Internet, Mail & Shipping in Mexico's Caribbean Coast

Many of the more remote places on the Caribbean coast rely on e-mail and the Internet as their major forms of communication. In Playa del Carmen, Internet service is cheap and readily available. The best places, which include Cyberia Internet Café and Atomic Internet Café, charge $3 per half hour. In Puerto Morelos, Computer Tips is open 9 AM to 9 PM daily. In Tulum, the Weary Traveler, across from the bus station, and Savanas, next to the Chilam Balam Hotel, have complete business services, including Internet and fax.

The Playa del Carmen correos (post office) is open weekdays 8 to 7. If you need to ship packages or important letters, go through the shipping company Estafeta.

Cybercafés

Atomic Internet Café (Av. 5 and Calle 8, Playa del Carmen. No phone). Computer Tips (Av. Javier Rojo Gómez, on main square, Puerto Morelos. 998/871-0155). Cyberia Internet Café (Calle 4 and Av. 15, Playa del Carmen). Internet Club (Av. Oriente 89, Tulum). El Point (Av. 5 between 24 and 26 Norte, Playa del Carmen. 984/803-3412. www.elpointnet.com.) 24 Com Center (Av. 24, between Calle 1 and Calle 8, Playa del Carmen. 984/803-5778).

Mail & Shipping

Correos (Av. Juárez, next to police station, Playa del Carmen. 983/873-0300). Estafeta (Calle 20, Playa del Carmen. 984/873-1008). Savanas (Av. Tulum between Avs. Orion and Beta Sur, Tulum. 984/871-2091). Weary Traveler (Av. Tulum, across from bus station, Tulum. 984/871-2390).