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The main
road into town, Av. Ju rez or Av. Principal,
depending on whom you ask, leads you right to the ferry
dock and the pedestrian-only
5th Avenue, running perpendicular to the beach. It boasts
many of the town's hotels,
stores and restaurants. The bus station is right there at
Av. 5 and Ju rez and is
a hub for further journeys down to Tulum, Chetumal and
Belize.
Most
hotels are within easy walking distance from
the bus and the street in front of the station is full of
men on large yellow tricycles
(triciclos), who will ride you and/or your luggage cheaply
to your hotel in a Mexican
version of a rickshaw. If your hotel isn't close or
you have to go on the back streets
of Playa, get a cab right there. In 1994, in response to
the growing popularity
of the town, the streets were torn up for sewer and water
lines. Unfortunately,
there wasn't enough money left to repave them.
Consequently, many of the new streets
look as if the American Air Force has been using them as
target practice with 500
lb smart bombs. The water-filled potholes in the unpaved
roads outside of the oldest
part of town make traffic crawl and require zig-zagging to
the max.
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