Blogs from Bacalar, Quintana Roo, Mexico, North America - page 2

After Campeche, it was time for some more serious driving back to the east coast again, about 5 1/2 hrs in total. On the road we experienced our first rain so far - not so bad, given that it's supposed to be the rainy season now! The rain stopped just in time for us to pause our journey at the Becan ruins. Much less visited that the Tulums and Chitchen Itzas in the world, we pretty much had the place to ourselves, and we could climb the temples freely. When I was slightly hesitant about climbing one of the (still somewhat wet) temples in my sandals, Steve declared very encouragingly 'you'll be fine, these steps are no steeper than the stairs at your parents place!' So mom, dad, thanks for raising me in such an adventurous ... read more

We arrived at Chetumal in the wee small hours of the morning and shared a taxi into the town centre with a French girl who was travelling on her own. She had not booked anything and didn’t have any idea where to go, in my opinion she was pretty lucky we were there as no-one else got off the bus and the place was deserted, I must be getting old and sensible . We ended up at a very cheap hotel which had no air con and was a real sweat box to us air conditioned snobs!!! Needless to say, we moved out very early the next morning to a hotel over the road (Hotel Ghandi (400MXN) air con etc). Chetumal is the capital of Quintana Roo state and our reason for stopping here was to ... read more

Nach einigen netten Tagen in Tulum haben sind wir fuer 1 Nacht nach Playa zurueck gekehrt, haben dort alte Bekannte wieder getroffen und das Hostalleben nochmals genossen. Am naechsten Tag sind wir dann nach Bacalar weiter. Leider mit kleinen Magen-Darmschwierigkeiten (wahrscheinlich war die Pizza um 05:00 doch nicht so eine gute Idee). Evelyn und Stefi, mit denen ich in Vietnam war, wissen, dass bei einer Magenverstimmung, das Busfahren mit Luzia nur maessig Spass macht. Es war aber bei weitem nicht so schlimm und ich habe mich bald wieder erholt. In Bacalar sind wir in einem kleinen Paradies gelandet. Die tuerkisgruene suesswasser Lagune wirkt wie aus einem Ferienprospekt und die gegend ist bis jetzt vom Massentourismus verschont geblieben. Unser Zimmer hatte einen wunderschoenen Blick auf die Lagune (Fotos folgen so bald als moeglich). Auf dem Holzsteg (sehr ... read more

We packed up and caught a boat at 10am to Belize City to reboard our Tucan bus for the trip to Bacalar, Mexico. Crossing the border into Mexico was a bit more involved than usual. It cost $37.50 BZ ($17.25US) each to leave Belize and nothing to enter Mexico. We had to show our own passports, fill out declarations forms, and carry all our luggage across for the entry into Mexico. Our hotel, Hotel Laguna, was only 30 or 40 minutes from the border and just outside Bacalar, right on the lake. The hotel is really cool and should be rated higher than the 2 or 3 stars, but apparently lacks some of the upkeep requirements such as paint, etc. We got a nice room with a balcony overlooking the lake, nicely tiled bath, but ... read more