Going to Mexico, I only knew one thing and that is the Chichen Itza, so before arriving, I did a little research about the ancient Mayans hence I learned about Tulum. Tulum or what they call "wall" is built by the beach and overlooking the carribean ocean. It's a very important location since the city where they are dedicated to trade around the peninsula. It is one of the few the ancients built being the 'wall' city. The first Europeans to see Tulum were probably Juan de Grijalva and his men as they sailed reconnaissance along the Eastern coast of Yucatán in 1518. The Spaniards later returned to conquer the Peninsula unwittingly bringing Old World diseases which decimated the native population. And so Tulum, like so many cities before it, was abandoned to the elements. Anyways ... read more