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Old February 1st, 2008, 07:51 AM posted to rec.travel.air,rec.travel.cruises,rec.travel.latin-america,rec.travel.misc,rec.travel.usa-canada
Mr. Travel
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Technobarbarian wrote:
"Calif Bill" wrote in message
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"Mr. Travel" wrote in message
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Calif Bill wrote:



Going to the ruins, get on a bus. Is a long day, and coming back about
80% of the people fell asleep.

Sure they fall asleep, they have nothing else to do.


We were all tired after a long day in the sun.



If you take the tour you can be led around Chichin Itza like you're
part of a herd of cattle, by a guide who will fill you full of information,
not all of which is accurate. You'll have ample opportunity to sleep on the
way back to Cancun. If you drive yourself you can see: Chichin Itza, the
Balanchanche cave and Ek Balam, or some other combination of ruins, in a day
and drive back to the coast without falling asleep. I've done it a number of
times. Better still you can spend the night in Piste or Valladolid or Merida
and see a lot more than "the ruins".

TB


I prefer Coba, since there were far less people compared when I drove there.
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Old February 1st, 2008, 06:08 PM posted to rec.travel.air,rec.travel.cruises,rec.travel.latin-america,rec.travel.misc,rec.travel.usa-canada
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"Mr. Travel" wrote in message
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Technobarbarian wrote:
"Calif Bill" wrote in message
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"Mr. Travel" wrote in message
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Calif Bill wrote:



Going to the ruins, get on a bus. Is a long day, and coming back about
80% of the people fell asleep.

Sure they fall asleep, they have nothing else to do.

We were all tired after a long day in the sun.



If you take the tour you can be led around Chichin Itza like you're
part of a herd of cattle, by a guide who will fill you full of
information, not all of which is accurate. You'll have ample opportunity
to sleep on the way back to Cancun. If you drive yourself you can see:
Chichin Itza, the Balanchanche cave and Ek Balam, or some other
combination of ruins, in a day and drive back to the coast without
falling asleep. I've done it a number of times. Better still you can
spend the night in Piste or Valladolid or Merida and see a lot more than
"the ruins".

TB


I prefer Coba, since there were far less people compared when I drove
there.


All of the ruins add something to the puzzle and help to understand
the people who made them. They also make a great excuse to get into odd
corners of Mexico. I like Coba as a nature walk. There's lots of wildlife to
be seen on the site and in the nearby lake. For me Coba doesn't add much to
the puzzle because there isn't much surviving artwork. There are a number of
interesting, but lightly visited sites within a reasonable drive of Cancun.
Ek Balam is getting more visitors now because tour buses are going there,
but it still only gets a fraction of the visitors that Chichen Itza gets.
The artwork there makes it well worth the stop. The IHAH museum in Merida
has some of the artifacts that were found in a tomb there. Mayapan is
another lightly visited site. It's interesting because it has some surviving
examples of the mural work on the temples. On the coast Akumal is a small
site that's frequently overlooked. It has a couple of surviving murals.

TB



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Old February 2nd, 2008, 04:51 AM posted to rec.travel.air,rec.travel.cruises,rec.travel.latin-america,rec.travel.misc,rec.travel.usa-canada
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Technobarbarian wrote:
"Mr. Travel" wrote in message
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Technobarbarian wrote:
"Calif Bill" wrote in message
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"Mr. Travel" wrote in message
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Calif Bill wrote:



Going to the ruins, get on a bus. Is a long day, and coming back about
80% of the people fell asleep.
Sure they fall asleep, they have nothing else to do.
We were all tired after a long day in the sun.

If you take the tour you can be led around Chichin Itza like you're
part of a herd of cattle, by a guide who will fill you full of
information, not all of which is accurate. You'll have ample opportunity
to sleep on the way back to Cancun. If you drive yourself you can see:
Chichin Itza, the Balanchanche cave and Ek Balam, or some other
combination of ruins, in a day and drive back to the coast without
falling asleep. I've done it a number of times. Better still you can
spend the night in Piste or Valladolid or Merida and see a lot more than
"the ruins".

TB

I prefer Coba, since there were far less people compared when I drove
there.


All of the ruins add something to the puzzle and help to understand
the people who made them. They also make a great excuse to get into odd
corners of Mexico. I like Coba as a nature walk. There's lots of wildlife to
be seen on the site and in the nearby lake. For me Coba doesn't add much to
the puzzle because there isn't much surviving artwork. There are a number of
interesting, but lightly visited sites within a reasonable drive of Cancun.
Ek Balam is getting more visitors now because tour buses are going there,
but it still only gets a fraction of the visitors that Chichen Itza gets.
The artwork there makes it well worth the stop. The IHAH museum in Merida
has some of the artifacts that were found in a tomb there. Mayapan is
another lightly visited site. It's interesting because it has some surviving
examples of the mural work on the temples. On the coast Akumal is a small
site that's frequently overlooked. It has a couple of surviving murals.

TB




I have been to Merida twice and really liked it. Off the beaten path
for sure!

Jeff

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Old February 11th, 2008, 10:20 AM posted to rec.travel.air,rec.travel.cruises,rec.travel.misc,rec.travel.usa-canada
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In article ,
"Newby" wrote:

Might be traveling to Cancun later this year, June or July. Is it advisable
to rent a car or depend on local transportation? If I go, I would like to
visit Mayan ruins. Any recommendations as to which to see?

Thank you for any help.


We were just there in late Nov., staying about 15 minutes south of Playa
del Carmen.
We had two day trips to ruins.
First to the more basic and less touristy Coba, where you can still
climb the pyramid.
The second ruin trip was to very very touristy Chichen Itza.
http://www.can****oday.net/ruins/map.php

As has been said these trips are long, the tour guides give you much
info and driving in Mexico is not to be taken lightly. I have no plan
to drive in Mexico, both because of the unusual driving conditions in
that area and the legal problems if you have a accident.
The Coba trip had a very worthwhile side trip to two Mayan homes where
they are still living a very basic life style. Out tour guide was half
Mayan and Spanish and was brought up in a Mayan village from age 5 to
15. We were very lucky to have him guiding us.
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Old February 29th, 2008, 02:23 AM posted to rec.travel.air,rec.travel.cruises,rec.travel.misc,rec.travel.usa-canada,alt.usenet.legends.lester-mosley
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"Cyrus Afzali" wrote in message
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On Fri, 25 Jan 2008 10:17:46 -0500, "Newby"
wrote:

Might be traveling to Cancun later this year, June or July. Is it
advisable
to rent a car or depend on local transportation? If I go, I would like to
visit Mayan ruins. Any recommendations as to which to see?

Thank you for any help.

One word of advice: be very careful about your speed. Cops are known
to target rental cars in Mexico for speeding on Highway 307, among
others, and if you're an out-of-nation visitor, they can sometimes
hassle you.

We spend two weeks a year in various locations and I got nabbed on 307
last year. I *might* have been going 20 kilometers an hour over, as
the speed limits change on that route very frequently, ranging from 60
in city areas to 100 farther out. But, even if I was, I was with the
flow of traffic. Bottom line is they can tell rental cars easily and
since the local cops (as opposed to federal cops) make very little
money, sometimes they shake motorists down. That said, I saw very few
cops on the same route last month when we were there, so YMMV.

As far as the actual question, by all means rent a car, it will just
make life a lot easier.


Dyou see the daily show with the guy from Georgia and his comparison of deer
to
jelliebeans and how the deer jumped through his truck window and the chick
who was a
lesbian and he fell off the stupid truck

too funny


mk5000

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