Playa Del Carmen Destination Guide
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Mail, Phones, The Internet And The Media - Playa Del Carmen
Although on the face of it Mexico has reasonably efficient postal and telephone systems, phoning home can be a hazardous business, while packages have a tendency to go astray in both directions. One thing to watch is the outrageous cost of international phone calls, faxes and telegrams - call collect or use a calling card wherever possible
Mail
Mexican postal services ( correos ) are reasonably efficient. Airmail to the capital should arrive within a few days, but it may take a couple of weeks to get anywhere at all remote. Post offices (generally Mon-Fri 9am-6pm, Sat...
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Phones
Local phone calls in Mexico are cheap, and some hotels will let you call locally for free. Coin-operated public phones, rapidly disappearing, also charge very little for local calls. Internal long-distance calls are best made with a...
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The Internet
The Internet is booming in Mexico - most urban school children are computer-literate and public access facilities are springing up all over the place. Internet cafés are easy to find in all the larger cities and the level of...
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The media
Pretty much anywhere with a significant English-speaking presence, you'll be able to seek out copies of Mexico City's English-language daily The News , a frumpy, uninspiringly-written, US-oriented organ. There are also free...
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