Uxmal Merida

After hopping off the plane from Cabo San Lucas (after transitting through Mexico City) on Saturday evening, we immediately feel the extremely hot heat and the high humidity that is infamous in the tropical Yucatan peninsula. Ready for our next adventure! But alas! Alice leaves her Mexican Spanish phrasebook on the plane! Excellent start to our …

I'm so excited about today; it’s our first trip to one of the old Mayan sites. We are off to Uxmal which is 80km from Merida and was first settled in AD 600! Uxmal means 'thrice built, but was actually built 5 times during it’s lifetime.

We arrived at the site and luckily it wasn’t that busy at all. We were left to our …

Sun 13^th Nov

Sleep in and head to Merida on 11 am bus – which was either very early or very late as it turned up at 10:30. Again we are going second class which is cheaper and more regular than first class and quite frankly… suits us just fine! LOL!!

We get into Merida after about 2.5 hours (we didn't stop …

De vierde te bezoeken ruine staat op het programma als we van Campeche naar Merida rijden. Dat is Uxmal. We kunnen goed zien dat we in Yucatan zitten. Betaalden we in bijvoorbeeld Monte Alban nog enkele euros entree, in Uxmal is het al 15 euro entree geworden. Daarvoor heb je dan wel een echt parkeerterrein en een mooi bezoekerscentrum. Als we naar …

We had a fantastic day today... we took a Carnival Cruise Line excursion and toured Uxmal. Worth every penny. Progresso or Merida, whatever you want to call it, is a beautiful port and the water is turquoise green and I have no clue why people complain about this port of call... so it's not all "glitzy" like Cozumel... that means there is still a …

I've left the beach! In fact I won't see another until after Christmas. So time to get on with the good stuff.

My next stop was Merida, the capital of the Yucatan state and an important colonial city. It was here that the Spanish started fighting the Maya, establishing a capital nearby before taking over the (renamed) city of Merida from …

Uxmal was a wonderful place to see.There were onlyvery few tourists and the area is huge. You can stay there and see some persons but any ques nor waiting time.

I got some problem here. It is really physical strong activity to do. You must drink water a lot and bring also one or two liters more than you think is needed.I´m well trained but …

Saturday (6th April) morning we made our final dash to the breakfast buffet at temptation resort before they cut our all inclusive wrist bands off. Kev spotted a few people checking in who were being 'treated' to the three hour 'timeshare' tour which we managed to avoid due to checking in late. No parties looked like they were enjoying it. On check …

The journey started with a 5am wake up call thanks to my state of the art Nokia phone with the alarm tone that will constantly haunt you throughout the day... "la hora es 5" "la hora es 5"

I spent the bus journey reading my Kindle for the first time since arriving in Cancun... and I managed to finish the book by the end of the day, after …

After doing some research, we decided that we wanted to see the Uxmal Ruins, making Merida our next stop. The bus ride was long, taking just over 4 hours to reach our destination. We booked at a hostel called Zocalo, the former home of Jose Peon Contreras (famed playwright, poet, physician and politician), located on the main square ("plaza mayor" …

... By that point I was pretty stuffed but the nachos were well received. The funniest part of our time in Merida was our Christmas Eve journey/ adventure to Uxmal. Uxmal is another mayan ruin, about 40 mins bus from Merida, which promised a nighttime light ...

... your car and you’re found to be over the limit, then all bets are off and you’re not covered by insurance. In Mexico, you can buy insurance that covers you if you’re drunk. True story. A quick apology: I'm sorry if the titles for the ...

... The next one coming through would be in five hours so instead off waiting on the side of the road all da I backtracked back to merida and caught the hourly 1st class bus which ply a quicker route onto Campeche, when I made it there I would have beaten ...

... the square and major shopping district and some chatting with the others in the hostel. Ran into another 3 Australian´s there! Merida has a different event going on everyday with dancing, singing and cultural events around the city. We went to a ...

Our first morning in Merida held a couple of firsts for Matt: doing laundry by hand and cutting hair, mine specifically. Between the salt water, heat, and infrequent showers, my long hair didn´t last a week down here. At just above my shoulders (the ...

... with a 15 year old boy. The second day I got up early again with the american guys to go to Uxmal, mayan ruins to the south of Merida. The site was fairly small compared to Tikal but had well preserved carvings and many temples to climb. Also at the ...

... is said to have some of the best diving in the world. Next time! We didn't stop long in Chutamel, Mexico, just long enough to catch an overnight bus to Merida. An Executivo not another chicken bus! As we hadn't booked a hotel we took a chance on one ...

... water diety that used his mouth as the door. After all of that ruin hopping, we made it to the interent cafe back in Merida. We are now both hot, exhausted, and significantly more tan. Tomorrow, we adventure to some cool caves. Fortunatly, the bus ...

... here, pick up some extras for your next rubbish movie. Welcome one and all to the land that height forgot...... Merida, is a great place. Beautifully coloured two storey buildings all squashed together in small blocks situated just feet from the ...

... ... Spanish, French, German, and even a touch of Greek. One of the guys from the hostel is from Oaxaca (the one place in Mexico I really wanted to go but was advised by the Canadian consulate to not go there due to riots). Anyway, he was awesome! He ...