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2004 / Mexico

The real Cancun

Saturday, March 27 2004

...is an absolute horror. Terrible beach, terrible hotels, terrible accents. That's my three-hours-in-town summary. OK, so I started my Mexican trip in Merida for a few days, nice colonial town, then I visited Chichen Itza, another Mayan ruin site but full of Americans, and I was going to spend a night in Cancun...  read more

 

Mayan fortress city built in the most picturesque place imaginable. The walls completely circling the place leave little doubt as to its original purpose, and don't say much good about the state of civilization around the city at the time of its height. (Which was during the general downfall of the great Mayan cities). <br/><br><br> <br/><br><br>This city was still occupied when the Spanish first sailed past, all the walls and houses painted different colours and flames lighting the path of the Mayan rafts.
Tulum
 
I got some bad news from home and the weather responded, with one of the only days of bad weather in all my time in Central America. Luckily I had a good book to read while I waited out the storm which battered the little merry-go-round I was holed up in.
Bad Day
 
Isla Mujeres, the bar behind the hostel everyone met up at every-single-night. The picture isn't blurry, I am.
Beach bar
 
Not so much full of mystery as full of Americans. <br/><br/>Impressive ruins, some great cenotes (sinkholes full of water, useful for your virgin sacrifices) in the middle of scrubland with Cancun only a couple of hours away.
Chichen Itza
 
Not what you'd expect to see 150 feet down a water-filled cave.
Having a Barbie
 
Tulum, Mexico, one of the nicest beaches you'll see anywhere. Very couply place, lots of for-two cabanas on the dunes behind the beach. Not very appetising if you're <sniff> by yourself.
Obligatory beach shot
 

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