North of Cancun at the tip of the Yucatan Peninsula, Isla Holbox is a Great place to go watch whale sharks and flamingos.
From SEDETUR (Secretaria de Turismo Quintana Roo):
Holbox
The Mexican Southeastern: immense variety of flora and fauna. Mayan land. White sands Beaches and turquoise waters. The Mexican part of the Caribbean Sea. But, [...]

Cancun Ironman 70.3

From Sedetur (Secretaria de Turismo Quintana Roo):
No.3
Puerto Morelos.
Puerto Morelos is a very different place from its neighbors, Cancun and Playa del Carmen. Paradise of Bohemians, writers, painters, composers and craftsmen, who find in their tranquility, the necessary inspiration to make their art.
Located in 20°50′50.5 “North latitude and 86°52′30.6″ west longitude, [...]

Yikes! All of the models are still projecting that hurricane Felix will make landfall quite a ways south of Cancun, but we are still keeping our eyes on this storm. It gained lots of power today…and that’s not good, since it is heading in the direction of my home. For all the [...]

It seems as though Hurricane Felix is planning a visit to the Yucatan Peninsula in the coming week. At the moment, most of the projections show the storm making landfall somewhere in Belize, or in the southern part of the Mexican state of Quintana Roo (Cancun is in the state of Quintana Roo, but [...]