You were in a tourist city, ofcourse they are going to try to rip you off. The reason you didn't see any hotties is they usually tend to live away from the tourist cities, because they choose to or because they can't afford it. You should have ventured out of the city, but if you don't habla espanol it was a good thing you didn't. Should have taken me as your guide, LOL. Looks like you had fun though.
we went all all over cancun beaches/downtown, yukatan, riveria maya, playa, etc... i would of thought the hot chicks would of been working at the nice stores and shit... it was pretty weak. i saw hotter white chicks at the resort and beyond that my wife was hotter... but i will say this paola who worked at the pool, wow she was a cutie, nice face small body, HOT accent but no tits or ass