Hotel Kin Ha Pueblo Tulum

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We stopped here to see Tulum which is the site of a Pre-Columbian Maya walled city. The ruins are located on a 39 feet (12-meter) cliffs, along the east coast of the peninsula. In order to get to the ruins from the town, we picked up a local bus for the 10 minute ride and then walked to the site and around for a total of 5 miles during the afternoon.

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... bus earlier. After an hour of walking and sever dehydration we rewarded ourselves with a frozen yoghurt, and a taxi ride back. Watched a bit of TV then went for dinner but the waitress at the restaurant attached to the hotel did not seem very happy to accommodate our request for vegetarian Quesadillas so we opted to go to Dominos instead. Apparently it doesn’t matter where you order dominos from, they seem to have a universal pricing system and our large veggie pizza with 2 ...

... all of this for 25 pesos. We had the cenote to ourselves until a backpacker from Israel came along.

Time was short and we had a schedule to keep. We negotiated a 40 pesos taxi ride back to the ADO station in Valladolid to purchase a ticket on the 1:05 ADO bus to Tulum town. We didn't realize until later that if you asked the bus driver to drop you off at the ruinas he would have done so as there was an ADO stop on the access ...

... that take you to the main door, shops ... Well it is time to eat something before visit Tulum so, well, I prefer to eat in Don Cafetos my favorite restaurant in Mexico but this time in a new ...

... ambiance. The beach, as I have mentioned was perfect. Our cabana was basic but comfortable and virtually on top of the beach. Tulum itself didn´t live up to expectations in a number of ways. What we thought was the laid back "backpacker" version of Cancun was actually a laid back tourist trap, where the locals view visitors as a source of income and little else. This seemed to be the general view amongst many of the people we met there. For some, it was their ...

... before heading for 2 for 1 pizza at a restaurant, pizza 'con cebolla' as I had specifically asked not to have! It was Saturday night that we realised why the room was as cheap as it was, because without the aid of alcohol the lack of air conditioning was felt. Sunday was again spent on the beach but the day began with a nasty discovery as a guy came to fumigate our room, telling us that we had bed bugs, explaining the bites we had all got. When we got back ...

Francais « Les deux yeux » fomes par deux trous dans la roche et remplis d'eau : des cenotes. On l'a attendu un moment cette plongee et nous y voila. Grandiose, une eau crystaline, profondeur maximum 9m, et des stalatites et stalagmites partout, gigantesques : c'est superbe mais un peu cher. Nous avons fait 2 plongees dans 2 cavernes differentes partant du meme endroit. La premiere s'appelle la ligne de Barbie, je ne ...

... ein zwei Tage mit Marco, den ich hier zufaellig wiedergetroffen habe, auf die Suche nach dem naechsten Abenteuer machen. Danach geht es auf meine letzte Etappe: Flores und Tikal in Guatemala, zurueck nach Mexico, Palenque, San Christobal in Chiapas, dann nach Puerto Escondido am Pazifik und zurueck nach Mexico City... und mein naechstes Abenteuer beginnt: Die Wiedereingliederung in die deutsche Gesellschaft. Ich freue mich auf Euch!

... to the beach as a taxi would cost in germany for the same distance). The owner of a place called "papaya village" recommended his place (sure ;-) so we had a look there and liked it very much. (not the price actually but the atmosphere). However the camanas are about 20 USD and have a sandfloor with lots of stuff crawling around. To make things worse we met a german guy who showed us an image of a "Tarantel / Tarantula ...

... and housekeeping. If Copal management reads this, you should give your housekeeping gal a raise. Or maybe put her in charge of the place. She was very pleasant, called maintenance to fix our leaky shower, and was just all around on top of things. She rocked! The ride to the airport with Zach and Corinne was quite pleasant. We chatted quite a bit, and as I was not behind the curtain of a Riviera bus, I was able to check out the scenery all ...