the great vacation

 

part II

 

we left Manzanillo and flew to Cancun via Mexico City

 

 

we had a great view of the Cuyutlan shore

 

 

across the laguna

 

 

and some great views of the Colima volcanoes

 

flying into DF always amazes me at the humanity it houses

 

 

we enjoyed the art in the airport there

 

this was an amazing statute of a head

 

  

covered in Huchilol bead work

 

 

one more flight got us to the Yucatan Peninsula

we had spent our first night in a little town just south of the Cancun airport

and got the early bus to Tulum

 

 

we visited 3 towns on this 10 day Yucatan adventure

Tulum, Coba and Akumal

 

 

 

first Tulum

 

when the bus stopped in Tulum, we headed to the Posada Yum Kin

which I had researched on the Internet

and where we had reservations

 

 

our room was not ready but we were offered bikes and headed to the beach

 



 

which was just a few miles away on this nice bike path

 

 

we had made it to the Caribbean!

that there was a storm and super windy

did not detract from the clear blue colors of the water

or my excitement

 

 

our room was worth waiting for when we returned

 

 

the hotel was great, just on the edge of town

easy walk or bike ride in, but away from the noise

 

 

our room was this one on the second floor

 

 

it had a great little balcony

a cute kitchen, that it seems I failed to get a photo of

 

 

real Mexican decor

 

 

a sweet pool complete with

 

 

bunches of orchids growing alongside

 

 

this is the stairway to our room

 

 

the place was awesome, affordable and I should be a travel agent

 

 

the main reason to come to Tulum is the ruins

another nice bike ride away the next morning

 

Tulum is a Mayan Ruin known for it striking location

 

 

on the Caribbean Sea

 

 

we have lots of pictures of the ruins - I will spare you

as you can see I already have museum fatigue

it was really crowded and you had to mostly stay on paths

 

at first I was very disappointed that I could not climb around on the ruins

but then I realized if people were allowed to climb on them all you would see

when you looked across at these huge buildings

would be tourist colors, back-backs and funny hats

and you would not be able to see the actual structures at all

 

 

which were amazing

 

 

I was able to walk up one 600 year old stairway

in the footsteps of the ancient Mayans

 

 

 

outside the ruins we meet these guys selling photos

of themselves with tourists

we opted for one of just them

 

on our last day in Tulum

 the best part of the whole trip was about to be discovered by me

 

 cenotes

 

which will need a whole post to themselves

 

 

 

thanks Willi for many of these great photos