Flying in to Mexico and our first day in Cancun

Hello everyone! (pic=tess enjoying a typical cancun drink)
We have arrived and at the mo have the internet so seems like a good opportunity to let you all know the story so far. The 11 hour flight, believe it or not, flew by (excuse the pun, i'm just so damn witty). We officially love seat 52 A and B and BA of course (we just love the thoughouly Britishness of it all, especially the pilot and cabin crew). So, we wouldn't recommend Mrxico City (or at least the airport) It was soo big and sprawling that we almost missed our connecting flight, let me tell you that running after severe sleep deprivation is not a nice thig to have to do. When we flew in to Mexico City, it seemed as though the sun was almost blocked out by the pollution could that hung over it. Luckily Cancun was very different, clean, green and hot. We did a bit of exploring yesterday and have decided to move on ... what after 24 hours we made a decision to leave? Yes. its basically an American colony. We met one (an American) yesterday at the bus stop on our way into the Mexican part of down and he put the fear of God into us about how we would be killed by some Mexican gang if we were to leave the confines of the hotel district. talk about fear mongering! he asked if we'd ever been to a 3rd world country, and if we had a weapon or any fighting skills. Adam asked what it would be rated on the American terror scale ... definately orange or red. After some consideration we decided to ignore him and rightly so it turned out. It was fine, sleepy and the people were friendly and warm (although they really didnt understand a word we said! Now i'm not going to say its a nice city, it was sort of empty. The plantation of the American chains in the hotel district and the fear mongering told by the hotels means that no tourists (no money) gets to Cancun proper and it seems to be dying. We went out for dinner last night looking for something Mexican and all we could find was Hooters, Hard Rock, Pizza Hut, Starbucks, Burger King etc etc. It seems that far from bringing money to Mexico through tourism, all the cash spent stays within the confines of this really weird fortress hotel resort. To the point that we are even using American dollars to pay for everything. It was really sad. Anyway we are moving onward and upward outside of all this madness to Puerto Morelos. A small town just south of Cancun. Its cheaper there, supposedly more Mexican and we get to enjoy the seriously beautiful landscape and Carribbean sea with less of the American madness. Check out hotel online, its called Rancho Libertad. Looks lovely. On a final note, we had to call and book it completely in Mexican (the lady didnt speak a word of English)... our learning curb for Spanish is very steep, but we think we rocked! miss you all, Tess and Adam