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"Eugene Miya" wrote in message news:47a24572$1@darkstar... In article , tim \(not at home\) wrote: I doubt that there is a snowy season? Outside Mexico City is the 3rd highest mountain in North America. In Baja it snows at the 8-9K ft. level at the Natl. Observatory. Even with my basic knowledge of Mexico I know that Baja is on the West side and Cancun on the East. And that Cancun is not on the top of a mountain. tim |
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"tim (not at home)" wrote in message ... What's the best time of year for doing this route for 'ease' of finding on the day accomnodation, without hitting weather that you'd want to avoid (if possible). I've always been there in the Fall, which is great if you have the flexibility to dodge hurricanes. Other than hurricanes, if one happens to be coming through that area, the weather is very nice. Tourism is at a low ebb, so rooms are easy to find and very reasonable. There have been times when I had the luxury of hanging out in San Cristobal de la Casas, while waiting for the weather to improve on the coast. Good fun, but if you're trying to just fly in and out in a particular week the airport there can be iffy that time of year. Traditionally "high" season runs from mid-December 'til the end of Spring Break. This guys says he also likes after Spring break through late June: http://www.travelyucatan.com/cancun_weather.php My personal opinion is that Cancun isn't particularly interesting, but there are a lot of places in that region that are. There's a lot more to see inland than Chichen Itza. TB -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com |
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Technobarbarian wrote:
"Calif Bill" wrote in message ... "Mr. Travel" wrote in message m... 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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"Mr. Travel" wrote in message . .. Technobarbarian wrote: "Calif Bill" wrote in message ... "Mr. Travel" wrote in message om... 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 -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com |
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Technobarbarian wrote:
"Mr. Travel" wrote in message . .. Technobarbarian wrote: "Calif Bill" wrote in message ... "Mr. Travel" wrote in message . .. 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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OT - Cancun
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"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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OT - Cancun
"Cyrus Afzali" wrote in message ... 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 I don't know what to say, the monkeys won't do!--F Max Chuang |
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