- Exploring the Inland Yucatan Peninsula: Travelers who venture only to the Yucatan's resorts and cities miss the rock-walled inland villages, where women wear colorful embroidered dresses and life seems to proceed as though the modern world (with the exception of highways) didn't exist. The adventure of seeing newly uncovered ruins, deep in jungle settings, is not to be missed.
- Street & Park Entertainment (Merida): Few cities have so vibrant a street scene as Merida. Throughout the week you can catch music and dance performances in plazas about town, and on Sunday, Merida really gets going -- streets are closed off, food stalls spring up everywhere, and you can enjoy a book fair, a flea market, comedy acts, band concerts, and dance groups. At night, the main plaza is the place to be, with people dancing to mambos and rumbas in the street in front of the town hall.
- San Cristobal de las Casas: The city of San Cristobal is a living museum, with 16th-century colonial architecture and pre-Hispanic native influences. The highland Maya live in surrounding villages and arrive daily in town wearing colorful handmade clothing. The villages are a window into another world, giving visitors a glimpse of traditional Indian dress, religious customs, churches, and ceremonies.
- Regional Cuisine: A trip to the Yucatan allows for a culinary tour of some of Mexico's finest foods. Don't miss specialties such as pollo or cochinita pibil (chicken or pork in savory achiote sauce), great seafood dishes, the many styles of tamal found throughout Chiapas and the Yucatan, and Caribbean-influenced staples such as fried bananas, black beans, and yucca root.
Yucatan Travel Experiences
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Chichen Itza - a 7 wonder of the world!
Thursday 18th October – Isla de Mujeres – Chichen Itza Today we decided to head to a hotel just out of Chichen Itza as it was in a good l... Continue reading »
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A mad chase to catch the bus!
You know how you have a time in your head and without checking are convinced that it is true. Then you realise later that that time was f... Continue reading »
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Chichen Itza & Merida
Our first stop of the trip was at Chichen Itza - Mayan ruins from the 'modest-late-classic' period (whatever that means!). We were taken... Continue reading »
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Salsa on the streets in Merida
Sucked I missed my stop on the bus and it took me all the way another 2 hours away to Merida. I really wanted to see Chichen Itza but scr... Continue reading »
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Merida
After spending a week in luxury, though sad to see my parents leave, Kendra and I were both happy and somewhat relieved to return to back... Continue reading »
