Best exchange rate?/Copal Cabana #'s

[Neville in KY]

Hi,

International traveling newbies here with a couple questions.
Wife and I were very upset at having to cancel our Tulum trip last year due to illness, but are scheduled again for June and are really looking forward to it.
We visited Copal in May of 2003 and had a great time. At that time we arrived with dollars and exchanged them for pesos at the little kiosk down the road from Copal. Does anybody have any good tips about better exchange rates elsewhere, etc?

Also, we are staying at Copal again and were wondering if anyone knew the layout of the cabana #'s. We requested one right on the bluff above the sea so to catch the great breeze. They tell us we're going to be in #27. Are we on target or in the jungle?

Thanks!

Neville

[Anthony]

I don't remember where I found the map online, and the image is too large to attach to this message, but cabana #27 appears to be the second to last cabana on the south end of the beach.

Anthony

[Neville in KY]

Thanks Anthony!

Glad to know it's at least very close to the water. This time of year the breeze is nice to have and the mosquiteros don't seem to venture that close to the sea.

[Gale in KY]

There is a bank in Town..and one at the San Fransisco Grocery Plaza at the intersection of Coba Rd and 307. Both have ATM's. I used the Bank in town to exchange dollars to pesos..if you are using Travelers Checks or taking a cash advance on credit card, you will need to show a passport. The exchange rate doesn't really differ by much at any of the places, a few pesos at most..I just use what is most convenient when I need to exchange, the difference is negligable.

Here is the map of Copal

http://image60.webshots.com/60/0/44/5/394704405pWUIog_ph.jpg

So where in Ky are ya Neville? I am in Northern Ky..outside Cincinnati..glad to see another KY poster here!

[Neville in KY]

Thanks Gale! Just what we needed to know on both counts.
We are way out in the sticks in east KY. Near Grayson and Ashland.

Neville