After breakfast this morning, we caught one of the collectivos that run up and down the highway and took one that dropped us off at the ruins of Tulum. By the time we got there, it was high noon and very hot and humid. There wasn't much shade either, but the setting was so spectacular that it made the suffering we went through all worth it. The Tulum archeological site is a Maya fortress city on a cliff above the turquoise seas of the Caribbean. It was originally a small, walled city for about 600 inhabitants who supervised the trade traffic from Honduras to the Yucatan. The ruins are smaller than those we saw in Palenque or Teotihuacan, and because of the numerous tourists visting the site, they are all roped off so you can only view them from a distance. Nonetheless, this ancient city must have been truly spectacular in its prime. Oh, and did I mention the unbelievable views off the cliffs looking out at the sea?
Z and the coastline looking northward toward Playa del Carmen...
The color of the sea is just incredible...
I think I've found paradise...
The Castillo with the beach below...
One of the smaller ruins...
The Temple of the Frescoes, which contains 13th century wall paintings...
The long, hot walk back to the bus stand...
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