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Austin, Texas, United States

After a 4:30am wake up, we returned the van and caught our 7:20am flight back to Houston. I got to experience the joys of a non-US-Citizen girlfriend when coming back thru passport control before taking the 3 hour drive back to Austin and heading to work... Another great trip!
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Mérida, Mexico

Hexar went diving in the morning, and saw a bunch of really cool fish. The rest of us, soaked up the beach for a little while longer, before retreating to the Tulum city to grab some eats and watch the Germany/Italy World Cup game. After that, we started on the 3-4 hour drive back to Mérida which left us just enough time to see the Zócalo there and then retire to the El Espanol which had A/C.
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Tulum, Mexico

We decided on Monday that we would stay another night at the Paraiso, so that we could spend all day chilling on the beach. Hexar tried to go scuba diving but they said that the ocean was too choppy for it. Ah well. We spent all day on the beach swimming, tanning, drinking, etc. It was great. We went out again, but this time Claudia and Darin went to an Argentinian restaurant while the rest of us went to a local Mexican place.
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Tulum, Mexico

On Sunday we visited a couple of Cenotes near Vallodolid, which are basically big cavern pools which form underground. And they are very popular swimming holes, so we swam in them. They were really really amazing, one of the coolest things I've ever seen. Just a big cave room with a bright light shining down from where the rain falls in. Hard to explain without a picture. Anyway we got lunch and headed east towards Tulum, and ended up at the Mayan ruins at Coba. Coba was really cool because they have the 2nd tallest Mayan pyramid, and they still let people climb to the top! The view was awesome. After Coba, we found a nice place called Paraiso on the Tulum beach. We got all set up and then ate at this really delicious place called 100% Natural in Tulum, and then we were tired and went to bed.
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Chichén Itzá, Mexico

The next day, Saturday I suppose, we drove down to Chicen Itza to see some Mayan ruins. There was a huge temple, a ball court, and a ton of other cool stuff. We spent most of the day there, and then drove to Valladolid for dinner and to check into the next hotel, El Meson del Marques. Dinner was a little disappointing but the hotel was really nice, with A/C and a tv and everything.
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Mérida, Mexico

Upon arrival, we quickly go the mini van rented and were off to check into our hostel - The Hotel Peregrino - and headed out for a few refreshments. Much to our dismay, we found out that, due to the voting on Saturday and Sunday, nobody was allowed to sell alcohol all weekend. So we had as much beer as we could before they cut us off.
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Houston, Texas, United States

We left work early on Friday the 30th of June to drive to Houston to catch our flight, which arrived in Mérida, México at around 9 or 10 or so.
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