We drove to Tulum near Cancun.
Next to Cancun is Tulum. Tulum is located in the northeast of the Yucatan Peninsula, about 130 kilometers from Cancun.
It was once a religious city at the end of the Mayan culture in the 14th century.
The site is well preserved and stands on the edge of a cliff in the Caribbean Sea.
Tulum was a former Mayan city that reached its peak in the 13th to 15th centuries, and finally died out in the early 17th century.
Most of the buildings in the site are made of stone, including temples, palaces and column buildings.
There are still some carvings on the stone wall.
The seaside of the ruins is the beach, where the prodigal son is smaller than Cancun, suitable for swimming.
We are no exception, it is too hot at this time.
Now the ruins here are owned by them
There is also the white-nosed raccoon, who is not afraid of people at all, and even runs to people in search of food.
There is a hut similar to a newsstand outside the gate of the district, and it says “tickets here” (tickets here). Let’s think buying tickets here. The person who received us was wearing white tourist service clothes and told us enthusiastically that the ticket was 150 pesos. We felt strange and asked him if it was 70 pesos written on the Internet? He told us in all seriousness that what was on the Internet was wrong. We believed it and bought three. He then told us not to leave the camera outside, or the ticket gate would buy an extra camera ticket. After going in for a kilometer, I saw another ticket office. I thought it was a bit strange. I went up and took a closer look. The ticket was 70, and I knew I was cheated. We didn’t have a receipt when we bought the tickets, and we were worried that he would not recognize it. We went back to the place where we bought tickets at the door and found this ticket office. The person at the ticket office said it was the morning ticket, but we refused and insisted on a refund. Finally they refunded the ticket. Unexpectedly, there are such scammers here, friends who want to go should pay attention.
This small restaurant in Tulum is relatively popular, and the price is very reasonable.
What we eat most in Mexico is traditional Mexican food, taco made of corn flour, which is usually served with vegetables, cheese sauce, chicken, beef, pork and other meat fillings, we can still eat it. Then drink the local sweet iced drink made from rice milk.
Tulum’s cave diving is quite famous.
This time I participated in cave diving in Tulum, and it was the first time I explored a cave underwater, and it felt different.
There are countless such caves, and I have dived very few times, and I can only go to simple caves, while the more beautiful caves are more difficult.
The cave we went to was DOS OJOS, more than ten minutes drive from Tulum.
The water quality of the cave is very good and crystal clear, even snorkeling is very good.
At the entrance of the cave, beams of light shoot into the cave and penetrate into the water, making it look more beautiful.
The Yucatan Peninsula has a complex underground river system, which is dominated by limestone geology. After millions of years of geological evolution, a very peculiar karst landform has been formed. Our hometown Yibin also has karst landforms, and I occasionally go to explore karst caves, but they are all karst caves above the ground.
In addition to seeing stalactites, we also saw fish and shrimp.
