Average Lifestyle rating: B (range  C+ to A+)Tulum is a world apart from Cancun and Playa del Carmen, but it is marching on the “path of progress” and change is in the air.  In 2004, the road to Tulum from Akumal (20 miles north) was dirt and rough.  In 2010, they finished the last leg of what [...]

Average Lifestyle rating: B+ (range B- to A+) How does living on an island in the Caribbean Ocean sound? Exotic, glamorous, stress-free, infrastructure-deprived? Isla de Cozumel, off the eastern side of the Yucatan Peninsula 20 kilometers southeast from Playa del Carmen, may just fit the bill – except for the infrastructure part. With multiple ferries running [...]