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Puerto Morelos The wonky old Lighthouse So off we went from Tulum roaring down the road towards out final destination. For this we had chosen Puerto Morelos, a small fishing town (or a small drinking town with a fishing problem as one bar described it). Although there are other more famous places we could have gone to such as Playa del Carmen or Cancun we had decided on Puerto Morelos as it was described as being less busy and resorty but a little more charming. For this reason it was a little bit of a shock when we had been bombarded by people asking us into their shop as soon as we stepped out of the taxi that had run us the few miles from the bus station to the sea front.  Beautiful cups at Lola y Moya Our time here was short and generally meant to be relaxing, as a result there wasn't a breadth of things that we had planned to do apart from walking by the sea front and seeing the wonky old lighthouse. We did however find an amazing cafe place called Lola y Moy...

Chichen Itza: The Mayan Metropolis Chichen Itza The Journey So we left Merida in the morning after saying goodbye to yet another dog friend. We've significantly cut down our travel times (like the 20 hour journey to Bogota or what would have been 16 hours if we hadn't flown to Cartagena ). So thankfully we only had about 2 hours on the bus. Our destination was Chichen Itza one of the Seven Wonders of the World and the fourth one we would see on our trip. We have seen the Great Wall in China , Christ the Redeemer and it's stunning view in Rio , Macchu Picchu , the lofty mountain citadel in Peru and now Chichen Itza, the mighty metropolis of the Mayan Empire. Akab Dzib We arrived at the entrance to Chichen Itza and found a taxi to our accommodation about a mile away. We were staying in a place called Dolores Alba which would provide us with transport to explore Chichen Itza the next day. After a surprisingly easy journey we were at our destination and still...