Gran Coba

... This year's summer in Germany is like today: raining, stopping raining, raining. And so I just had a look what we could do in Coba, between Akumal and Tulum in Mexico. It will be my first trip out of Europe and I'm really excited. And it will be the ...

Cob'' et le Grand Cénote, 7 jan 09. Lucille a très mal dormi, en lisant les guides touristiques, hier soir sur Cob'', on mettait en garde contre les moustiques souvent présents, les serpents si on sort des sentiers et aussi le fait que plusieurs ...

... ;t like lots of people at sites like this, it’s so much better on your own. We made our way around, first exploring Grupo Coba, which has a pyramid you cant climb. Then onto Grupo de las Pinturas. The path then forks – we decide not to do the ...

... there and headed back up to the beach road and back to the rental at the tulum parking lot. Hot, Hot, Hot. We then drove to Gran Cenote which is just 10 km west of Tulum on the road to Coba. There we paided the $80 pesos entranced fee and snorkeled ...

... of things.  We booked our a-la-carte meals and our excursions.  Tomorrow Marina, Ellen and I are headed to the Mayan Coba ruins, Kayaking, Zip-lineing, and swimming in caves.  Should be great.  Then on Friday I am going to the second ...

... . Spectacular. Paradise. Entrance Fee: 50 pesos. Car Wash (Aktun Ha/Water Cave) Location: 8 km from Tulum on road to Coba/4 km past Gran Cenote on left. Description: Can drive right in approximately 30 m (100 ft) to cenote & locals used to wash ...

... headed to Chichen Itza, I discovered what a cenote is, and we all experienced our first Mexican fair. Learning my lesson from Coba (Chels and Dan actually had Coba to themselves when they were there) we headed out to Chichen Itza first thing and ...

... - pyramids; Mitla - jigsaw structures; Monte Alban - humming birds; Palenque - leaf cutter ants; Chichen Itza - iguanas; Coba - butterflies.  The butterflies were very large and delicately shaded brown with blue when they opened  their wings. ...

... about $1 each. After finally finding an ATM and filling up the car (they only seem to take cash everywhere) we drove west to Gran Cenote. This cenote was much bigger and deeper and had stairs descending onto a wooden deck in the middle. I'd brought my ...

... did in a cenote (Gran Cenote). I went alone with just the dive guide and he briefed me about cavern diving. Gran Cenote leads into a network of caverns and passages containing stalagmites and stalactites which were formed in the limestone by the action ...

... on my third bite and that kinda ruined the rest of my night.  The cenotes were great even better than the first time.  We went to Gran Cenote and Temple of Doom, both were fun Gran Cenote is alot brighter than the others I have been to and there is a 3 ...

... Chichen where we are spending the night. Because I now know the drive is doable I would prefer to keep going and stay at Coba tonight. Unfortunately we have already booked the night at Chichen, and its too difficult to change last minute. Its the one part ...

... cenotes, and Cozumel. We had a fantastic hotel for $60 a night and did some diving in Cozumel and snorkeling/caving in the Gran Cenote outside of Tulum. The swine flu scare allowed us to have Playa Del Carmen to ourselves. Playa Del Carmen is also a ...