Trigger warning: sexual abuse, borderline kidnapping. When I was 19 my ex boyfriend told me he wanted to talk. I said alright, since I had wanted to make peace with him as well, and I was hoping we could finally do that. When he picked me up I knew there was something off, but I put it aside and got into the car.
Ciudad Acuna, Mexico -- sometimes called Las Vacas -- sits along the Mexico-United States border near Texas in the state of Coahuila.
Playa del Carmen is an increasingly popular tourist destination in Quintana Roo, on Mexico's Yucatan peninsula. With crystal sands and turquoise waters, the beaches are an obvious draw, but so too is the European chic of the city, and Playa's proximity to a number of interesting historic and natural sites and attractions.