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Yucatán Adventure
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This trip was organised by the amazing Professors of Tourism for their students (they are so cool, drinking with us and having fun, wish English lecturers were like that) and so as part of their course they had arranged a "Rally" in which the different coloured teams had to compete in finding certain tourist destinations and provide photographic evidence... hence the impending boom of photos on my facebook. Our first task involved ...
Ball games and rain gods
... passed through bore Mayan names and the guide taught us a few Mayan expressions as we went.
We were dismayed to see line after line of big tour buses in the car park when we arrived and long queues at the ticket booths. When we entered the site we found it packed with tourists and, what was even worse, full of souvenir stalls and wandering salesmen. The air was filled with the sound of “wan dolla, wan dolla” and the very annoying ...
Making Merry in Merida
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... food but one night we splashed out the hostel and Lonely Planet recommended La Chaya Maya. After all, they always had a queue full of gringos. But those meals too were decidedly average. Perhaps our tastebuds have been spoilt by the rich and spicy flavours across the rest of the country? Perhaps the Yucatan flavours are tailored towards North American palates? That's what I told the hostess who quizzed me on my comments and ratings on their ...
The Yucatan Peninsula
... the northern lowlands. The site contains many fine stone buildings in various states of preservation, and many have been restored. The buildings are connected by a dense network of formerly paved roads, called sacbeob. The buildings of Chichén Itza are grouped in a series of architectonic sets, and each set was at one time separated from the other by a series of low walls. The three best known of these complexes are the Great North Platform, which includes the monuments of ...
Dzibilchaltun, Progreso, and Mayan Glyphs
... to preemptively thank you all for not only reading but also sharing your thoughts and support with me on this journey. More to come soon, as the end of program fiesta is Saturday and you know they do it big here in Tekit (please see my entry titled Graduation for further clarification).
I know it must be getting old, but once again, I miss you all and can´t wait to see, hug, kiss you!
All my best,
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