CARM Tours & Transfers blog
Announced in November, 2012, the Hotel Gran Melia in Cancun has changed it’s name to the Paradisus Cancun. The hotel has 678 suites, 7 restaurants and a bar / restaurant perfect for chilling out. The hotel also has a 9 hole par 3 golf course.
Paradisus Cancun Resort
Paradisus Cancun is located at KM 16.5, in the heart of the hotel zone.
When I arrived to Cancun Airport I took this video so you can see exactly what it looks like. I could only start filming after customs and immigration. The video starts right after customs. Please excuse the loud background noise.
This is at Terminal 2. Cancun International Airport (CUN) has 3 terminals. Terminal 1 is the FBO / charter terminal. Here are the airlines that use Terminal 2 and Terminal 3:
| Terminal 2 | Terminal 3 |
| Air Canada | AA |
| Air Transat | Delta |
| AirTran | Frontier |
| CanJet | Spirit |
| Condor | Sun Country |
| Copa | Thomson |
| Cubana | United |
| First Choice | US Air |
| Jet Blue | Virgin America |
| SunWing | USA 3000 |
| Viva AeroBus | |
| WestJet | |
| Interjet |
For a more complete list of the Airlines arriving and departing from the Cancun Airport including contact info, check out CARM Airline Directory.
Here I am with my best friend TJ after we exited the airport and found our sign. Our driver, Augustine, was waiting for us.
Trina & TJ at the Cancun Airport with CARM greeter
Then it was a swift and safe ride to Cancun! You can book the same private airport transfer service to any resort in Cancun or the Riviera Maya here.
It rained again last night, but a light and gentle shower. By 7AM is was cool and clear, a lovely 75F. I walked my dogs with in a t-shirt and shorts and was very comfortable.
By noon it was 81F and a little cloudy. Still shorts and t-shirt weather. The ocean is warm, about 82F throughout the month of November. Check out MapChick’s excellent graphs for water temps.
At 8:30 PM it is 66F and you could use a little warmer clothing, like longer sleeves or capri pants. It is still very calm and nice. They are calling for a 30% chance of rain, but nothing yet.
Tonight is the full moon.
There are several really great organizations in Cancun to help with the large population of stray cats and dogs. The problem is that all of these shelters are relying on outside donations to keep their doors open. Cancun, as far as I know, does not have a city, state, or federally funded program at all.
A very good friend of ours had a large yard and started taking in street dogs and cats. Before he knew it he had 20 dogs and his yard was full, not to mention his neighbors did not like it one bit. So he moved out of Cancun about 25 kilometers to a place with LOTS of land. Now his animal shelter Tierra de Animales is home to over 200 dogs and [Read more…]
We traveled north on Kabah Ave from Cancun centro to find a cart making fresh Tejuino. This drink is made with fermented corn and shaved ice with lime juice. Don’t be scared, it is surprisingly delicious!
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Tejuino is originally from the state of Jalisco, Mexico. It is made from corn dough. This dough is mixed with water and brown sugar, then boiled. It is lightly fermented, then mixed with a little salt and lime sherbet or shaved ice with lime.
My name is Trina. I moved to Cancun in 2005 from the United States. It was not an easy move and I had to overcome many challenges, but along the way I met some awesome people. I worked for many years for a travel agent here in Mexico before I decided to go out on my own and offer travelers the best service and advice about Cancun that I had learned over the years. This is my dream come true.