Izamal, Mama and miracles in Ticul (2-3 February)

We thought of a small village called Mama (70km south-east) being our next destination. But during our stay in Merida one girl suggested us to visit Izamal, where one may find a free to climb Mayan pyramid right in the middle of the town. Finally we decided to visit Izamal before we go towards Mama. It took us a while to get out of Merida, as we got out of the city bus about 2km earlier than we needed....[read more]

Pictures and health

Hello friends, Sorry for such a long silence. We are still in Mexico. For the last 10 days we have been staying in the town called Playa del Carmen, which is 60km south from Cancun, where we have landed in the middle of January and started our journey. Two weeks ago we have been staying in Chiapas state, which is very close to Central Mexico. One day we’ve got to know that Augustas’ aunt...[read more]

Hammocks (January, 28-31)

In Merida we stayed with Carlos, a www.HospitalityClub.org member. We arrived on Sunday and supposed to meet him at 3pm near the Cathedral. Carlos knew we are coming by hitch-hiking and decided to check the meeting place earlier. His feeling was correct – we met Carlos in the market place two hours earlier than expected. The same day we have visited a photo exhibition, which reflected the real...[read more]

Hunting a tlacuache (January, 26-28)

From Panaba we went to Dzilam de Bravo (71km) where we actually could have camped for a day on the beach. Unfortunately, the beach was very dirty and the surroundings reminded strongly the destruction the hurricane from October 2005 caused. Augustas anyway was not much happy to stay there as he felt it was too early to stop hitch-hiking for the day. Thus we continued and arrived at the end of the day...[read more]

We are in Palenque at the moment

Two days ago we arrived to a very touristic place – Palenque. It is known for its Mayan ruins. Usually we try to avoid such places, but this time we got free accommodation in the center that provides medical service for the poor people from the church communities around Palenque. We are very sorry, that we are not very much up to date with our travel stories in English, but sometimes we are travelling...[read more]

Valladolid, Chichen Itza, Dzitas, Panaba (17-25 January)

Hello, now we are already for 3 days staying in the capital of Yucatan province, Merida. We are staying with Carlos, a Couchsurfing.com member, in the middle of Merida city. To the Zocolo, what is the central market place in Mexican cities, we need only about 5 minutes. We are here – like many other tourists – trying to find out more about Merida’s history and daily life. A more detailed...[read more]

Isla Blanca, Leona Vicario, Coba (14-16 January)

At the moment we are in Chicxulub, small village near Porto Progreso in the North of Yucatan peninsula. We put a tent in a terrasa of one nice family – Jorge and Patricia. 6 years ago Jorge used to Sorry for such a few letters in English. With this letter we will try quickly write about our first three days in Mexico. Saturday, 14 January We looked at the map and decided to escape Cancun for...[read more]

Practical things about our trip

Already 10 days we are travelling in Yucatan province in Mexico. We are still happy and succesfully following the road. It is hard to describe where are we at the moment. To tell the truth, it is nowhere It is one of the ranches in the middle of the fields. The nearest village is in about 3km, and it has famous name – San Francisko. The nearest village, which you may find on the maps –...[read more]

Our first day in Mexico, Cancun (13 January)

On Friday, January 13th, 2006 we started our trip to Mexico by flying from Brussels to Cancun. We happily got a flight with Jetairfly for only 300 Euros each of us. The flight lasted 14 hours and though it sounds like a very long time we did not realize it so much. This I assume was the result of sleeping at least half way. Another point was that we were pushed to eat and drink most of the time. The...[read more]