#31

I gradually travelled between them via coach over the course of a month, but im guessing thats not really what you’re after…

#32

At least five days in Mexico City as you’ll spend two of them stuck in traffic.

#33

Booked to go at the end of Feb.
Yippeeeee!
Wheres good to stay?

Also going to Tulum if anyone has any recs.

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#34

Whereabouts are you going? We went in Nov (Mexico City, Oaxaca, Merida, Holbox) and have loads of recommendations I’d be happy to share from those.

It’s an amazing place!

#35

We’re going flying to Cancun but won’t be staying there so hiring a car to do some of that area. Then we’re going to Mexico city for about 5 days before we come home. A lot to fit in in just 2 weeks!

How was Merida?

#36

The city itself was fine – bit touristy and with a real faded glory but a few great places to eat and drink in the city itself, can send some if you think you’ll go. It’s also really hot and humid. We mostly used it as a base for daytrips out to places like Uxmal and Celestun which were brilliant. It’s also surrounded by Cenotes which I’m sure you’ll have tons of in Tulum but they are so so much fun.

I’ll send some Mexico City recommendations when I get a mo.

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#37

Yes! Went swimming in a centote in Tulum and it was brilliant.

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#38

Yes pls! That would be so nice of you :two_hearts::two_hearts::two_hearts:

#39

Yes! These are great. Real good one just outside valladolid where blind fish swim into you

#40

I don’t recommend sleeping on the bed in one of the beach side cabanas, even for ten minutes to stretch out after an uncomfortable night sharing a hammock. Unless you like bed bug bites

#41

I was in a cabana half a mile from the beach - no bedbugs, but we did have tarantulas

:man_shrugging:

#42

Was that the Dos Ojos cenotes? We swam in there, and went snorkelling into bat caves. wonderful stuff.

#43

@the_ravens oh crap maybe i dont want to go
i don’t like bed bugs or tarantulas!

#44

Depending on how much driving you want to do, The Calakmul ruins in the south of the Campeche region near the Guatemala boarder are fantastic. It does take a while to get to them, as the last hour plus of driving is down a heavily potholed road through rain forest. There were lots of spider monkeys around we could hear howler monkeys, although we never managed to find them. They were so much more worth visiting than Chichen Itza, which even at 9am was packed with tourists and countless little stands selling souvenirs. You can climb the pyramids in Calakmul too, which offers views of, um, tops of trees

#45

Did you go to Palenque? That (or maybe Monte Alban near Oaxaca) were my favourite sites I think.

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#46

I didn’t see any tarantulas and if I’d not been a dick I’d have avoided the bedbugs! It’s so beautiful there, don’t let minibeasts put you off :slight_smile:

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#47

No, we decided that would be a bit too much of a drive out of the way, given the other things we wanted to do, including not driving a 10 hour round trip out of our way. we were disappointed to miss out on Palenque though.

Damn! i want to go back to Mexico.

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#48

Yeah, this.

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#49

Possibly! It was ten years ago. Just having a trawl through old photos to see if I could find any clues but I’m not really sure. Looked like this and was great fun.

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#50

You’ve probably seen it but Ugly Delicious has a bit in Tulum (Episode 2)