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During
June 2004 we spent 3 weeks traveling the southern and central parts of
Mexico. We flew in to Merida and made our way to the southern coast, and
then flew back out of Mexico City. It was a fantastic trip! |
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We
started in Merida, and then made our way to the Mayan Riviera. Our
fist stop was the ancient city of Uxmal. |
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Once we made it
to the coast we endured about two days of complete rain, but were able to
watch the European Cup, so we just huddled into the bars, enjoyed the 1$
Coronas and dodged drips. When the sun came out on the third day, we
managed to do two SCUBA dives which were magnificent. The "Tortugas"
dive was a drift dive where we floated over "pastures" of grazing sea
turtles! Truly amazing. Cozumel was everything we hoped it would
be, and we secured our PADI Advanced Open Water certification while we were
there. Here is a photo of the restaurant where we ate every day in
Cozumel. The pier in the background is where we departed for our
dives. Is that a PADI workbook I see? |
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After our stay
in Cozumel, we returned to the mainland, and spent a couple of days on the
Mayan Riviera near the ruins of Tulum. The water was amazing and we
had a quaint little hut with no electricity - candlelight only! |
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Mexico City was
a really beautiful place. We really enjoyed all the architecture and
the city really had a European feel. Honestly! We enjoyed seeing
the Cathedral at the Zocalo (city square) and the indoor market.
Piňatas! Cactus! Chilies! Ole! |
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Cathedral at the Zocalao
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Indoor market - Pinatas!
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Yes, that's cactus!
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Chilies!
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Oaxaca is a
gorgeous little town. It is so colorful and beautiful. We were
happy to just wander the streets with our eyes wide open soaking up the
architecture, art and laid back feeling. Look at these colors! |
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We had some
time on our hands, so decided to go down to the south coast to stay at
Puerto Escondido for a few days. We opted to get there by bus, but
what we thought would be about a two hour trip ended up being eight or nine
hours of winding, curvy roads. We didn't have enough food along and it
was absolute misery! It was well worth the trip, though, as you can
see from the photos. These were taken from the balcony of the place
where we stayed. |
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Before we flew
out from Mexico City, we couldn't pass up a trip to Teotihuacán. Rebecca had
wanted to see this in person since Spanish I in High School. It was
amazing! |
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