Mexico Day 4: Back to Cancun

FIESTA AMERICANA CONDESA CANCUN
FIESTA AMERICANA CONDESA CANCUN

At the end of our 4-day trip around Yucatan, we are back at Fiesta Americana, Cancun. We had the best guide and the best driver to show us around.

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Raymundo, our driver.

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Ricardo, our guide.

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Ricardo and his “A Parenthesis in Eternity”

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Raymundo, me and Ricardo at the end of our trip.

Mexico Day 4: Ek Balam

Ek Balam (14)

Mexico Day 4: Acenceh

Acenceh

Mexico Day 3: Uxmal

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Uxmal is one of the most impressive Mayan cities in Yucatan. The buildings here are adorned with Puuc style Chac faces, the rain God and hieroglyphics.

Mexico Day 3: Kabah

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Kabah is a Mayan site on the Yucatán Peninsula connected to nearby Uxmal by a ceremonial causeway. Its buildings date from about the 9th century and are in the Puuc style of architecture. Kabah is best known for its extraordinary palace (above) that is completely covered in masks of the hook-nosed rain god Chac.

Mexico Day 2: Hacienda Uxmal

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We spent the night at Hacienda Uxmal and pestered by a Mariachi band during dinner 🙂

Mexico Day 2: Labna

Labna (4)

Mexico Day 2: Chichen Itza

Chichen Itza (26)

Mexico Day 2: Loltun Caves

The Loltun Caves (6)

Mexico Day 2: Mayapan

Mayapan (9)

Mayapan was the last standing civilisation before the arrival of the Spanish.