Travel makes you smarter.
Zoe heads off toward Merida Big trouble with little mosquitoes in our nice hotel last night so we had to setup our mosquito net which provides a wonderful bug-free protective cocoon allowing us to sleep with the comfort of knowing that those little Mexican vampires will not be dining on us.
Monument to fray Diego de Landa, to the left is a tree in front of a large house built on a Mayan pyramid Izamal is among the 37 places in Mexico that have beed awarded the title of Pueblo Mágico (Magic Village/Town) by the Mexican Ministry of Tourism in hope of bringing more visitors to [...]
Steve and Zoe in front of el Castillo pyramid at Chichen Itza The Maya name Chich’en Itza means “At the mouth of the well of the Itza.” This derives from chi’, meaning “mouth”, and ch’e’en, meaning “well.” Itzá is the name of the family that ruled the area, a name derived from the Maya itz, [...]
The bike path out of Valladolid is a pleasant alternative to the shoulder-less road Last Friday we packed the bikes and checked out of the “hostel”. After only about ten minutes of riding, Zoe felt that unfortunate, yet unmistakable, feeling of urgency. Fairly quickly she was off her bike and in the trees only to [...]
Jarana dance As we were slurping at our delicious horchata de coco (rice based drink with coconut) at the main square we noticed groups of traditionally dressed people entering a building. Being a curious couple of gringos we jumped up and started approaching the building. It turned out to be Centro Artesanal Zaci – a [...]
Blue beatle passing by the Cathedral of San Gervasio Coming to Valladolid we reached the Mexican state of Yucatán, which is, according to its inhabitants, the safest state in all of Mexico, hence a good place to try out some camping later on. Valladolid is way less touristy than the towns at the Riviera Maya [...]
From this astronomical observatory the Mayans were counting on the stars Were we the only tourists in Cobá last night? Very possible. Situated only 44 km northeast of Tulum the archaeological site of Cobá is a great day-trip destination: come, climb the pyramid, maybe grab some lunch and then go back to the coast. Since [...]
Palapa angels on the ceiling We woke up this morning with the palapa angels looking down at us from the ceiling again. We know they are only dried palm tree leaves woven around sticks; but, they make us smile as we lay in bed, looking up in sleepy enchantment. What a cozy room we’ve got [...]
La Calavera Catrina (‘The Elegant Skull’) made a fine date for the evening Going to Playa del Carmen we were planning on camping at the beach at one of the ocean front resorts, a place Genaro and his family stayed at four years ago while travelling the Yucatán. There was a brand-new shiny hotel at [...]
Parrots love Cordyline We spent three days last week recovering from our trans-Atlantic travel as guests in the future hotel of Genaro’s friend, the Shah Jahan of Cancun, the Emperor and Creator of The Taj Mahal of the Yucatan, the great Gilberto, son of Mexico. We had time to rest and rebuild our bikes in [...]