Tulum, Mexico August 2012 Part III

OK, final post, promise!  Picture is us walking Tulum in the evening, lit up by late the setting sun and flash, showing Kim, Mylo, and Bill, and their shadows.
We ended up taking a trip the Coba ruins, about an hours drive fromTulum.  Beautful ruins that you can actually climb and put your hands on history - Amazing!  Mylo loved it of course, as did we.  We hired a guide, Juan, who led us through the first part of the ruins and explained the various architecture and why they built what the built and how they played their games.  Very interesting.

Here is Mylo laying on top of their 'sacrafice' table on top of the ruin, and below is Josh and Kim climbing up with Mylo on the left, using the rope.  It is a bit steeper than the camera can show.  Going up and down can give you a bit of vertigo, thinking you will tumble all the way down.

Photo's from the top of the ruins, so high up!  Jessica joined us for a shot on a couple of these.

Such great travels with friends and family - thank you Bill and Jessica for your hospitality and friendship, we truly enjoyed our time.  The pic above is a burned down church from years ago, always seeing it coming to and from the house, Mylo with his newly-found Mexico friends, and our view everyday, gotta love it.  If you do Mexico, do it through a home rental with those you mean something to you, it makes your vacation so much better!

adios...

Tulum, Mexico August 2012 Part II

We are back.  This shot was taken from the beach in Akumal, just about minutes south of the house where we enjoyed the waters and body boards in the waves.

Jessica and Bill recommended we check out a place called XPLOR.  It was an adventure park known for it's elaborate system of zip-lines, underground caves where you can swim and kayak, and their four-wheeling which brought you through jungles and caves.  Our favorite park of the park was zip-lining, as the system of towers brought you along a total of 19 zip lines, as high as a 20-story building to lines bringing us through waterfalls and pools.

Some lines Mylo could do himself, depending on wind speed and direction, while others he had to be tied off to Kim or myself.  On one line, they obviously miscalculated the distance and wind and Mylo became 'stuck' prior to the landing point on the line.  The staff had to shimmy out on the line to retrieve him, but he took it all with a bounce in his step upon getting back, ready to hit the next line.

 

That evening, we took a stroll in Akumal where we were searching for a local cantina to get some local grub.  While Elsa at the house prepares excellent Mexican cuisine, we figured we would give her a break one night.  After passing this cool looking church that had some ghostly-nest to it, we found Hola Primo, a small family owned cafe on a side street.  After a quick inspection of the kitchen, I felt comfortable enough to try out their cuisine.  All was well and Kim even had the opportunity to meet the chef and snap a picture with her.  

Following dinner, we strolled around Akumal, enjoying the small shops, some tourist, others not, and picked out a few gifts for those back in Virginia.  The town was quaint, down to earth, and I think we were probably the only four people out of the twelve tourists walking around, giving us the local experience.  We did stumble on a local soccer match taking place in the town center, next to a small park where multiple food carts were located.  We enjoyed the game for a bit, watching the locals play a competitive game on the field.  Mylo really enjoyed this as he loves soccer and even started cheering for the 'Green' team.  He is pictured here and holding a very long see pod that had fallen from a tree, using it as his 'sword' for the night.  To are right are Bill and Jessica, also taking in the game with us.  Stay tuned for the third and final post from this amazing getaway to the Mexican Riveira.