Mexico - Tulum

Tulum


Tulum


Today I saw my first Mayan ruin with Michelle. Tulum is great! The ruins are located on 39-foot (12-m)tall cliffs, along the east coast of the Yucatán Peninsula on the Caribbean Sea, south of Playa Del Carman. It is one of the best-preserved coastal Maya sites, and you can swim there as well. An inscription dated A.D. 564 has been found at the site, but most of the structures now visible were built in the Post-Classic Era, between about 1200 and 1450.

Tulum as drawn by Frederick Catherwood in 1844 - English artist and architect


Frederick Catherwood would have seen the image above when it was first discovered. Am sure he was the real Indian Jones. Treking through jungles to find new ruins.


Iguanas

There were large iguanas there! but harmless. (I think)

After our trip it was back to the hotel for drinks.

The Grand Mayan - Mayan Palace