We went to Desire Cancun last December '09 and it was so unfortunate for many of the women (including the wife) there; all of them decked to the nines and covered in itchey bug bites. One gal fell asleep on the beach and her face was completely bitten and swollen. She left because if it.
I think there is a short season for whatever is doing the biting. I have not seen a mosquito there. We have a bug here that renders the beaches vacant for 2 weeks. Then they (greenheads) are gone. As far as the women go, they are always biting and have something in common with the greenhead. Both have cannibalistic tendecies.