrators are believed to be members of drug cartels who didn’t take kindly to the current reporting of their activities. The bombings took place last night around 10pm in co-ordinated simultaneous attacks and were carried out … Continue reading
Fat Tuesday Cancun, to Close
The popular spring break hang out Fat Tuesday in Cancun is set to close. Apparently, the owners owe a lot of money both in rent and in wages to the staff. The company that the land is rented from FONATUR (Mexico’s national trust for the promotion of tourism) have repossessed the building and it seems … Continue reading
Video of the Worlds Biggest Beach Party – Cancun, Mexico
To celebrate the restoration of the beaches in Cancun and also to generate some world wide publicity the ‘Worlds Biggest Beach Party’ was held over 3 days in August. Officials were expecting 30,000 people to attend and the party would extend along thirteen miles of beach. Stretching from Punta Nizuc to Playa Delfines there were … Continue reading
New Bridge Proposed For Cancun
The first draft of a proposal to build a new bridge in Cancun was presented today. The bridge will be just short of a kilometre in length, be 21 metres wide and carry four lanes of traffic. The project has a budget of 300 million pesos and if all goes well construction will commence early … Continue reading
Tropical Storm Chris set to miss Cancun
Just heard on the TV that meteorologists are keeping a close eye on Tropical Strom Chris which is developing some way off to the South West. With Hurricane Wilma still very much in everyones memory here in Cancun any potential hurricane is closely monitored.