Cancun

Tiny Turtles, Cancun, Mexico

November 17 – 24, 2016 (Temperate season) Ah, Cancún. An escape for so many, with brilliant blue waters stretching out to the horizon and baby soft sand up to the hotel doorstep. But fifty years ago, it didn’t exist. Everything we saw, from the massive coastal resorts to the sprawling…

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Chichen Itza and Uxmal

El Castillo, Chichen Itza, Mexico

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Two of the most beautiful and best-preserved Maya ruins lie within a 120km radius of Mérida, which makes it the perfect home base to explore both. Chichen Itza is the larger of the two, perhaps the most famous archaeological site in the North America. Uxmal is older but remarkably intact…

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Merida

Town Hall, Merida, Mexico

October 20 – November 17, 2016 (End of rainy season) About three hours west of the Riviera Maya is Mérida, the largest city on the Yucatán Peninsula. The drive is short, but the city feels worlds apart from those coastal resorts. Much of the Old Town was built from the…

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Playa del Carmen

Bright Blue Gulf, Playa del Carmen, Mexico

September 22 – October 20, 2016 (Hurricane season) Playa del Carmen used to be a sleepy little fishing village on the Gulf Coast, but it has since developed into one of Mexico’s go-to tourist beaches. While it hasn’t reached Cancún-levels of development, it is growing in that direction. Several all-inclusive resorts…

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