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This map will help give you an idea of the areas we visited on our trip to Quantana Roo, Mexico. We arrived in
Cancun and rented a car then drove about 2 hours south to the village of Tulum. Our hotel was on the quiet peninsula
that ends at Punta Allen. The red line shows were we traveled by car and the yellow highlights are the towns & sites
that we visited.
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| Breakfast on our First Day |
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| Jim Matches the Decor |
| Heading Out on Our First Adventure |
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Here I'll describe another picture from my vacation.
| The Cross Roads Temple |
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| Coba |
| Stele |
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| An Overgrown Temple in the Brush |
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| Off the Beaten Path |
| The Ball Court |
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| The Other Side of the Court |
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| Steep Grade of the Large Temple Stairs |
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| View from the Top of the Large Temple |
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| Note the Cross Roads Temple in the Distance - Near My Forearm |
| Side of the Large Temple |
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| Las Cabanas Los Lirios |
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We stayed at the Cabanas Los Lirios on the Maya Riviera. Click on the photo above to be directed to the hotel's
website. The hotel was recommended by our friend, Jim Dion. We were really pleased with the hotel, the setting,
the services, the surrounding restaurants and of course the BEAUTIFUL beach.
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| View from Our Room |
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| El Burro |
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| It Wasn't Sexy, but It Was a Trusty Little Vehicle |
Our first day trip stop was to Coba. Coba is a wonderful site about a 45 minute drive NW of Tulum. The guide
book said the road was full of pot holes, but we found it to be in really good shape and better than some rural roads in VA.
The speed bumps at the small villejos were murder, however. We missed the turn to Coba at the traffic circle and wound
up driving to the state line of Yucatan. We turned around and fixed our mistake, which was pretty typical
of all of our explorations on this trip. In the lake near the Coba entrance, we spot a large allegator.
The photo below is the first temple at Coba called the
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| Self Portrait |
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| Coba |
| The Large Temple |
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| Heading Up the Large Temple |
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| Coba |
| A Quiet Moment at the Top |
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| On Top of The Large Temple at Coba |
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| Cross Roads Temple below Center Left |
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