Каникулы в Мексике) Holidays in Mexico)

Rested from 11.10. 2011 to 21.11. 2011 Vacationing on the Riviera Maya. Hotel GRAND PALLADIUM COLONIAL RESORT & SPA.
We flew through Moscow with the Aeroflot airline, in a nutshell about this airline, it is definitely better than Transaero both in terms of feeding and aircraft.
Upon arrival (almost 14 hours of flight), we were met by the guide Zhanna Fitsay, briefly talked about Mexico and personally placed us in hotels, naturally leading us to buy excursions only from her along the way.
In Mexico, there are a lot of vacationers of our compatriots emigrants from Russia. The animation at the hotel is very good, varied, for 10 days nothing happened again, and at first we looked at our Colonies, then we went to the Riviera and watched another one, there, at the end, a disco began nearby. In the lobby in the evenings you can have a good time and there was always live music. The rooms are cozy and clean.

The rooms have a mini bar (free of charge) replenished every day, there are coffee machines and always good coffee, but there is no Russian TV channel. A lot of living creatures on the territory of the hotel, the child is delighted with them.
We went on two excursions to Chichen Itza and to the Dolphinarium.
I didn’t like Chichen Itza, firstly, they talked for 2 hours and you are there, in fact it turns out while you collect everyone, someone will definitely be late until you stop at a gift shop with unrealistic prices on the way (half an hour) and that 4 hours , secondly, the guide didn’t really get caught, she was confused about the dates, in the end the whole bus burned out over her, thirdly (and most importantly) the pyramids, the ruins are all good, but these are just continuous shopping arcades, every merchant considers it his duty to shout at you, run up to poke some souvenir in the face, shouting that only he has such low prices (bargain hard - they drop 2 or more times) and at the end of all this lunch is something with something, after the Colony there is something they give impossible, drinks only for money (all for three bucks) At the end of the tour, like a balm for the soul, this is the Synod. Beautiful and cool. Refreshing after a hot day.
An excursion to the dolphinarium is not forgotten, especially for a child.

50 minutes of swimming, beautiful tricks. For this money, you will not get so much communication with dolphins anywhere else. By the way, do not see our guides for divorce to buy this tour from them even with a discount of $ 40 per person. A Russian guide is not provided and it is still much cheaper to buy a ticket on the spot. You can get there by minibus in a straight line, stopping near the hotel, 3 bucks per person or by taxi for 20 bucks to bargain. Moreover, if you still decide to throw away the money and buy from the guide, be careful, the discount is provided, after a few days, only when returning the ticket from the dolphinarium to the guide. (Zhanna hushed up this information with us and, as we understand it, our discount went into her pocket. Moreover, no one explained the connection between the discounts and the ticket to us. However, I expected something similar from the Pegasus guides. )
The hotel has a buffet restaurant and a la cart restaurants. The food in the hotel is very good, even excellent.
The GRAND PALLADIUM complex consists of several hotels, you can eat and walk around all, all a la cart restaurants can be visited without an appointment, except for Rybny (record at the reception).
Feeding children is not a problem, a rich buffet allows you to do this.
On the beach, I did not like the entrance to the water, you can beat your fingers on the stones. There are a lot of sun loungers, so there is no need to take them in advance, just be sure to take sunscreen, you can burn out instantly, creams are very expensive at the hotel.
Internet is free in the lobby and in the buffet restaurant, but in the room for money.

Holidays in MEXICO left mixed feelings, as we were told that people who had been to the Maldives, Dominican Republic, Thailand, who came to Mexico, said that now we are only here. Therefore, they expected a lot from Mexico, but no, nothing like that. Everything is fine, beautiful, but those who have been to the Caribbean in good hotels will not see revelations there.
But the flight at 14 hours with a difference of 10 hours with heavy acclimatization makes you think "Will I go here again"

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