Our favorite things to do are:

• Pasteleria Ideal - huge bakery
• lucha libre - this airbnb experience comes with mask making
• salsa dance class
• free walking tour
• pyramid of the sun tour - booked through hostel
• Biblioteca Vasconcelos
• Mercado de Artesanías La Ciudadela - handcraft fair
• Would not recommend: Xochimilco,
• Restaurants: Sud 777, Taquería Orinoco

Schedule

• May 17 (Fri) -
• May 18 (Sat) - 2pm rehearsal, dinner with everyone
• May 19 (Sun) - wedding, 11am - wedding party get ready, 3pm - door games, 5pm - beach ceremony (outdoors), 6pm - cocktail hour (covered ocean deck, Youtube video) 7-10pm - reception dinner (covered ocean deck) - 4pm-8pm

• May 20 (Mon) - hang out with new friends + check out hotel + Westin

  • people research restaurant + bars / 55 ppl
• May 21 (Tues) - all day tour (Chichen itza, cenote)
• May 22 (Weds) - we fly to Mexico city, Dinner Sud 777 7:30 for 7
• May 23 (Thurs) - Frida Kahlo museum 4:30 - need tickets
• May 24 (Fri) dinner at 5:30pm, lucha libre 7-10:30pm
• May 25 (Sat)
• May 26 (Sun)
• May 27 (Mon) -
• May 28 (Tues) - fly back at 6:30am

Hostel decisions

• Metro Hostal Boutique

  • Pros - dance classes ($36 private room or $60 for 2 beds)
  • Cons - gross bathroom

• Wanderlust District

  • Pros - coworking spaces, good wifi, activities?
  • Cons - more expensive ($60 / 2 beds)

Things to decide for Cancun

• decide if we want to go to El Rey Archaeological Zone (ruin by cancun)
• underwater museum 🐯 
• Tulum
• Where to do birdwatching
• xochimilco trajineras

Mexico City

• Mexico city

  • Biblioteca Vasconcelos - no need to get ticket (open 8:30 AM–7:30 PM)
  • release a butterfly
  • metro museum 10 a.m.–6 p.m.
  • mexico’s oldest bakery

  • lucha libre - 7-1

    • possible tours ($89 8278 reviews)

      • May 25, 26

    • another possible tour ($79 ringside seats guaranteed)

      • would need to be May 28
  • Water of Tolantongo
  • Pyramids of Teotihuacan

Cancun

• Visit Mayan ruins (there are many)

  • El Rey Archeological Zone and Yamil Lu’um Archeological Site right in Cancun
  • Tulum and go to the ruins
  • Coba and hiked up the pyramid. I don't think you can do that at Chichen Itza. Hire a guide.
• Day trip to Chichen Itza with a tour guide
• Parasailing

• Swim in a cenote

  • Popular options include Cenotes Siete Bocas, Cenote Ik Kil and Cenote Azul.
  • my favorites is Cenote Suytun

• Pink river at Las Coloradas

  • 3 1/2-hour drive to get to but can make stops at Ek Balam Ruins and Cenote Kikil.

• Tiger’s activities

  • swim with whale sharks (mid-June - Aug)
  • Dive the underwater museum @Tiger

Recommendation from Sofia

• Mexico city https://docs.google.com/document/d/1A05H6-ug8rtCPT72Gk5XEB09voqVqlrlTk455T4qOrQ/edit?usp=drivesdk

Recommendation from Zain

• bellas artes
• area is really nice to walk aroundFrida kahlo museum
• I didn’t have time to do this but it would be fun, it’s her old house Alameda central
• A pretty big park to walk around Teotihuacán
• I didnt get to see this but it’s famous ruins, it’s kinda far from Mexico City but it’s worth a day tripFantasy lab (in metrópoli patriotismo mall)
• A really trippy place with a bunch of fun photo opportunitiesRoma Norte or Roma sur
• Safe places to stay, its kinda hipster there and and a lot of travelers stay in one of those areas

Recommendation from Eric

• His favorite pizza place in the world https://maps.app.goo.gl/B6B6qBi29jGAqtgTA

  • Note: If we’re going to go to Tulum
• I'd recommend going to Playa del Carmen or Tulum way more fun than Cancun party wise.

Recommendations from Hesham

• he said stay for at least 5 days - with more days you can go to tulum

• Want to do

  • Whale shark tour 🐯

  • chicken itza 🐯

    • just a little far - 2.5 hours away
  • Nicoletta restaurant
• isla mujeres - Hesham made a quick stop on the whale shark tour
• May is a good time bc no seaweed on beaches
• bring exchanged cash with you on the trip because the exchanges and atms there such scams
• boat safari in tulum - they saw dolphins manatees birds turtles
• uber is a quarter of the cost of taxi driver but taxi company there is owned by the cartel so they keep intimidating the Uber drivers when they pick up passengers

Recommendation from Rey

• mexico cityrestaurants
• Tacos orinoco
• Tacos el borrego viudo
• Pujol
• Quintonil
• Esquites at coyoacán
• Panadería roseta
  museums and parkz
• soumaya⁃ frida kahlo’s house⁃ chapultepec park⁃ chapultepec’s castle
• bellas artes⁃ zócalo⁃ ángel de la independencia
  clubs⁃ zone called “zona rosa”
  recommended zones
• coyoacán⁃ polanco
• santa fe
• condesa
• roma
  transportation⁃ get a subway card⁃ uber is cheap