Well we’ve enjoyed visiting the Riviera Maya area over 25+ years and wintering here the past 7. We built a home in 2015 with the intention of pulling up roots in the US and having this as our new base from which to travel. But in 2020 we decided to keep our US residence and sell here, which we just did. just time for a new adventure...

The area has just gotten so much more crowded over the past decade, and the number of new resorts and the associated traffic is just crazy…The unstoppable growth really is getting to be unsustainable, it is showing in the pollution and height of new construction. I hope another Cancun —> Tulum highway can be added to help with the traffic. The rise in cartel-related violence throughout the RM is another factor, some assassinations and tourist killings have been too close to home…Even Cozumel is experiencing an uptick in cartel-related violence which although inevitable, is a shame.

So we are looking forward to spending more time in other Carib spots, I do miss the BVI! We wish others just starting their life in the Riviera Maya the best, and we will miss the local people here, they truly are wonderful!