After leaving Tepich, we head for Izamal. This is a smart but quiet wee town and we've booked a room with a balcony overlooking the main plaza. A great place to sit out with a glass of wine and watch the world go by The plaza is dominated by a 16th century convent and like everything else in Izamal, this is painted yellow. The town was re built by the Spanish conquerors on top of Mayan city and there are several ancient stone pyramids across the town i...

We enjoy our final breakfast on the beautiful terrace at the Flycatcher Inn. Our destination today is Hotel Hacienda Tepich . We spotted this luxury accomodation on Booking . com for what looked like a real bargain but when we confirmed, the price jumped up to nearly three times what we'd been expecting and in addition, there was a no refund policy. We contacted the hotel but there was no reply. We decided to go there and query the price. It was a beauti...

After a  breakfast served on the terrace, we head off in the car on the Puuc  trail named for the abundance of Mayan ruins along its route. Our first stop is at Kabah the main building of which is covered with hundreds of carved stone masks.  The scene is made more dramatic by the large iguanas which wander over the partially restored  complex. Next on the agenda is Labna which archaeologists  believed supported 3000 people about 1000 years ago. There are n...

In the morning, I pop down to the small village market to get some fresh mangos for breakfast then we head off to the small Mayan ruins at Oxkintok. We buy our tickets and are the only tourists there. We decline the services of a guide and feel a bit guilty as he seems a bit down cast at his lack of business. Anyway, we pass a pleasant hour or so exploring the 1000 year old monuments among the trees. With some difficulty, we eventually manage to get to th...

After breakfast we have a walk along the beach then drive off to the bridge over the lagoon to Celestun where boats with guide are available for hire to visit the huge colonies of flamingos. Unfortunately we are the only two people there which means we would have to pay the full price for the boat and guide. We wait for half an hour or so and just as we are about to give up, three other people arrive, two Germans and a Canadian. Problem solved for them and u...