Tips at resorts

I love petting zoos. It probably looks funny because it is always me, surrounded by a bunch of kids about waist height. But I don't give a damn.

 

Shit. Good call. I didn't think about that. I think its an atom downstairs.

 

Given the local economy, I don't think that 10 p per drink is insulting. 1 p per would be insulting. But the early tip at the start is a good idea, and it's always good to ask the wait staff their schedule so you know when to expect them (and that you want to keep feeding them tips for great service). Lots of the staff rotate between bars and restaurants if it's a large resort, and some staff work "non-standard" weeks, with alternating days off. We had a poolside waiter who would hook us up with his favorite counterpart on his days off so we got the same level of service every day. What's really great is returning to the same resort a year later and having the staff remember you and you getting the same level of service (or better) for the shared loyalty.

Anyway, tips are tokens of recognition, and small repeated tokens are appreciated, especially when you treat the servers with respect (eye contact, audible thanks, smiles, etc), which I know that you do, but just to reinforce for the general audience.

 

The petting zoo was only part of what made me laugh. I have this mental image of a big kid going "Hey, Cancun is in Mexico...ROAD TRIP!!!!!"

 

That’s actually accurate.

 

How can someone so impulsive be so predictable?

 

Say hello to caferace for us.

 

Maybe my sense of humor is broken but I don't know why some of you guys think this is funny.

 

Since you are in Cancun and have some time, a trip to Coba would be cool. Aztec pyramids and you can see their 'handball' court: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesoamerican_ballgame
Winners met their gods.

You can also head to Tulum and check out the pyramids by the sea. Totally awesome and they have a boat load of iguanas waiting to be petted.

 

Really? This is the beeb. It attracts all kinds. You must be new here, noob?

 

Never heard of Tulum. It looks kinda “old”, meaning the places don’t look as modern as Cancun.

But I do like iguanas though.

 

Did you seriously suggest that Broome look at something historical?

 

I’ve never been into “seeing things”. I’ve been to the Eiffel Tower, pyramids in Egypt, bigass Jesus statue in Rio, etc. As soon as I see it, I’m like “ok, we saw that thing, now what?”

Looking at shit doesn’t do anything for me. I was to do shit or play with shit.

I did enjoy the big Jesus thing though because the winding road that leads up to it goes through the jungle, and there are tons of little monkeys along the way. They are barely bigger than your hand and funny.

Im looking forward to Cancun for the parasailing and scuba diving. I hope I can swim with some bigass turtles.

 

I'm the same way - never really understood the attraction of seeing historical things - maybe it's because I'm not a person who enjoys selfies and social media, dunno.

If you like that kinda stuff - diving, animals, etc.. I'd recommend going to Xelha (pronounced Shell-Ha) - we went a couple years ago while there on a work trip and we thoroughly enjoyed the day. Tubing river, swim with dolphins if that's your jam, wild animals and parrots all over to see and decent food/restaurants - great way to spend a day IMO.

https://www.xelha.com/

 

Sounds perfect.

 

People enjoyed historical stuff long before there were social media and selfies.

 

Okay now you and Mongo have made it clear I wasn't on point with my comment.

I meant that nowadays most people seem to make it a point to visit these locations solely for the purpose of rubbing it in others faces on social media, increasing traffic on their 'Gram, and basically just ticking it off a to-do list so they can add it to a convo later in life - "yeah, been there, got the t-shirt, wasn't impressed with the pyramids, great wall, leaning tower of Pisa, The Louvre, Angel Falls, yada yada..."

Like Mongo, the ONLY thing typically I enjoy is the crazy engineering that went into some of these feats like the Pyramids or Grand Canyon - I mean, just how many slave laborers were needed to dig that bugger out???