OUR TRAVEL CURATOR, BIBI JORDAN TRAVELS
SOUTH OF THE BORDER!
BIBI IS KEEPING THE SPIRIT ALIVE BY
CELEBRATING DAY OF THE DEAD IN THE YUCATAN THIS WEEK.
Hell with Halloween. One sole night for revelling in the reveal of my soul’s fantasy? Not a ghost of a chance: I’m opting for the Week of the Wild - Mexico’s week-long celebration of the Day of the Dead. With airfares under $300, an impulse trip seems dead right. From October 27th - November 2nd, Mexico will fete visitors, dead and alive, with the joys of life at street fairs, block parties and cemetery picnics featuring foods, drinks, music, and costumes to die for.
I’ve chosen Playa del Carmen as my homebase. Last-minute rock-bottom priced flights to Cancun are easy to find and from the efficient modern airport a new highway leads just 40 miles to the south to Playa where accommodations ranging from all-inclusive resorts to charming AirBnBs abound. Along the coast are beaches, swimming holes, Mayan ruins, theme parks and endless excursions for short day trips that allow plenty of time to explore the town at night when costumed calaveras (skeletons) rattle and shake their bones all night long.
