We can’t stay away from Latin America! Since January 2014 we’ve been to Puerto Vallarta in Mexico, Guatemala, Cuba and now the Yucatan Peninsula. (We went to Austin, Texas too and some would say that’s fairly Latin American!).
After Cuba I told Alan that I was done with hot, tropical destinations for a while but I know he’s been wanting to get back to the Mayan Archaeological sites in Yucatan, Campeche and Quintana Roo states of Mexico for years. So when he found a Trafalgar tour of several sites which started and ended in Cancun and told me that it’s a direct flight from Vancouver I was persuaded to go. I was further tempted with the promise of a boat ride on a lagoon to see flamingoes and other birds.
We found that the bus was comfortable, the guides knowledgeable and that there was enough time to have a good look at each of the Mayan temple sites. On a tour like this we also often find ourselves delighted with totally unexpected cities, and points of natural interest that we would never have known about. Our hotels were much smarter than anything we would have dreamt of booking into and our included meals were all good. No food poisoning on this trip!
We also arranged to travel south on the West coast of the peninsula to stay at Puerto Aventuras for a few days of relaxation. Hah! We took one long day on another tour to two more Temple sites; Tulum, a fortress site on the coast and further inland, Coba. Of course we both took hundreds of photos and as usual, we’ve combined the best into albums to send to our friends and family. Gone are the days of slide shows with friends, or coloured prints of photos in an album, so what to do with the stories of our travels? I hate the idea of somehow losing all record of trips by erasing them by mistake from my computer, so I think the time-consuming exercise of putting them on to a Picasa album and then having them stored ‘in the cloud’ is worthwhile. So click on each of these links and you’ll be taken to an album of our photos. Sit back for a slide show.
https://picasaweb.google.com/112208740085943894765/YucatanPeninsula1FebMarch2015
https://picasaweb.google.com/112208740085943894765/YucatanPeninsula2FebMar2015
I have already sent these two albums of this most recent trip to our ‘family’ and ‘friends’ lists so please forgive me when you also get this blog in your email. But there might be some others who’d like to participate in a 12-day tour around a most interesting part of Mexico with us. You’ll see many photos of Archaeological sites for sure, but also the Spanish colonial cities of Merida and Campeche, the mangrove swamp and lagoon at Celestun and several bird and plant photos.
My blog from last night includes the album of many more Flora and Fauna from this trip.
