Day 8 today we have half day in Tulum before we move on to Cancun and we are going to Tulum ruins. A must visit in Tulum is Tulum ruins!
Woke up early as usual and borrowed bicycles from our hotel (FREE) and set out at 7:40am. It's about 30 minutes bicycle ride to Tulum ruins from our hotel. We were hoping to reach the ruins about 10 minutes past 8am (the ruins opens at 8am) but we got lost and missed the turn
end up somewhere far away and no ruins (curse you printed map you suck!)
after asking few locals
finally we got the right direction. Turn left on the roundabout (and there was no effing round about in the map) anyway move on
after wasting extra 20 minutes getting lost we finally reached the ruins at 8:30am. A little behind schedule but we'll manage
Entrance fee for Tulum ruins is $70pesos/pax ($3.50USD)
not sure what animals are these
Tulum was built in the late 13th century, served as major seaport for Coba trading mainly in turquoise and jade. Tulum was one of the last cities built and inhabited by the Maya. When the Spanish came and diseases appear to have resulted in high fatalities, disrupting the society and eventually causing the city to be abandoned
The House of Cenote, a temple or houses near water source (eg: well or alter inside caves) an important characteristic of the Mayan village of the east coast.
This house was built on the limestone directly over the hole that form the cenote. Bones were found, so maybe it was also used as a crypt. There is always bones!
The Maya on the Yucatan Peninsula faced serious problem with drinking water, as there are almost no rivers or bodies of water on the surface.
This city was also known as Zama (dawn) because in one of the region where dawn first breaks in Mexico
out for a nice morning suntan
Temple of the Descending God
Palace of the Great Lord, home of the Great Lord and his family lived
the Temple of Stela
Temple of the Wind God
El Castillo
access to the beach, if only we had time for a quick dip in the ocean
so beautiful
Most civilizations of Mesoamerica have an old belief in power of "Ceiba" tree. Mixtec, Aztec, Maya and other cultures consider this tree sacred. The Ceiba is a gigantic Tree of Life in Maya religion
Young Ceiba trees have large thorny spines protruding from the trunk to discourage wild rodents damaging the tree's trunk. I guess this is consider a young Ceiba tree. The thorns really the same as durian fruit.
And that is Tulum ruins! Thank god we were early, when were left there were lines of tour buses.
By 9:45am we were finished and cycled back to the hotel. This time we didn't get lost we manage to get back in just 30 minutes
We still had time for a quick shower, bag packed and breakfast before we checked out at 11am!
lugging my heavy backpack to Tulum ADO bus station
bus ticket from Tulum to Cancun central is $170Pesos/ pax ($8.40USD). Price is different for Cancun airport and Cancun central, the bus ticket to Airport is much more expensive at about $252pesos. pax ($12.40USD)
Our Cancun bus was on time (12pm) and we reached Cancun a little over 2pm. In Yucatan, don't think there is Uber, so we took taxi to our hotel in the Hotel Zone in Cancun. Cost $250pesos ($12.50USD) for a 20-25minutes drive
perfect timing to checked in to our hotel in Cancun!
Time to relax and chill by the beach. Enough of carrying heavy backpack, rushing here and there!
welcome to Cancun
gorgeous beach
dinner at the hotel restaurant
romantic evening walk by the beach
today we had the most relaxing day in our whole Mexico vacation, well despite the morning rush to Tulum ruins. Time to say good night and sweet dreams! ~
Next day we are going back!
~ hasta mañana ~
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