Dzibilchaltun is just a short drive from Merida. It’s a fairly small ruins site, but was nice to wander around, and had a really good museum. But the best part was Cenote Xlakah located right amongst the ruins. Show up at any site in Mexico before nine or ten and … Read More
Isla Mujeres Life
A few more days bumming around Isla Mujeres. Clean beaches, clear water, good food, and color everywhere. It’s a great island for getting around. Taxis are fifty pesos to anywhere, or if you are alone it’s just 15 pesos to jump in the taxi with other people. Our typical afternoon … Read More
Calm to Crazy
Next stop on the Yucatan tour was Coba. It was fun to hire a bike taxi to zip us around the ruins. With how warm it was it was nice not to be hoofing it through the woods. It was relatively quiet through most of the Coba ruins, but that’s … Read More
Valladolid
We were only in Valladolid for a few hours. We arrived, went for a swim in Cenote Zaci, put on some dry clothes and went for a long walk around town, grabbing dinner and desert before collapsing after a long day well spent. Really enjoyed the color of Valladolid even … Read More
Chichen Itza
After a few weeks on the island it was time to run off on a road trip to show the kids a few of the sites around the Yucatan Peninsula. First, jump on the ferry over to Cancun. From there it’s a bit of a pain to get to a … Read More