Escaping from Cancun we head down the coast to Tulum, the unassuming sibling to Playa Del Carmen. Tulum seems like an undiscovered paradise compared with some of the other tourist spots along the coastline. Set on the Caribbean Sea in the Yucatan Peninsula, Tulum is home also to the famous Tulum Mayan Ruins.
Here in Valladolid we found many women wear the traditional Mayan huipil — white cotton blouses or dresses adorned with bright, flowered embroidery. Traditional dress in everyday life reflects a deep culture that we enjoy and seek to find in a place.
And if you fancy yourself in one, you can buy them in the Mercado de Artesanias, a block from the city’s beautiful, newly refurbished Parque Principal, or Zocolo as they are commonly known in Mexico.
‘Mexico Travel Cost of Living’ – 105 Days in Mexico – So what did that cost?
This is the first in our series of our ‘Travelling the World’ living costs.
We’ll be doing country by country, so you can see what it costs to travel and live in various places.
It will outline all our living costs/housing/transport costs/food for a meat eating, beer/wine drinking couple.
Yes, we both love our meat, eating out and a drink or two in the evenings. Read More
Riding a Scooter in Bali – Is it a Good Idea?
In the beginning it felt like they were out to kill us in one foul swoop… cars, dogs, scooters, chickens, trucks, buses and bikes all sharing the one lane road coming at us in every direction.
It’s easy to get distracted by the five year olds riding the scooter three up, no helmets, no fear… Read More
We’re in Coba; a small Mayan town just two hours drive south from Cancun. This is the ancient home of the Mayans. We’ve come to learn about their life and traditions in their natural world – amongst the Cenotes and Coba Mayan Ruins. The city of Coba is a self-sufficient Mayan community living among the region’s underground Cenote and cave system. Read More
Living in Bali I’m careful not to crush the delicate box filled with petals and bread at my feet and just follow the path wherever it leads…
Many more of the tiny boxes are scattered over the stone steps and above the mossy walls are the gold temple umbrellas, bright against a cloudless sky.
I’m not sure where the path leads but I appear to be in paradise. Read More
We said we wouldn’t go there…
But we did…So why did we spend 3 weeks there?
This hectic travel life…Where on Earth are we?…
Why haven’t you heard from us?
Yes – we have been absent and we’re sorry about that.
This travel life is hectic, so this post is a quick roundup of the last 18 months and a sneak peek into some of the stories we’ve got in store for you.
We left you in the Yucatan Mexico, snorkelling in the Grand Cenote, we hope you enjoyed that as much as we did. Read More
In case you thought the Yucatan in Mexico was all white sand, and beaches… well, it’s not. Today we are at a cenote known as, the Grand Cenote. We expected it would be a grand and gorgeous swimming hole – and it was. …but we were in for a very cool surprise! Read More
