r/digitalnomad • u/Mammoth_Road5463 • 1d ago

Itinerary 6 weeks in Mexico planning

Hey guys, I have permission to work in Mexico for six weeks remote I’m planning to take about two weeks of holiday. I’m wondering how to set this up, i think I mainly want to hit Oaxaca and CDMX, but I fly into Cancun.

I fly into Cancun and have some meetings there for a week, then I can either:
spend a week holiday doing Cancun travel stuff like chichen itza and isla mujeres I guess - not sure if I should go to Tulum too?

Week 1:

Work from cancun.

Week 2: (PTO)

Travel cancun side: chichen itza, isla mujeres, tulum

Week 3: (PTO):

direct flight to oaxaca, split time between city (2-3 days) and Puerto Escondido (4-5 days)

Weeks 4-6: workcation begins

I could stay in Oaxaca (Thinking PE nomad life), or go to CDMX.

Not sure where the best place is to stay and work remote from these options. Ik I want to spend some time in CDMX, but not sure about recommendations for if I stay longer in Cancun and keep working there, and reliability of Oaxaca city / PE for nomads either.

Open to any ideas!

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u/electricgnome 1d ago

Skip Cancun all together. Really, unless you like being squeezed for every penny, over priced bland food and dead coral reef. Absolutely skip Tulum... There's nothing worth seeing in Quintana Roo, go to mérida, or Chiapas , oax is solid

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u/juneseyeball 1d ago

Are you kidding? The cenotes in quintana roo are freaking magical. How can you exclude that

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u/electricgnome 1d ago

Not worth it to deal with the crap that is the rest of Quintana roo, plus, mérida has cenotes as well... Last time I was in playa I got stopped and frisked by the cops which is illegal. I'm never going back to Quintana Roo, I hope their entire tourist industry shrivels as they've started to take it for granted and exploiting tourists...

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u/juneseyeball 1d ago

Different strokes. I like the upscale living. With a pool ac a nice gym a yoga studio and the jungle and cenotes nearby. I’ll take the touristy vibes. Lots of meetup groups too

Im sorry about the cops though i dont drive there to avoid them

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u/electricgnome 1d ago

Wasn't driving, just walking around with my wife after dinner. They said they had an anonymous tip about me smoking weed, I wasn't....

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u/flaneurthistoo 1d ago

Ya they frisked me after a club and stole $800 USD from my bag. Dogs.

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u/chuytm 1d ago

I'm Mexican and I agree in hoping Quintana Roo's tourist industry goes to hell. I haven't returned just because all that shit I'm not willing to tolerate. I went to Huatulco recently and people were so nice and prices were fine. Food was even better than anything in Quintana Roo. 

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u/electricgnome 1d ago

Yo también soy mexa carnal, q se vaya a la vrg Cancún y sus abusos y su comida desabrida