Blogs from Riviera Maya, Quintana Roo, Mexico, North America - page 5

Mexico: Tulum, Chichen Itza, Uxmal Urspruenglich wollte ich ja "nur" Suedamerika erkunden, aber dank vieler Tips (Merci Mr. Rommel), ging es dann doch etwas weiter noerdlich los. Der Grund in Yucatan anzufangen ist natuerlich die Kultur der Maya bzw. die zahlreichen Ruinen, die sich durch Suedmexico, Guatemala, Belize, Honduras und auch El Salvador ziehen. Es muss natuerlich die "volle Droehnung" an Mayastaedten sein, wer weiss ob man hierher nochmal wiederkommt - sieht Lenka, meine Mitreisende auch so. Ganz ohne Planungsstress geht das leider fuer mich nicht, geplant sind "nur 13 Tage" in Sued-Mexico ... Mal schauen ob ich die Musse hab nen kleinen historischen Hintergrund zu "zeichnen". Aus meiner Sicht interessant, dass die Maya ungleich der Atzteken oder Inka schon lange bevor die Spanier ankamen Ihren zivilisatorischen Hoehepunkt hinter sich hatten, zu diesem Zeit... read more

Laguna Bacalar This place was gorgeous, helped out by staying in a proper hotel ie not a car, with a view of the laguna from my bedroom window. It's a quiet place to stop for a day or two, in fact, I could have stayed longer. The laguna, which is freshwater, clear and aqua as the Caribbean sea, has huge fish that get up to 2metres long. Apparently snorkelling is wonderful. We didn't have time to go but I forgot to say in the last entry, in Tulum, we did manage some snorkelling, and in a cenote, which was pretty damn cool. A cenote is basically swimming about in caves with lights. Visibility is fantastic, literally metre's and metre's stretch out beneath you. You don't really see fish, but you do get to explore stalagtites and ... read more

Mahahual is definitely being groomed for a future as just another jump off point for fat tourists looking to blow a few bucks on pink tequila and bad tank tops. Some investor has purchased the port and pier and sealed it off from "real mexico" and painted it bright colors and pumped in music that will make the middle aged tap their feet and show some white skin. So, we jump off the ship...the first to do this in a while we came to find out. We were the talk of the town and from the first minute security was eye'n us. Through the throngs of beer guts and weekend texan party animals stood us with our packs... far too weighed down for a 3 hour excursion. Security stopped us at the ATM, the shops, the ... read more