Blogs from Puerto Morelos, Quintana Roo, Mexico, North America - page 2

I made a map of my tentative route... it is linked HERE. I updated the link, hopefully it remains. I will of course be starting in Puerto Morelos, Mexico, and crossing the border to Belize through Chetumal. First stop in Belize will be Caye Caulker (found an inexpensive spot) to snorkel and relax, then I will head inland to San Ignacio, which is almost on the border with Guatemala. There's a lot to do around there -- nature trails, falls, ruins, and I'll make a trip from there into Tikal, Guatemala. This is what I'm most looking forward too! Then I will head back into bz and go south to Punta Gorda or Placencia. From there, the route is not for sure... if things work out as I hope they will, I'll take a ferry from ... read more

Here is a very brief account of all the beautiful spots that Philip and I got to live in and visit while in Mexico. I'll post a gallery of PHOTOS to accompany this blog entry. Look to the bottom of the post for them. There’s so much I’m leaving out… But anyway, we first came to Akumal in June of 2004 to volunteer at an ecological center with nesting sea turtles. From there I first saw Tulum, to the south. Later on, in the fall of 2004, we visited his parents in Calkini, Campeche. From there we visited a lot of Mayan ruins… Uxmal, Edzna, the Puuc route: Labna, Sayil, Kabah. We visited the Grutas de Oxktintok and Calketoc. Also another cave and cenote called (if I remember correctly) Xtacumbilxuna’an.. All in Campeche! From Calkini we ... read more