I had a week’s long holiday to Mexico to see the Mayan ruins –
March 2024
Valladolid
The first location after landing in Cancun, was to travel to Valladolid – so we were close to chichen itza
There’s a lack of Uber drivers – so unfortunately we had to use a local taxi which was quite expensive for a nearly 2hr trip inland
Below is a video of the hotel we resided at for the first few nights
Chichen itza
Obviously as a wonder of the world this was amazing
But what ruined it was the amount of locals who were allowed to just set up market stalls within the sacred site, nearly everywhere along walkways. It ruined it.
Cenote oxoman
This was a short drive from the hotel in Valladolid
Ek balam
Another really interesting site nearby the hotel !
Tulum
The next location was Tulum, the below video showcases the next hotel we stayed at, till the end of the holiday
Muyil
This place was a little out of the way of everything – so we could only run down a taxi from the side of the road, we asked the staff if they could call us one and they said they couldn’t – which wasn’t helpful
Lagoon
On the way back from muyil – we stopped off at a nice lagoon
Tulum ruins
This was a lengthy walk, there was an entrance fee plus the entrance fee to the ruins !
On returning to our TUI hotel, we stopped off at a beach which was easily accessible from the long walkway,
Overall we had taxis to all places we wanted to go to
Mexico itself was a pretty place !
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