Cenotes, Ruins and Unexpected

Yesterday morning we had breakfast in a small Yucatan restaurant, food and drinks for two people for 6€, and it was really delicious 😍

Afterwards, we went swimming in an above-ground cenote. That means, I was in the water for five minutes, as I have an inexplicable fear of fish. I decided to go canoeing instead. I would have definitely died at the point where the tame crocodile Papu lives.

Since it seems like I'm not cut out for a cenote tour, and there are about 300 mainly underground caves and rivers here, we decided to visit the ruins in Tulum. El Yacimiento de Tulum was one of the largest cities in the Yucatan Peninsula in the 13th and 14th centuries. Due to its location by the sea, it was one of the major trade centers of the Maya and had a well-developed security system. It was also used for star observation and was one of the places where the Mayan calendar was created.

In the 19th century, during the Caste War, it was a center of resistance for the Maya. They lost this independence war in 1901.

After experiencing crocodiles and history, we were looking forward to some tacos and drinks and promptly met two lovely people. Chantelle (among other things a travel photographer, Australian) and Stuart (among other things a travel craftsman, native Englishman). They have traveled a lot in their lives, lived in many places, and are now on an America trip after selling their boat. They have already been to Canada and the USA, now they are in Mexico, then Belize, and then they will probably skip a few countries and continue with Panama and Colombia. We had a good time together, and since Eduardo had already had a few drinks and we didn't want to drive back with the car for another half hour, they offered us to stay in their villa. Of course, it doesn't belong to them, but is a friend's project that is not yet completely finished, but it looks really beautiful. Of course, we had something else in mind when we said "sleeping on the couch" 😛