Didn’t feel like getting ripped off on a cruise-ship sanctioned shore excursion in Playa del Carmen... And we wanted to see some ruins and hike some areas that weren’t on the official menu. So when we got off the boat we went and found some locals to ask where we could find a place that rented Jeeps.

The first guy we asked whipped out his phone... Two minutes later his buddy pulls up in a highly modified Wrangler. Clearly his personal vehicle. $35, and it was ours for the afternoon. It was fun trying to explain where we got it at the checkpoints... especially since neither of us speak Spanish.

Though I’m not sure that was sketchier than the brand new HHR I ended up with in San Jose one time....