Isla Mujeres

Isla Mujeres is just off Cancun and offers a much more "Mexican" flavor. Although a number of ferries depart from the hotel zone, these are not as frequent as (and much more expensive than) the ferries from Puerto Juarez, just north of downtown Cancun city. A 20-minute high speed ferry trip will transport you away from the hustle and bustle of Cancun to a very walkable, laid back town.

A major attraction is Garrafon Park, which can be seen in the photo above at the bottom left part of the island just before it narrows and you can see a good strip of beach. We spent much of the day in Garrafon, and then wandered the town before taking an evening ferry back to the mainland.

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	The ferry area
	Colorful restaurant
	Another restaurant
	Garrafon Park site map; all photos below are at Garrafon.
	Susie in the oceanfront pool, showing her "bands" (Garrafon and hotel)
	View of pool from the opposite direction.
	Looking to Cancun; a friend was on that cruise ship, which arrived shortly after we did, but missed each other.
	We had the park to ourselves...
	Small ruins just south of the park.