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Chitzen Itza Excursion
Let me try that one again lol
response at bottom ;-) "CupCaked" wrote in message ... | Juliana L Holm wrote: | | But I heartily recommend NOT going to Chichen Itza from Cozumel/Costa Maya (It | maybe better from Progresso). It's a long bus trip for a visit that is not | nearly long enough. We went a couple of times on land vacations, and spent | 10-12 hours at the site and did not see everything. (Then went back for the | evening Light show.) I cannot imagine how the folks who come on the cruise ship | busses get a real chance to enjoy this site fully. | | I agree. Chichen Itza is better left for a land-based vacation from | Merida, Cancun or even Cozumel. It still means an all-day trip and a | long bus ride, but you get a very early start, and getting back to | your hotel to crash at the end of this long day is better than knowing | you must return to your ship for dinner and a full evening. | | Karen | A land vacation will be in the near future, but as I said above, I want to just get a taste of want I want to do on a land vacation. I would most likely stay in several different hotels. I found on one of the research sites I use (http://www.travelyucatan.com/) that there are hotels at Chitzen itza (or at least very close) from $16-$43 USD. So an overnight or 2 would not be a bad idea for us. -- LES! To send me an email, please remove Your Hat YourHatDaddie @ bonbon.net |
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Ali's Daddie wrote:
A land vacation will be in the near future, but as I said above, I want to just get a taste of want I want to do on a land vacation. In that case, I'd do Tulum from the ship, which is very do-able, and save Chichen Itza for the land vacation. I would most likely stay in several different hotels. I found on one of the research sites I use (http://www.travelyucatan.com/) that there are hotels at Chitzen itza (or at least very close) from $16-$43 USD. So an overnight or 2 would not be a bad idea for us. I like the Hotel Maison de Marques in Valladolid, about a 20 minute drive, but I have also stayed at a nice hotel in Piste, although I cannot remember the name of it. It was none of the ones on this web site. Julie -- Julie ********** Check out my Travel Pages (non-commercial) at http://www.dragonsholm.org/travel.htm |
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Ali's Daddie wrote:
I will most likely do the tour from Progreso as it is much closer (that will mean saving Tikal for another time probably) And, if I do it from Progreso, I can still do Tulum from Cozumel. It's much more do-able from Progresso. But you could also go to Uxmal from progresso which is (IMHO) every bit as amazing, although in different ways much more beautiful and far less crowded. I am basically wanting to use the short cruise excursions to get a taste of where I want to visit again on a land vacation. I know without a doubt that I will want to return many times ;-) There is much to see. Julie -- LES! To send me an email, please remove Your Hat YourHatDaddie @ bonbon.net -- Julie ********** Check out my Travel Pages (non-commercial) at http://www.dragonsholm.org/travel.htm |
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CupCaked wrote:
I like Valladolid to do Chichen Itza. If you can take a day or two away from a Cancun or Cozumel vacation, and spend a night in this lovely colonial town, preferably at the big hotel right on the square, visit the Cenote in town and the cathedral, then spend a day at Chichen Itza, only 20 minutes away via the Autopista, then visit Cenote Dznip on the way back. It can be a lovely couple of days, and much more Mexican than either Cancun or Cozumel, or even Tulum anymore. True, and Valladolid is usually only a rest stop on the bus trip to Chichen Itza if you take the tours from Cancun. You just can't see much of anything except that beautifully wrought-ironed encircled zocalo. The land vacation we took from Merida several years ago really gave us a wonderful central location with which to see this interesting and historical area of Mexico. Merida is such a neat town. They have a wonderful Museum that ties together a lot of the local sites (Uxmal, Chichen and many others) as well as a great market, wonderful historic area, University with many folkloric shows, etc. I could go on and on. We did Uxmal out of Merida, and spent several days there on one trip, stayed in Valladolid and did the Rio Lagartos Flamingo Sanctuary on another trip, not to mention getting to Coba, which is a fasc- inating site, as it is closer to the beginning of being excavated. Julie -- Julie ********** Check out my Travel Pages (non-commercial) at http://www.dragonsholm.org/travel.htm |
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Les,
Far and away the best idea is to take the Chitzen Itza tour when you go to Progresso and maybe even have time for a quick look at the beautiful city of Merida. Go to Tulum when you are in Cozumel as you will get a chance to look at some countryside, villages, Playa Del Carman and still have time to do some shopping in Cozumel itself. That gives you an idea of if this is the type of place you wish to return to on a land vacation. We did just that after sampling the area staying in PDC and it was a wonderful week. Jim "Ali's Daddie" wrote in message ... "Juliana L Holm" wrote in message ... | Ali's Daddie wrote: | | -- | LES! | | Les, | | There used to be an airplane enabled excursion, but it was discontinued when a | planeload of people were killed in a crash. The only Chichen Itza excursion is | via bus. | | If you must go to CI, do the ships tour. You are right that you don't want to | get left behind. | | But I heartily recommend NOT going to Chichen Itza from Cozumel/Costa Maya (It | maybe better from Progresso). It's a long bus trip for a visit that is not | nearly long enough. We went a couple of times on land vacations, and spent | 10-12 hours at the site and did not see everything. (Then went back for the | evening Light show.) I cannot imagine how the folks who come on the cruise ship | busses get a real chance to enjoy this site fully. | | If you have never been to Tulum it is lovely and very doable in the time you | have from a ship's excursion. Not nearly as impressive as CI but in its own way | unique. I recommend that or an alternate. Come back to the Yucatan some time | on a land vacation. | | Julie | | I will most likely do the tour from Progreso as it is much closer (that will mean saving Tikal for another time probably) And, if I do it from Progreso, I can still do Tulum from Cozumel. I am basically wanting to use the short cruise excursions to get a taste of where I want to visit again on a land vacation. I know without a doubt that I will want to return many times ;-) -- LES! To send me an email, please remove Your Hat YourHatDaddie @ bonbon.net |
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In April of 2002 we booked a private plane trip to Chichen Itza while in
Cozumel. We were very pleased with the trip and had no problem with getting back into the ship in plenty of time. If anyone wants information on this, let me know. |
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I'd love to have that information.
MrTractor "SPotter614" wrote in message ... In April of 2002 we booked a private plane trip to Chichen Itza while in Cozumel. We were very pleased with the trip and had no problem with getting back into the ship in plenty of time. If anyone wants information on this, let me know. |
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I'm guessing it was the same plane. What a tragedy. It was full of U of
Washington (or State?) Alumni on a group cruise. Have you tried googling for info. Maybe under Washington or Wash State. Is there a NG for those schools. Maybe someone remembers that terrible day. I'm sorry I don't remember the details. Maybe I'm blocking them out! MrTractor-------still thinks it was a great excursion - since he lived to tell the story. "Bill Hines" wrote in message ganews.com... Wow, we took the plane trip to Chichen Itza in 2/27/01, it was wit Aerosaab. Are they the ones who crashed? Any details? I was never so terrified in my life, for me or my family! In article , says... I was on that plane a few months before it crashed. That was the way to go. As long as you survived the trip! Turns out that Czech built plane was NOTORIOUS for crashing due to mechanical failure. Some sort of design flaw. It was like aviation Russian Roulette! Whew! Unfortunately, there are no ship's excursions except by bus. If there is another way to get there, it's with an outside source. If you have never been there before and are into that sort of thing, I highly recommend it. Go and climb the pyramid before they WISELY make it off limits for tourists. I would ride the bus if I hadn't been there and it was the only way to go. MrTractor------stared into the deep dark abyss and lived to tell the story!!!!........ "Charles" wrote in message d... In article , Ali's Daddie wrote: A few years ago, I remember reading a review of the shore excursion to Chitzen Itza. In it, the review was talking about the ships excursion. It included a helicopter ride (instead of a 3 hour bus ride) There used to be an excursion with an airplane trip. Never heard of a copter ride. Unfortunatly the airplane crashed on one of these excursions a couple of years ago and that was the end of it. -- Charles |
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I googled right after I posted and found it. Doesn't appear it was
aerosaab (who seems to still be in business offering flights to the ruins, web site is easy to find). Nonetheless, I was pretty scared on that flight and I don't scare easy (travel for a living). The plane was small, just 4 passengers and the pilot/copilot. The one that went down was a larger one. Bill In article , says... I'm guessing it was the same plane. What a tragedy. It was full of U of Washington (or State?) Alumni on a group cruise. Have you tried googling for info. Maybe under Washington or Wash State. Is there a NG for those schools. Maybe someone remembers that terrible day. I'm sorry I don't remember the details. Maybe I'm blocking them out! MrTractor-------still thinks it was a great excursion - since he lived to tell the story. "Bill Hines" wrote in message ganews.com... Wow, we took the plane trip to Chichen Itza in 2/27/01, it was wit Aerosaab. Are they the ones who crashed? Any details? I was never so terrified in my life, for me or my family! |
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