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Uxmal Ruinas, Yucatan
Monday, April 21st, 2008I forgot to mention my trip to the ruins of Uxmal. I did this easily from Merida, catching the 8am bus from the 2nd class bus terminal directly to the ruins. I considered taking what’s called the “Ruta Puuc” bus, which is a good deal. For around $13 it makes a circuit to the ruins of Uxmal, Kabah, Payil, and Xlapak, spending 1.5 hours at Uxmal and ½ hr at the others. It leaves at 8am (also from the 2nd class terminal, on ATS) and takes 7-8 hours. As I think I mentioned before, I take my sweet time when I visit ruins so because of this and the fact that I’ve seen quite a lot of ruins in the last few months, I opted to just go for uxmal-only. The bus to Uxmal takes about 1.5 hrs.
Uxmal’s style is completely different than anything I’d seen before. this is the Puuc style, as referenced in “Ruta Puuc”. The carvings are very animated and stylized and stones are laid in intricate designs along the tops of all the temples. This, combined with the fact that there are tons of mot-mots (birds) and heaps of iguanas, makes it a really cool place to visit. I made it back to merida in the afternoon just in time to duck into the hostel and enjoy a nice thunderstorm. Except for the brief rain and hail storm in san cristobal, I haven’t had any good storms since leaving panama!! I miss the rain but the bay area’s season will be over by the time I get back.
Long Weekend in Merida
Monday, April 14th, 2008
The whole Yucatan was boiling so I grabbed a fairly inexpensive room ($24) with a/c at Santa Lucia Hostal. There is only one or two private rooms and the rest are dorms. Young Rafael runs the place almost completely solo ... [Continue reading this entry]
Campeche: it’s f-ing HOT!
Thursday, April 10th, 2008
Not sure I’ll make it thru a second day here. Very pretty colonial town but rather boring – so anticipation for the nightlife doesn’t really get one thru the miserable, oppressively hot afternoons. I got in around 2:30 yesterday and ... [Continue reading this entry]
Peggy Rehm