Barceló Maya Resort and Clearing Weather

(Breakfast burritos, fried plantains and lots of salsa!) (Gideon, my four month old nephew. And yes, he's big for his age. You have a problem with that?) (Tegan, my two and a half year old niece.) (Finally, the sun came out, the water cleared, and we...

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Barceló Maya Resort and Hurricane Rina

(Though it was rainy and a bit windy, Hurricane Rina didn't have TOO much of an affect on us, though we were certainly worried, since the path of the storm came directly through the area where we were staying.) (Mom, Jess and Baby Gideon along the nice wide...

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Izamal, a hint of Mérida and back to Tulum

(A random little church in a random Mayan town. I loved passing through these little villages.)(Entering the convent at Izamal. Known as the Yellow City, this is a beautiful little village of about 15,000 people, with the center covered with yellow buildings and...

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Cenotes of Cuzamá - Chelentún, Chacsinic-Ché, and Bolonchojool

The tiny town of Cuzamá is the gateway to three of the more impressive cenotes in the Yucatán. Cenotes are basically sinkholes/underground caves filled with groundwater. The area has no rivers, so all the water seeps through the limestone rocks and finds its way...

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