2 We stayed at the Blue Parrot Inn where we promptly paid a visit to the bar with swingchairs
3 View from our room at the Blue Parrot Inn
4 Relaxing in the hammock on the balcony
5 Beach from reception
6 Casa del Cenote
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8 Beach and Plataforma del Caracol
9 El Castillo - south side
10 view with El Castillo at the back
11 Our beach
12 Our rather comfortable hut
13 We have the whole beach to ourselves
14 Juego de Pelota - 'ballgame'
15 Approaching Nohoch Mul through the birch trees
16 Nohoch Mul or Great Pyramid
17 Naturally Stephen went up Nohoch Mul
18 View from Nohoch Mul
19 Hotel lobby. This hotel is right next to 'Chichen Itza' and the archeologists who first explored the ruins stayed here.
20 Our lovely suite
21 Hotel grounds
22 Hotel grounds
23 Our porch
24 Hotel grounds
25 A dream come true... El Castillo
26 El Castillo - it's steep alright!
27 View from El Castillo
28 View from El Castillo
29 El Castillo - it's narrow at the top!
30 Grupo de las Mil Columnas
31 Grupo de las Mil Columnas & Templo de Chac-Mool
32 Grupo de las Mil Columnas with El Castillo in the background
33 Grupo de las Mil Columnas
34 Mercado
35 El Castillo
36 Juego de Pelota Principal - The ballgames played here had something to do with life and death... whether is was the winner of loser who got rewarded with death...
37 Juego de Pelota Principal - detail
38 El Osario
39 Casa Colorada
40 El Caracol
41 Las Monjas and Annexes - the Monastry and Annexes
42 Las Monjas and Annexes
43 El Osario
44 You guessed it: this hotel is next to the ruins of Uxmal and is indeed also the place where the early explorers set up basecamp.
45 Relaxing on the first floor porch where our room was
46 By the pool... is that a book on cryptography?! Some people have a funny ideas on what relaxing is! Harry Potter was Caroline's choice!
47 Hotel grounds
48 El Palacio Del Gobernador
49 View from El Palacio to Piramide del Adivino
50 El Palacio y La piramide
51 At El Palacio
52 El Grupo del Palomar
53 El Cuadrangulo de las Monjas - view towards El Palacio
54 El Cuadrangulo de las Monjas
55 El Cuadrangulo de las Monjas
56 El Cuadrangulo
57 La Piramide del Adivino
58 El Palacio
59 El Palacio - We liked the orange tree!
60 El Palacio - detail
61 Overview from El Palacio
62 El Arco - The Arch... obviously....
63 At El Arco
64 El Mirador
65 Edificio de las Columnas (Templo del Este)
66 El Palacio
67 On the steps of El Palacio
68 At El Palacio
69 El Mirador
70 Palace of the Masks
71 Palace of Masks
72 Palace of Masks - detail
73 Detail
74 El Palacio
75 El Palacio
76 In search of Pink Flamingoes
77 found an aligator first
78 Caroline and our Capitan
79 White pelicans and pink flamingoes
80 Stephen and el Capitan
81 We found lots of pink flamingoes
82 They truly where an awesome sight in flight
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85 Very enjoyable Xmas Day lunch
86 Great setting for Xmas day lunch - we loved this hotel!
87 Xmas Day Coffee
88 Our very spacious room
89 Beach just across the road from our room
90 This is the house our room was in; the beach is just across the road.
91 From where we stayed we could easily walk along the beach to our previous hotel 'Maya Tulum Hotel'
92 Hammock time
93 room corner
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96 No need to say that this can in no way compete with Tulum!
97 Parkinglot - this country is Beetle Heaven!
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99 drive thru - as quickly as possible! Spot the beetles!
