travels
Aventura Mexicana – Day 3 – Ek Balam and Merida!
Friday August 3, 2012 Back to Cancun to pick up the rental car Took the ferry back to Cancun and decided to pick up our car from a closer Avis location so we could save some cash (remember, the ATM ate my card so we have limited cash on hand). So we took a cab … Continue reading
Aventura Mexicana – Day 4 – Uxmal and La Casa Lorenzo
Saturday, August 4, 2012 Uxmal There’s not much I need to say here. Uxmal is incredible. The best site I’ve been to so far. Great carvings and fantastic architecture. It’s aHUGE site with lots to see. Get there early and stay all day. Fantastic. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltz–WaUV58 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMW2euM6inw La Casa Lorenzo My friend Larry owns and … Continue reading
Aventura Mexicana – Day 5 – Chitchen Itza and Akumal
Sunday, August 5, 2012 Chitchen Itza I don’t think there’s really much to say here. We got up, Larry went to the market to get Conchinita (banana leaf wrapped pit cooked pork), onions, salsa and picante. We had fresh corn tortillas and warm conchinita pork. It was delicious. We packed up and headed out of … Continue reading
Aventura Mexicana – Day 6 – Coba, Beach at Tulum and Playa del Carmen
Monday, August 6, 2012 Coba Got up at a reasonable time, had some breakfast and headed out to Coba. It’s about 45 min drive from Akumal. Coba is a large site of multiple structures all spread out in the jungle and connected by dirt roadways. Distances between some of the ruins is upwards of 1km … Continue reading
Aventura Mexicana – Day 7 – Tulum and Hurricane Ernesto
Tuesday, August 7, 2012 Tulum So we got up this morning to a sustained wind and decided to do a little hurricane preparation. We went shopping for some food and cerveza with the anticipation that we’ll lose power and the restaurants may be closed. We talked to the building manager and asked her if there … Continue reading
