Jill and David and Travels with Nancy: Uxmal

Saturday, April 16, 2011

Uxmal

Our guide book mentioned a good camping spot near Uxmal just 4 Kms from the site with a swimming pool so that is what we headed for, having stopped for provisions on the way, only to find that it was closed, along with 2 other hotels in the vicinity. Boiling over we looked at one just across the road from the ruins but even with discount it was 950 pesos so we moved on to the Lodge which was on site. The pool looked so inviting

and at a bigger discount so only 900 pesos we were soon unpacked and cooling off. You could swim in the bath if you didn't fancy the pool

and Jill quickly made friends with the towelswan.

We made sure we got to the 'sight and sound' this time,

which was very beautiful and wetted our appetite for the morning,

Arriving as the gates opened at 0800 we were amazed to find that there was no natural water on site, so they collected rainwater.

Here are some pictures:-

Mind blown from the majesty and magnificence and suffering from mild heat stroke we went back to the hotel to swim, pack and head off in the direction of Campeche not knowing where we would spend the night.

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UnknownApril 16, 2011 at 10:00 AM
Jill, pool, swimming! That bathroom looked very posh! Surprised you did any sight seeing with a room like that!
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Thank you for visiting our Blog of our motor bike travels through the Americas on a BMW R80 G/S.We hope you get as much pleasure reading it as we hope to have writing about our adventures. And of course we hope you will get in touch with us via the 'comments' box on the Blog.

For those of you who don't know us yet, we just thought we would take a moment to introduce ourselves.

First of all we are two middle aged youngsters having a gap year or more. The decision to up sticks and travel for a while had organic origins. For David, to see more the world, how other folks live and to challenge some of his own beliefs, has been an ambition for quite some time. For me travelling to other parts of the world has been one of those things I have wanted to do with my life, but with less philosophical questions in mind, more an inquisitiveness about places and people; the question was always when and how.

I guess also that lately both of us were beginning to question what after a combined 108 years on the planet, with most of that caught up in the work cycle, is it all about. Is it all about work and pension, or are there other ways of enriching our lives. I guess we may never know the answer to that conundrum, but we jointly felt that human life is short in the greater scheme of things, and it seemed to us that there is so much to see and do in the world.

It was not easy arriving at the decision to put on hold our lives as we knew it, in order to explore what it is possible to know about ourselves in the world. There were all sorts of compromises to make. Consequently, the decision took around 5 yrs from initial musings to a full blown plan. Well we say plan. There was no plan other than to travel. The decision about where and how to travel ranged from backpacking to sailing, to camper-vanning, and motorbiking. In the end we both enjoy biking and camping, having travelled extensively by bike through Europe, and we had an idea it might be fun to bike the Pan American Highway from Alaska to Tierra del Fuego. And of course we needed to do it whilst we are still fit enough to handle a fully loaded bike and the challenges of camping.

So that was it. Given the green light David set about feverishly planning, whilst I completed my PhD which was finally submitted just as we departed.

And so as we pulled away from our home, waved off by our friends, began the realisation that it is possible to take our lives in a different direction, in the pursuit of understanding what.....it is all about.

Let the journey begin........

Jill and David and Travels with Nancy

Saturday, April 16, 2011

Uxmal

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