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1 hour ago, VABuckeye said:

First time in Mexico?  It's common there.

i’ve been coming to Isla since the 1990s but I have never seen this many patrolling so frequently.   I was a guest of the Guatemalan government after their Civil War and we had a security group armed with the teeth that went with us everywhere as kidnap protection.    I get that.    I might be absolutely wrong, but it just appeared to me that the level of security had been amped up to the point. I constantly saw those guys. Or maybe they just are hanging out near North Beach for the Mexican cop equivalent of free donut shops. 

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16 minutes ago, deft said:


Well that place is fucked

I have a better chance of marrying Ana de Armas at a 24 hour Vegas chapel with no pre-nup.

I looked on a couple of my mexico travel boards and IM hasn't approved any music fests for that time period.

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Heading to Cancun for Spring Break with the family, and we are staying at a hotel next to the ferry that goes to IM. I'm thinking a day trip to the north side island beaches would be fun for my kids (7 & 9 yo girls). Any recs for beaches/restaurants/must-do's? Do we have to pay for beach usage, or just chair/cabana rentals? Any day clubs allow kids? Also, do we need a golf cart to get to the north side beach, or is it walkable from the ferry?

This would be our first time to the island, so I have zero expectations.

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1 hour ago, LonghornJones said:

Heading to Cancun for Spring Break with the family, and we are staying at a hotel next to the ferry that goes to IM. I'm thinking a day trip to the north side island beaches would be fun for my kids (7 & 9 yo girls). Any recs for beaches/restaurants/must-do's? Do we have to pay for beach usage, or just chair/cabana rentals? Any day clubs allow kids? Also, do we need a golf cart to get to the north side beach, or is it walkable from the ferry?

This would be our first time to the island, so I have zero expectations.

you don't have to pay for beach usage, but if you want chairs yes you will need to pay... usually whatever you pay goes towards your food/drink. you don't need a golf cart to walk from the ferry to playa norte... it's a few blocks. restaurants, anything in the main street Hidalgo

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4 hours ago, LonghornJones said:

Heading to Cancun for Spring Break with the family, and we are staying at a hotel next to the ferry that goes to IM. I'm thinking a day trip to the north side island beaches would be fun for my kids (7 & 9 yo girls). Any recs for beaches/restaurants/must-do's? Do we have to pay for beach usage, or just chair/cabana rentals? Any day clubs allow kids? Also, do we need a golf cart to get to the north side beach, or is it walkable from the ferry?

This would be our first time to the island, so I have zero expectations.

I like North Garden for breakfast (chilaquiles) and it's going to be near where you'll be for the beach. If you get a golf cart then Mango's is good, but it's been a couple years since we've eaten there so I can't verify if that's still the case.

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18 hours ago, SimonBolivar said:

I like North Garden for breakfast (chilaquiles) and it's going to be near where you'll be for the beach. If you get a golf cart then Mango's is good, but it's been a couple years since we've eaten there so I can't verify if that's still the case.

north garden is awesome, but you will wait for a bit unless you get there super early

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Timely thread as heading to Resort (Finest Playa Mujeres) next Friday for a few days with kids.  Not sure if we will get off the resort or not, but if we do would likely be to take Ferry to island for a few hours.  So sounds like there are options to just take ferry over, walk around, find food and beach chairs or also to rent a golf cart and drive around?   Do most places take cards or need to find an ATM?

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I'd head to Hidalgo for lunch.  It's a short walk and the food is better, cheaper and with better service than the restaurants on the beach.  At least that has been my experience.

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4 hours ago, Skipper said:

Timely thread as heading to Resort (Finest Playa Mujeres) next Friday for a few days with kids.  Not sure if we will get off the resort or not, but if we do would likely be to take Ferry to island for a few hours.  So sounds like there are options to just take ferry over, walk around, find food and beach chairs or also to rent a golf cart and drive around?   Do most places take cards or need to find an ATM?

Please report back about Finest. We’re going to in July. I was also thinking about taking the ferry over to isla

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