Tula (map) “Where The Language Changes” was the capital of the Toltec Indian empire.
Tula is located in an arid region of the Valley of Mexico where little can be grown except the Maguey cactus (the basis of alcoholic “Pulque”) which formed a significant part of their religion.
Legend has their high priest Quetzalcoatl banished to the [...]
Archive for September, 2009
Tula Mexico
Sep 2
Sacred Xcaret
Sep 2
Xcaret has called Maya women for a thousand years, to come and purify themselves in its sacred pools – before making the 12 mile crossing to the island of Cozumel to worship the fertility goddess Ixchel.
Xcaret is open from 8:30am – 10:00pm every day. The entrance fee is $50 adult, $25 kids, and under 5 [...]
Mayan Ruins
Sep 2
Mayan Ruins extend from the Yucatan peninsula to El Salvador, covering 5 Latin American countries and an area far greater than the Aztec empire.
Long forgotten and shrouded in jungle, Mayan ruins are still being discovered today.
Around 2,000 BC the Mayas emerged from the Mexican Yucatan spreading a culture of advanced architecture and astronomy.
Believing themselves made [...]
The Yucatan
Sep 1
The Yucatan Peninsula is home to one of Earth’s greatest cataclysms.
65 million years ago the Yucatan was visited by an asteroid or comet that many scientists believe destroyed up to 75% of all lifeforms (90% of plankton) and broke the Earth’s food chain (Adios Dinosaurs y Bienvenidos Mammals).
The Chicxulub (Devil’s Tail) Crater is located on [...]
Tulum
Sep 1
Tulum “The Wall” was originally named Zama “Place of Dawning”.
Silently overlooking the blue waters of the Caribbean, Tulum is Mexico’s most visited Mayan ruins.
The only walled city built by the Mayas on the Caribbean coast; this was a thriving trading community when first visited by the Spainards who reported it as grand as Seville.
Besides [...]
The Mayan Riviera
Sep 1
Mayan Riviera (Riviera Maya) beaches stretch along 100 miles of the world’s most beautiful pink and white powdered coral, from Cancun to Tulum.
The Mayan Riviera is studded with some of the newest and fanciest hotel resorts as well as private, secluded bungalows and small hotels (some without electricity or phones).
Beginning at the “gateway” of [...]
Playa del Carmen
Sep 1
Playa del Carmen is located in the heart of the Mayan Riviera and offers a convenient base of operations for many area attractions.
In Playa del Carmen you can scuba dive, snorkel, ski, sail, rent a boat or mo-ped, para-glide, hot-air balloon, horseback ride, and take your choice of several jungle and eco tours.
Playa’s Palancar Reef [...]
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