Subject: RE: IronMan Cozumel : Official ThreadBallyb3 - 2011-03-09 6:30 PM Can anyone give me a quick breakdown of costs for this? Do you fly into Cancun? Do you stay on the island or cancun? How much are flights/lodging/any other costs? I just did Arizona but itching for another one... thanks DO NOT stay in Cancun. I did Cozumel last year and LOVED it. Fly directly into Cozumel if you can. It will make things much more easy for you. If you fly into Cancun you have to pay to get to Playa del Carmen. They charged us about $10 per person plus they charged $10 for the bike to ride the bus. The bus is the cheapest that we found but you have to take the bus all the way at the end of the bus lines. Then you have to pay for the ferry ride to the island. That was another $20 or so, I don't remember. Depending on the time you get there it could take you 2 extra hours to get from Cancun to Cozumel. If I do Cozumel again I will pay the extra money to fly directly into Cozumel. Do what MrSolis is doing with staying in a bed and breakfast and eat local. At first the all inclusive sounds good but the food gets old real quick. The upside to staying in the all inclusive is you will be around many other triathletes. Have fun and get out and enjoy the island. Even go to the mainland and go see the ruins but rent a car for this instead of doing the bus tours. Having a rental was great because we could stay at places for as long as we wanted. We read how we shouldn't rent a car in Mexico, Mexico is not safe, blah blah blah. We stayed for a week after the race and we got out and did as much on our own as we could and had a blast. Not once did I ever feel like we were in danger. To anyone considering this race DO IT. It is the most spectator friendly race I've ever done and the locals are so happy to have you there. I felt like a pro coming into town with everyone yelling "vamos vamos vamos". I promoised my wife long races every other year but if she said I could do Cozumel again I would be all over it. Edited by csharp1171 2011-03-09 8:21 PM
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