What to do in Mexico: safe for work (and eyes) edition

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Flying to Cancun for the cheap airfare but do not want to spend one minute in Cancun itself. Plz recommend stuff to do in terms of Yucatan, Mayan ruins, culture, food, music, sights, etc., preferably not involving fat old nudists.

― A-ron Hubbard (Hurting), Saturday, 6 January 2007 17:15 (nineteen years ago)

Well then I have no suggestions.

― Beth Parker (Beth Parker), Saturday, 6 January 2007 17:18 (nineteen years ago)

1. The ruins at Tulum.
2. The souvenir shops in Playa del Carmen.
3. The Xcaret eco-park (fun with the family but might be kinda boring solo).

― Haikunym (Haikunym), Saturday, 6 January 2007 17:27 (nineteen years ago)

Chichen Itza obv
Sian Ka'an
Altun Ha in Belize?

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Saturday, 6 January 2007 17:34 (nineteen years ago)

two months pass...

Well, I leave tomorrow. Wish me luck

Night of April 2 - Cancun (Spring Break 2007 WOO! Etc.)
April 3-5 - get the fuck out of Cancun as fast as possible, drive to Tulum, stay in beach cabana, check out ruins, possibly drive down to Sian Kaan, etc.
April 6 - Valladolid/Chichen Itza ruins
April 7/8 - Merida. Easter pageant awesomeness.
April 9 (night) stay in Cancun again for convenience of airport
April 10 (morning) fly home

― Hurting 2, Monday, 2 April 2007 03:02 (nineteen years ago)

hopefully swim in a cenote somewhere along the way

― Hurting 2, Monday, 2 April 2007 03:03 (nineteen years ago)

Home again. Visited numerous cenotes, stayed in a quiet beach inn in Tulum, ate way too much cochinita pibil, spoke lots of Spanish, almost fell down the Coba pyramid, had awesome Mayan guide at Chichen Itza, spent several hours hanging out with a couple of students from University of Yucatan, one of whom had come straight from a tiny, remote Mayan village two years ago without knowing a word of Spanish, saw good contemporary Mexican art and Spanish colonial architecture, bought a "Bobsponge" pinata in a teeming Merida marketplace and saw lots of awesome animal parts and organs.

I'm not a big water person so the Riviera Maya wasn't all that exciting for me, but it was still relaxing, and I completely fell in love with Merida.

― Hurting 2, Wednesday, 11 April 2007 06:19 (nineteen years ago)

Oh yeah also boated around a bird island in Sian Kaan and observed ibises, blue herons, egrets, frigates and others in their environs.

― Hurting 2, Wednesday, 11 April 2007 06:20 (nineteen years ago)

I hope to go to Chiapas and Oaxaca next, now that I have a friend in Palenque.

― Hurting 2, Wednesday, 11 April 2007 21:59 (nineteen years ago)

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― Hurting 2, Monday, 23 April 2007 14:44 (nineteen years ago)

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― Hurting 2, Monday, 23 April 2007 14:45 (nineteen years ago)

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― Hurting 2, Monday, 23 April 2007 14:48 (nineteen years ago)

yay! i want to go!

― sunny successor, Monday, 23 April 2007 14:49 (nineteen years ago)

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― Hurting 2, Monday, 23 April 2007 14:50 (nineteen years ago)

The stores are all from Tulum. Other stuff so far is Merida - highly recommended city.

― Hurting 2, Monday, 23 April 2007 14:51 (nineteen years ago)

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― Hurting 2, Monday, 23 April 2007 14:52 (nineteen years ago)

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― Hurting 2, Monday, 23 April 2007 14:53 (nineteen years ago)

Museum of Contemporary Art in Merida:

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― Hurting 2, Monday, 23 April 2007 14:54 (nineteen years ago)

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― Hurting 2, Monday, 23 April 2007 14:54 (nineteen years ago)

Teh beach:

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― Hurting 2, Monday, 23 April 2007 14:55 (nineteen years ago)

Chichen Itza:

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― Hurting 2, Monday, 23 April 2007 14:57 (nineteen years ago)

so nice

― sunny successor, Monday, 23 April 2007 14:57 (nineteen years ago)

Great photos, wonderful memories, thanks. Oaxaca hot chocolate worth the trip, H2.

― Huey in Melbourne, Tuesday, 24 April 2007 00:53 (nineteen years ago)

Does anyone else recognise the silver car?

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GTA, Suckas!

That all looks lovely thought Hurting. V jealous as I look at them stuck at my desk!

― kv_nol, Tuesday, 24 April 2007 08:38 (nineteen years ago)

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