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Ecology Strikes Again

Written by El Gallo on December 6, 2000

  • It used to be a public park of sorts, but that is a thing of the past in this area. The National Parks have been privatized and all of the river mouths and truly...
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The Weary Traveler

Written by El Gallo on December 6, 2000

  • It's easy for backpackers to get their feelings hurt in a place like Cancun or the "Mayan Riviera". And I don't mean backpackers in the "Outside Magazine" sense here: I mean bookbaggers, hippies, eurotrash,...
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Tulum as Navel: around the town

Written by El Gallo on December 6, 2000

  • Tulum offers the ruins and a passle of beautiful (if sometimes primitive) beachfront living. But it might almost be more valuable as a sort of hub from which to explore other "Mayan Riviera" spots. The...
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The Ruins

Written by El Gallo on December 6, 2000

  • The ruins at Tulum are not awesome. They don't loom over you, don't fade away into jungle, don't convey impressions of glory and sacrifice and curse. But man are they cool. These are the...
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Coba

Written by serandal on December 7, 2002

  • You can easily go to the ruins of Coba from Tulum. Coba is 50 km. northwest of Tulum, and its beauty lies in the fact that the ruins are located in the jungle. Go to...
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The Ruins of Tulum

Written by serandal on December 7, 2002

  • Although the ruins of Tulum are not spectacular, the setting is. The majestic cliff top ruins overlook vast stretches of beach and turquoise water. You can swim here and that is the best part. As...
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Freshwater Pond

Xhel-ha! A fun place for kids of any age.

Written by Avid Traveler on November 16, 2003

  • One fun thing to do with kids of all ages is spending a day at Xhel-ha which sells themselves as being a huge eco-village that you can experience. Sound weird? I thought so to until...
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Iguanas view of El Castillo

The late post-classic ruins of Tulum

Written by Avid Traveler on September 4, 2003

  • Believed by archaeologists to have been occupied during the late post-classic period (c.1200-1524), Tulum—Mayan for "wall"—gives visitors a glimpse into the ancient livelihood that existed nearly 450 years ago... Tulum may be busy depending on what...
The Exprimadore

Elegant simplicity

Written by pault36 on April 30, 2007

  • I am about to extol the virtues of a device, or machine, so the open ended title of this piece does not indicate some exotic hotel/spa or the greatest chef we encountered but rather a...
Street Vendor

A chance encoutner with a vendor

Written by pault36 on April 21, 2007

  • When we were in Cancun two years ago, we took one-a-day trips, offered by the conference my wife was attending, to Tulum. On the way back to Cancun, we stopped for lunch at Caleta Tankah....
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