BajaNomad

Hey Blanca. "Cancun" origins.

Cisco - 1-23-2015 at 05:47 PM



"Thirty-five years ago there was little trade on Kan Kun island, in the remotest corner of Mexico's Yucatan peninsula. It was a series of pristine white sandbars in a calm blue sea. Only three fishermen lived there, and only for part of the year. But in the early 1970s it was discovered by international bankers, who thought they had found financial paradise, and the world's first purpose-built giant holiday resort was born. The ancient Mayan name Kan Kun - "nest of vipers" - was softened to tourist-friendly Cancun."

-by John Vidal, Guardian Weekly of 11-17 Sept 2003

BajaBlanca - 1-24-2015 at 11:51 AM

Did you mean me?