COBA to PLAYA DEL CARMEN a smooth bus ride

There is only one bus a day which goes from Coba to Playa del Carmen, it arrived at 8.30am this morning next to the entrance to ruins, passengers disembarked and the driver relocated to a quiet street where he will stay until his return journey at 3.10 pm to Cancun, stopping off at Tulum and Playa del Carmen en route.

We got to the bus terminal (a small restaurant selling tacos) quite early as we couldn't be sure if there would be any seats.  However, several passengers were staying in Coba which freed up space and we bought our tickets.

The journey is just over two hours - our reserved seats were just behind the driver with masses of leg room and we fell asleep as the monster movie played out on the screen above us..

Oh my! these buses are so comfortable - head back, plump up the cushion and zizz!  It made a change from our recent taxi transports from town to town.

We got to Playa del Carmen at 5.30pm - the bus station was busy. We worked our way through the crowds to the cab line and loaded our luggage into a cab for the short journey to our 'aparthotel'.

OK! OK! this is not the cab we took to the hotel, although the volume of luggage looks about the same -  but it's not unusual to see modest trucks overloaded to this degree with people hanging on the sides as 'extras.