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

The Coba ruins are at a little bit of a distance from Playa del Carmen, about 125km. We reached a little late in the afternoon as we had to check out of the hotel, so had to rush a little bit. We rented bicyles to move around the ruins which are in two formations, each about 1 Km in different directions from the entry point. Cycles are perfect. Coba has the highest Mayan pyramid temple - Nohoch Mul which has some 800 steep steps that we climbed to reach the top. From there, you can see the rainforest canopy in all directions. Cycled about to the other sites, got back to the car, realized we hadn't locked it and all our baggage was in it since we had checked out but luckily, nothing stolen. There was ... read more

The grounds of Coba extend at least 50 square km. and are set in lush tropical jungle with only an estimated 5 % unearthed. There are about 40 sacbeobs - a network of extensive stone-paved avenues - passing through Coba. One of them running all the way to the mayan settlement of Yaxuna, nearly a 100 km. away. Probably 40.000 mayans lived here at its heyday 600 AD to 900 AD. It is unknown why the site was abandoned!!! ... read more

Things went pleasantly well considering we had little to no expectations for the trip. Its perhaps an odd thing to say considering we had booked ourselves into a supposedly swank all inclusive in the Mayan Riviera but some reviews had been harsh on the Regency Princess as the hotel resort had only opened a few months earlier and they were still clearly working out the kinks. Other than nightly flooding in our room from our shower, things were pretty good. Perhaps its a bit odd to be blogging about an all-inclusive as most don't really consider it authentic adventure travelling. It probably isn't, but there is something to say about just relaxing at a beach sipping endless mojitos or sangrias. Despite the tranquility and lull, Keely and I were eager to find some sort of adventure... ... read more