Tag: Maya

  • Incredible Wildlife and Ruins at Tikal

    Incredible Wildlife and Ruins at Tikal

    From San Ignacio in Belize our next stop was Flores in Northern Guatemala. Once again we waited at the bus stop for over an hour to get a bus to the border town of Benque, then hopped in a short taxi ride to the actual border. Entering Guatemala had to be one of the easiest…

  • Exploring Coba and Chichen Itza

    Exploring Coba and Chichen Itza

    From Tulum we drove in land to Vallodolid where we were staying for just one night to allow us to get up early to visit Chichen Itza. On the way we stopped at Coba, another Mayan archaeological site, famous for it’s huge pyramid, Ixmoja in the Nohoch Mul complex, one of the highest Maya pyramids…

  • Chilling in Tulum

    Chilling in Tulum

    Pete and I had flights to Mexico booked almost the minute we landed from our 3-week adventure to Thailand, New Zealand and Bali. After a ridiculous 60+ hours in the air on this holiday, one of Pete’s stipulations about our next holiday was that he wanted just 1 flight, that’s it… Fortunately, you can get…