Tulum ruins

The Yucatan

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October 11th 2007
Cancun We almost missed our bus to Cancun and our pending meeting time with friends (Wik and Agie) coming in from California having cleverly managed to lose our tickets somehow between checking in our luggage and the departure - fortunately there were no other Derek and Kate´s on the bus system. Cancun is very different to the rest of Mexico and if this is your only experience of M ... read more

North America » Mexico » Yucatán

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The site of advanced Amerindian civilizations, Mexico came under Spanish rule for three centuries before achieving independence early in the 19th century. A devaluation of the peso in late 1994 threw Mexico into economic turmoil, triggering the worst... ... read more