| As we age a little further past our prime, college | | | | of beachfront hotels and bars will attract kids like |
| years and shave off all of that unbridled inhibition, | | | | bugzappers. |
| it becomes only natural that the idea of frying | | | | Areas a little farther south from Cabo somehow |
| beneath the sun and soaking in tequila looses its | | | | seem to escape such an epidemic. The more chic |
| allure. You may even come to find (and this is so | | | | and minimalist the resort, Gran Melia Cancun for |
| unlike you) that you'll even go to great lengths to | | | | example, the less college kids. Where Cabo is |
| avoid these high-traffic locales and Spring Break | | | | known primarily as a bottomless well of |
| crowds. | | | | decadence and non-stop partying, Cancun brings |
| There are some avoidance tactics, luckily, that | | | | things back down a notch by embracing its |
| one can exercise in an effort to keep a distance | | | | history and natural surroundings. |
| from all the ruckus. | | | | Other locations that seem to thwart the Spring |
| What is common among the college-age breed is | | | | break invasion are islands that typically rest only |
| that they tend to populate not the more exotic | | | | miles from the shore, and the greener, inland |
| locations, but those that are easily | | | | spots. If there is not immediate access to it, it's |
| accessible-financially and in terms of distance. As a | | | | not worth the effort; or so the mentality of this |
| result, places like Cabo San Lucas and Panama | | | | impatient crowd goes. |
| City, FL become figurative destruction zones; | | | | One example of such locations is: |
| ones you should avoid or attempt with caution. | | | | Isla Mujeres-an island off the coast of Cancun, |
| Although the latter reigns as the premier vacation | | | | and Little Palm Island, 30 miles off the coast of |
| hotspot, generally, any accessible city with a ton | | | | Key West. |