Posada Los Mapaches
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Tulum: Cenotes y Mapaches
Tulum!! What a great part of the world!
I arrived on Thursday after a rough ferry crossing back to Playa del Carmen and then my first experience on a colectivo. A colectivo is a 14 (well, meant to be 14, but they can always squish in a few more) passenger bus that runs between some of these places along the Mexican Riviera every 5-10 minutes. …
La Ruta Maya - Part II
Tulum was welcome relief from the 5 star tourism of Cancun. We stayed in an extremely rustic hostel which could more accurately be described as a small compound. Composed of roughly 10-15 huts, the area was basically cut straight into the jungle with a perimeter fence made of wooden logs with pointed edges all strapped to one another. While full of …
A storm brewing...
This morning I was feeling rough and couldn't eat a lot of Luis' incredible breakfast. I headed to the bus station in the scorching heat with Graham, at around 11. Graham was heading to Playa del Carmen - there's buses every 10 minutes or so, so he had no problems leaving straight away. My destination was a couple of hours away. I was excited that …
Tulum ruins and Grand Cenote
Crazy weather in Tulum today - I started early as I was on a mission to see the ruins, and having rode past them on the way to the beach for the last 6 days I knew they got packed pretty quickly. So, 7:50am I set off for the 8am opening time and rode all of about a kilometre in the hot sun to get to the entrance. It was interesting to see ruins …
Playa Akumal and Yal-Ku
Yesterday was a magical and action-packed day. It started with disaster as I took a tumble down the stairs to my loft (this wasn't the disaster) and broke one of my thongs/flip flops (this was the disaster). These things have been through the most hardcore of terrains, and I've been determined to make them last until mum and dad bring my other pair …