Welcome to the Mayan Coast. Our hotel was about an hour and a half south of the Cancun airport.
We're here as a result of a dinner we attended in Orlando. It was at Morton's Steakhouse, and they spared no expense. The main course was a huge steak and three large crabmeat stuffed shrimp. All we had to do was sit through a short sales presentation. They were selling fractional ownership in homes. Details to follow. The pictures above are at the hotel we stayed at - Gran Bahai Principe.
This is the beach by the hotel with hundreds of palapas - the palm covered huts.
On Friday, we were picked up at 6am for our long, long, long bus ride to Chichen Itza (also know as Chicken Pizza). These are Mayan ruins, which are part of the New 7 Wonders of the World. I've seen six of the seven - Giza Pyramid Complex (the only one of the original 7 remaining), Christ the Redeemer in Rio de Janiero, the Colosseum in Rome, the Great Wall of China, Machu Picchu in Peru, and the Taj Mahal in Agra, India. The seventh, which I will probably never see is Petra in Jordan. And if I do go, I will never tell my cousin Sara.
There are 91 steps on each side, plus the top one for all four staircases, totalling 365 - representing an entire year. Up until two years ago you could climb the steps, but some woman fell down the steps, so they are now off limits.
These are the older Chichen Itza ruins, which have not been cleaned yet.
He I am sitting on the ruins. By the way, all the pictures are from Eric's camera. My camera disappeared at the resort and no one ever turned it in.
Before leaving Chichen Itza, you walk past about a bizillion local venders. My purchase was a t-shirt, since mine was soaked during a thunderstorm.
On our last day, we saw the Mayan ruins in Tulum, about half an hour south of our hotel. They were not as large as Chichen Itza, but just as impressive. And they looked directly over the blue Gulf of Mexico. See the two photos below.
Welcome to the Mayan Coast. Our hotel was about an hour and a half south of the Cancun airport.
We're here as a result of a dinner we attended in Orlando. It was at Morton's Steakhouse, and they spared no expense. The main course was a huge steak and three large crabmeat stuffed shrimp. All we had to do was sit through a short sales presentation. They were selling fractional ownership in homes. Details to follow. The pictures above are at the hotel we stayed at - Gran Bahai Principe.
This is the beach by the hotel with hundreds of palapas - the palm covered huts.
On Friday, we were picked up at 6am for our long, long, long bus ride to Chichen Itza (also know as Chicken Pizza). These are Mayan ruins, which are part of the New 7 Wonders of the World. I've seen six of the seven - Giza Pyramid Complex (the only one of the original 7 remaining), Christ the Redeemer in Rio de Janiero, the Colosseum in Rome, the Great Wall of China, Machu Picchu in Peru, and the Taj Mahal in Agra, India. The seventh, which I will probably never see is Petra in Jordan. And if I do go, I will never tell my cousin Sara.
There are 91 steps on each side, plus the top one for all four staircases, totalling 365 - representing an entire year. Up until two years ago you could climb the steps, but some woman fell down the steps, so they are now off limits.
These are the older Chichen Itza ruins, which have not been cleaned yet.
He I am sitting on the ruins. By the way, all the pictures are from Eric's camera. My camera disappeared at the resort and no one ever turned it in.
Before leaving Chichen Itza, you walk past about a bizillion local venders. My purchase was a t-shirt, since mine was soaked during a thunderstorm.
On our last day, we saw the Mayan ruins in Tulum, about half an hour south of our hotel. They were not as large as Chichen Itza, but just as impressive. And they looked directly over the blue Gulf of Mexico. See the two photos below.
One of the many lizards that were everywhere.
Here I am having a cocktail before the sales presentation we had to attend - not bad for a free three night stay at a five star resort. Everything was included - room, meals and liquor. The presentation was about 2 1/2 hours, with no pressure at all. They wanted you to buy 1/12 of a home for $120,000, with an annual maintenance cost for your four weeks of $5400. When we viewed the property, they only had two houses built, and they were just the models. And this project had been underway for over three years. You can see why we jumped at the offer - LOL.
This final picture was sunrise. I'm told it happens every morning, but I manage to miss it. You can be sure that this picture was not on my missing camera.
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