Thousands of spring breakers have flocked to Cancun in Mexico to party in the sunshine, telling DailyMail.com the lower drinking age and all-inclusive alcohol has made it the new international hotspot.
Girls in barely-there bikinis jumped at the chance to get on stage for twerking contests with the promise of unlimited liquor attracting at least 35,000 spring breakers from across the globe.
Partygoers from Denmark, the Netherlands, England, Canada and even Russia made up a part of the revelers, letting their hair down in the scorching weather.
But the majority of partygoers hailed from the US, with underage drinkers enjoying the lower drinking age of 18 – soaking up the sunshine and pounding rum and tequila-based cocktails.
Kayley Phillips, 20, from the University of Tampa said: ‘We came here because of the drinking age, we’re mostly underage in the US and it’s been such a great party experience for us.
‘We’re a group of young girls having fun together. We personally wouldn’t take part in any of the contests but more power to those who do want to!’
Beach bars hosted all-inclusive packages for students, with one club offering a $25 cover and a liter of alcohol in a duck-shaped receptacle.
DailyMail.com witnessed several students staggering around the pool looking lost, with one man being helped back to his room by a friend after passing out on a lounger.
Girls in barely-there bikinis jumped at the chance to get on stage for twerking contests with Cancun’s promise of unlimited liquor attracting at least 35,000 spring breakers from across the globe
At the Coco Bongo night club in Cancun, partygoers wadded through endless soap bubbles in their various pools
Beach bars hosted all-inclusive packages for students, with one club offering a $25 cover and a liter of alcohol in a duck-shaped receptacle
The only thing missing from the classic American spring break experience was the beachfront brawls and football drills.
Heavily armed Mexican police roaming the white sand around the clock appears to have put a stop to the classic pastime, with students choosing to keep their raucous antics on the resort.
Stripper poles installed in beachfront pools, daily twerking competitions and ‘traffic light’ parties saw the students let loose and show their wild side.
One man was brazenly walking around with ‘kiss me’ painted on his chest, with another having the word ‘tart’ emblazoned on his back.
Ariel Abru, who lives in Miami, said that he and his friends had traveled to Mexico for the better weather, complaining about the rain in Florida during spring break.
‘It can get crazy here,’ he told DailyMail.com, ‘But Florida is just as hectic, with Miami having a lot more people and more havoc.
‘There haven’t been as many arrests or anything here versus Miami. It’s more chill, but the parties have still been pretty wild.
‘It has been locked down but not entirely. Miami isn’t going nowhere. I feel like Miami is very hyped and talked about, but Cancun is great too.’
At one twerk-off, a man was brazenly walking around with ‘kiss me’ painted on his chest, with another having the words ‘you’re a tart’ emblazoned on his back
The beach was filled with spring breakers who drank, swam and tanned on beach towels
This partygoer went so wild that she flashed her cleavage at the roaring crowd during the twerking competition
Some US students have used the break as a unique way to try to escape Trump’s America, jokingly begging other overseas students to let them into their country
Heavily armed Mexican police roaming the white sand around the clock appears to have put a stop to some of the crazier partying, with students choosing to keep their raucous antics on the resort
Stripper poles installed in beachfront pools, daily twerking competitions and ‘traffic light’ parties saw the students let loose and show their wild side
DailyMail.com witnessed women in tiny bikinis twerking in front of a stage of hundreds to be in with a chance to win a resort t-shirt – or $100 and a bottle of champagne at beach clubs
Two girls joined together on stage for a twerking competition in hopes they’d win a prize
Spring breakers enjoying the night life of Cancun with beach parties at Mandala Nightclub located at Mandala Beach
DailyMail.com witnessed women in tiny bikinis twerking in front of a stage of hundreds to be in with a chance to win a resort t-shirt – or $100 and a bottle of champagne at beach clubs.
Several women were carted off by friends after staggering out of the beachfront bars, which were offering special deals for college students there on spring break.
Managers at the local clubs told DailyMail.com that their clientele was mostly American and Canadian students coming to Mexico to soak up the sun and booze.
But some US students have used the break as a unique way to try to escape Trump’s America, jokingly begging other overseas students to let them into their country.
Carly Goering, 22, a student at the University of Tampa said: ‘F*** that w***e. I’m so glad to be out of the US right now.
‘I went up to these Canadian girls and asked them how we can get out of the US, and apologized for him. Get me somewhere that isn’t the US.’
Despite warnings from the US Embassy to ‘exercise increased caution’ when traveling to Quinta Roo, thousands of American students flocked to the picturesque beaches, telling DailyMail.com they ‘feel safe’ on the resorts.
Even the disappearance of University of Pittsburgh student Sudiksha Konanki, 20, at the Hotel Riu Republica in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, hasn’t dampened the spirits of other revelers.
Managers at the local clubs told DailyMail.com that their clientele was mostly American and Canadian students coming to Mexico to soak up the sun and booze
A group of girls chatting and dancing in the bubble pools as they clutch their alcoholic beverages
Girls getting ready to go on stage at a twerking competition
There was another twerk-off at Mandala Nightclub where a girl went down in a split for the crowd
Some spring breakers have elected to stay at hostels to stay closer to the publicly accessible beach clubs, despite the increased risk
Peyton, a law student at the University of South Dakota, said her parents had repeatedly warned her to ‘stay aware’ of her surroundings following the vanishing med student.
‘They love to travel but they’ve always told me to be safe and be aware of your surroundings, don’t do anything stupid’, she said.
‘I felt safer in Cabo than Cancun, and there is a higher rate of killings and before we got here we did hear about the students who went missing and got their heads and hands cut off.
‘But they went off resort, and we feel safe. I wanted to come to Mexico because of the culture and the environment.’
University of Tampa student, Whitley Edwards, 20, added that she and her four friends were ‘extra on edge’ because of Konaki’s disappearance, and were concerned about potentially being drugged.
‘We brought dollar tree cups, kids sippy cups, to stop anyone from drugging us, but we haven’t heard anything bad happening so far,’ she said.
‘Personally, we haven’t left our resort, I wouldn’t go off on my own and do anything, just for safety reasons that feels better.’
Other spring breakers were happier to throw caution to the wind, choosing to stay at a local hostel in Cancun and party at publicly accessible beach clubs.
Several of the establishments are included in spring break packages, with one group of sorority girls telling DailyMail.com that while they didn’t feel the safest, it was worth it for the proximity to the local strip of bars.
‘It’s spring break’, one added. ‘You have to go out and have fun and not worry too much about what could happen – but don’t be stupid about it’.
