After leaving Dzitnup Cave we headed north to the Mayan ruins of Ek’ Balam. The guidebook said they were interesting, wondrous, amazing, blah, blah… but all Kerri wanted to do was conquer one of these massive pre-Columbian Mayan pyramids before leaving the Yucatan. Since Ek’ Balam was kind of on...

After checking out of the Villas Arqueologicas hotel, Sydney and I went to the parking lot to grab the rental car while Kerri stayed with our bags. The parking lot was gravel and would have been a lot of work dragging our wheeled suitcases through the rock, as we did when we checked in. We were learning....

Chichen Itza is one of the New Seven Wonders of the World and is one of the most visited Mayan sites in Mexico. After visiting so many Mayan ruins the previous week I thought we might be experiencing burnout on seeing so many by this time. We had visited England and Scotland a few years earlier and after...

After driving 160km from Playa del Carmen we arrived at our next hotel, Villas Arquelogicas Chichen Itza. The hotel is just a 5-minute walk to the famous Mayan ruins of Chichen Itza and we thought this would be the perfect base to explore from. Our plan was to go to the lightshow at Chichen Itza that...

Driving in Mexico is like investing your money in the stock market and skydiving… at the same time. One mistake and you could be seriously injured and/or take a large financial loss. People often pass vehicles on any side that has an opening, the speed bumps and topes (pronounced TOE-PAYS) will destroy...

After spending a couple of days lounging in the beach beds and kayaking the rivers at the Hacienda Tres Rios we needed a change of scenery. We had visited the island of Cozumel in 2003 during a 7-day Caribbean cruise and thought it would be fun to go back and spend the day snorkeling and touring parts...

We were not looking forward to the timeshare presentation at Hacienda Tres Rios. If you have never experienced a high pressure timeshare presentation, count yourself lucky. The presentation usually goes something like this: They make promises to give you cash, travel excursions, trinkets, discounts,...

The rooms at the Hacienda Tres Rios are nice. They have polished marble floors, a flat screen television, comfortable beds, and a nice view from the balcony. But they do not make you feel like you are in Mexico. For all we knew, we could have been in a nice hotel in downtown Anywhere, USA. After attempting...

From reading the reviews about the Hacienda Tres Rios Resort on Tripadvisor we were excited, yet nervous. When we initially booked our stay a few months prior the reviews were excellent and we could find nothing wrong with the place, other than it was too new. But the closer we got to our trip, the more...

“Cuanto cuesta… um… Tulum ruins?” I asked the taxi driver in my limited Spanish. “Cuarenta.” Came his reply. Ah, 40 pesos from our hotel to the ruins. We hopped in. On the way to the ruins, just 3 kilometers down the road, we tried to have a conversation with the taxi driver with our limited...

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[Show as slideshow] We just returned from our two-week vacation to Mexico. We had a great time and did not have any problems, other than sticker shock at the prices. After arriving...