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Tulum info needed - 3/11/2013 11:06:46 AM
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OnyaMexico
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Spending a day in Tulum planning on driving from Akumal in early AM and going directly to ruins for a short unguided visit. Any info on best place to park for the rest of day? Would like to hang at the beach, shop a little and get a good lunch somewhere. Recommendations on waterfront restaurants? Also anywhere we can get some shade or rent some?! We will have our little one with us.
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RE: Tulum info needed - 3/11/2013 11:17:56 AM
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panesh
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Tulum pueblo and Tulum beach are two very different areas. The pueblo is on both sides of 307 and you can park anywhere but the taxi zones. The have frontage road areas all along the highway. Lots of restaurants and shops and services. The Tulum beach road is a couple of kilometers from town. The road runs all the way from the ruins to Punta Allen.
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RE: Tulum info needed - 3/11/2013 7:38:01 PM
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panesh
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We've used him before! We are going to go back to Tulum again and will hire a guide even though we've been there before.
Going to the ruins without a guide is "like watching a silent movie without the subtitles". This was from a guide and he was absolutely correct. I've been studying Mayan culture and have a few books I'm reading on the symbols (The Gods and Symbols of Ancient Mexico and the Maya, Popul Vuh, etc.) and still wouldn't go without a certified guide. Otherwise all you are doing is admiring the architecture, which is pretty cool but it's way better to know what was going on at the sites. We're going to add several sites to this list this trip.
Places we've seen:
Tulum
Chichen Itza (Autumnal Solstice)
Mayapan
Calakmul
Belamku
Becan
Uxmal
Ek Balam
Muyil
< Message edited by panesh -- 3/11/2013 7:44:34 PM >
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RE: Tulum info needed - 3/11/2013 9:05:07 PM
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OnyaMexico
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I know what you mean about the guide, the history and stories behind the ruins are what make them so interesting. Did Chichen Itza on winter solstice with a guide and it was amazing. I think after seeing Chichen Itza we just want to snap some pics, enjoy the view, and get out before crowds roll in. Planned on beach time, lunch on the water and some inexpensive shopping the rest of the day. Good suggestions though. Thanks for info on lay of the land. I guess locations work out perfectly in terms of sequence of activities too.
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RE: Tulum info needed - 3/12/2013 7:11:46 AM
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Jamie
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John, you must have a much better tolerance for heat than I do. I like the pueblo for dinner and great people watching but it is just too darn hot for me in the middle of the day and I have been there before, mainly to cash money and TCs back in the old days when HSBC still did that.
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RE: Tulum info needed - 3/12/2013 12:40:56 PM
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ulle trautvag
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About 15 years ago went to the Tulum ruins. The English-speaking tour/guide group was very crowded so El Loco and I opted to go with the French-speaking guide. The group consisted of only 7 people and we got a first-class tour. The guide, a Mexican who taught college French, had the time to give us a brief tutorial in Mayan arithmetic which culminated in a "test" drawn in the sand. What an eye-opener to the sophistication of Mayan culture!
We would never have gotten such attention with a large group.
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RE: Tulum info needed - 3/15/2013 10:03:12 PM
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Lastick
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I totally loved touring the ruins with a guide 10 years ago but I think the OP said they have a little one with them and believe me, that changes everything at Tulum. My kids are good travelers and my 7 y.o. loves history but when we went last year we didn't use a guide and it was a good thing because my 5 y.o. was over it in about 5 minutes. It is HOT there and he is a very fair skinned kid from the mountains. Even if he was interested in learning more the heat was just to much for the little ones. When we went 10 years ago we went during a downpour and honestly that was the best thing ever. The rain was refreshing and we had the place to ourselves. Just a parent's perspective :) I am hoping for a rainy day this year just so we can take the kids back and maybe hire a guide 
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