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Maya México Information Updated 01/17/12
The Maya area of México includes the most southeastern area of the country. For travel, here as elsewhere, buses have the advantage of going places more cheaply than other means and México has an excellent system. Rental cars are handy to get to odd places or if you have a serious time limitation, but be aware that the insurance and total cost can be bad. Use the next links to skip ahead or just scroll down.
Ruins Airlines Buses Ferries Local Car Rentals
Hotels Weather Tour Operators Schools Newspapers
Tourism Info
México Official State websites (in Spanish)
List of Ruin Entry fees by
state throughout México
General bus Info
A good site about renting a vehicle
Mileage distances on the Yucatan Peninsula
Other Useful Links
Yucatán Living for living in Mérida.
Mexican Laws in English.
Quintana Roo Business Directory
See Travmed.com for travel
medicine considerations.
The current time in Cancun
Current exchange rate of pesos to the US dollar
See 123teachme.com's list of Spanish Schools .
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Find the map location for any municipality in:
Links to find Local Information by Area, City or Region
This doesn't have many listings yet, but looks promising. Comitán is in English.
Mérida List of resources most needed for moving there. Bicimotos is where to buy a bike cheaply in Mérida. Yucatán Living in English Motul (in Spanish) Palenque Progreso
Tenosique
This Spanish language website doesn't have much info yet, but the town
does not have many tourists
yet either. I liked it though.
Discussion
of where normally to stay near Tulum.
Don't miss an excellent
chicken BBQ place there.
Villahermosa
info
and
Museums
Yucatán
Today
is quite informative and useful. It also provides links to
commercial sources for car rentals and hotels without inundating anyone
with them.
Schedules and info:
Larpman's Guide to Discount Mexican
Airlines
Grupo TACA to Belize, Cancún and Guate.
See TACA
Flight Schedules
between Guate, Flores and Cancun.
Playa to Cozumel and back
ferry
schedule.
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These used to have VW bugs, no more, and you
couldn't expect
great gas mileage. Check
to see if prices are cheaper locally after checking more major companies
online:
Akumal
Campeche
Buster Rent a Car appears to allow
International crossings
Easy Way Cancún Car Rental
gets good reviews. (plus
the usual multi-nationals) Chetumal
Perico's Tours advertises letting
drivers go into Belize and Guatemala. Cozumel
Car and
scooter rental directory Mérida
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Executive also vans and minivans.
EcoRent
(also bikes and vans), Playa del
Carmen
America Car Rental includes
insurance in reasonable prices.
Puerto Juarez
Puerto Morelos
Tulum
Compare
prices taking into account paying for the extra insurance. Be sure to get
all of it unless you use a gold card to pay for the rental. Make sure that
your company covers collision damage to the car and when renting, and decline
only the collision damage coverage.
Mexican
Bus
Companies and their websites.
Ticket
Bus is the most useful bus site for southern Mexico. It will show you schedules for the
first class and better buses. If you
need to, you can book with them within a few weeks of travel and pay when
you get there. If not, copy, paste and print the
times and the toll free number for future reference when traveling.
ADO is a good
first class bus to take in Maya Mexico. If Ticketbus is down or you want
times to or from Valladolid
check
ADO for times of its first class buses and routes.
ADOgl
is better for overnighters.
Uno for luxury
overnight buses.
Autobuses Aexa in Chiapas
shows schedules
from Tuxtla Gutiérrez to Palenque and Tapachula
Getting to
or from Belize
or Guatemala Getting to the
Cancún Bus Station from the Airport is now easier. There is now a bus
that runs directly to the First Class bus station in Cancún and makes no
stops along the way. It costs 15 pesos and is run by the same company that
does the bus to Playa del Carmen.
The
Savvy bus traveler. This is on a website
done by the People's Guide to
México, which also
has a lot of other information about traveling
there in
general. If you are going on to Isla Mujeres, get
off at the bus station and take the ruta 8 bus north to Puerto Juarez and
hop a ferry. Bus
schedules from
Cancun
Airport to Playa del Carmen and back. Check when you get there. See
that
and other ways to get to Playa.
ADO and ADOgl are a lot better than Greyhound in the US. Cristóbal
Colon Uno
is more expensive. I've never tried it, but it sounds
comfortable. All go
to the city and hotels.
Altournative goes to
Playa del Carmen,
Tulum, Akumal and
Puerto Aventuras too.
The
bus to Playa del
Carmen from the airport. Pay on board. Bus,
boat and bus from Palenque to Flores with any agency in Palenque. Scroll down the page looking for Palenque.
Most outfits charge
$50 plus tax,
but you can probably do a lot better if you pay
as you go.
Online Road
Maps Campeche Chiapas
Quintana
Roo Tabasco
Yucatán
Use this
Trip Planner to put in the dates for your intended trip and see how the average weather in Cancun
is then. To find the same for another city, click, try another
city and type
in its name followed by - , Mexico
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Some Mostly Maya Pages about México
What if you just have a few days after flying into Cancún? Seeing Chichén Itzá en route to Mérida Hotels in Maya México Day Trip Suggestions From Cancún Getting to Palenque from the Villahermosa airport Bonampák without a tour. Going from Palenque to Flores, Guatemala on your own. Getting from Chetumal Mexico to Flores. A 2005 bike ride from Mérida to Punta Allen. _______________
Mexican Recipes even has Pollo Pibil. Here is another Mexican recipe site
This list is not alphabetized. The most recently added link is usually at the top. ____________
Learn some Yucatec Mayan phrases Yokdzonot, an Interesting Cenote to visit Some Yucatan Region Area Birding Guides Ideas of where to eat in downtown Cancún A discussion of the origins of Cancún Satellite Photo of Mérida US CDC discussion of malaria in Mexico Mayan Riviera Mileage grid . The Mexican minimum wage. Virtual Library of "Yucataneidad" (In Spanish) The story of La Peregrina and Governor Felipe Carrillo Puerto. Photos of many mostly Maya areas and a few others as well. Long list of Dentists in Cancun and Quintana Roo People's Guide to México's view on buying prescription drugs Some thoughts on sleeping in the Cancun airport Mérida, Palenque and Villahermosa without a tour group. Some Cozumel webcams. A Good RV Guide for the Yucatán area and México, for that matter. Read about and see photos of of ruins of missions in Chiapas. See some wonderful photos taken by a diver near Cozumel. Rios Mayas Coalition has photos (including Yaxchilán and Piedras Negras) and lists of sources of info about saving the Usumacinta watershed. Some distances from place to place Food and shelter costs there as estimated by Lonely Planet. Dan Mennill's Bird Songs of Yucatan To call Mexico from the US, dial 011 52 and the local number. To call from another country, 00 52 and local number will work from many, but not from all. Try this link to make sure. Mexican Travel Distances, but only good between major cities. For Cancún, for some reason you need to use Puerto Juárez. Last of the Cupules. An online novel about set among the eastern Yucatec Maya in the early 20th Century.
Find the Current exchange rate. Toll way info: Don't take it. It is a waste of money unless you are in a very big hurry, in which case you are probably in the wrong country anyway.
Travel Health Info
Spanish Language Classes and/or Informational Pages.
Fun Web page for adding Spanish Vocabulary
School Information by Area Try an online Spanish Language Proficiency Test
Cancún See general Cancún school info, prices and ratings, for the two following websites. Cancun Spanish Language Institute.
Chiapa de Corzo
Mérida
San Cristóbal
Valladolid This List includes the Yucatán email
Study abroad options for México
Need more travel related info? Ask questions at Lonely Planet's Thorn Tree for Mexico. It is courteous to check to see if yours is a common question that has been answered already. If you register, the suggestions from readers can come straight to your email address. Just remember that they reflect people's opinions and are not necessarily wholly accurate.
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Online Radio Stations Radio Universidad in Mérida XEVT in Villahermosa.
Muyil
Cancún and Quintana Roo
Mérida and Yucatán
A view of part of the Sian Ka'an Biosphere
Need to get more information on México? Try Lanic
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Chichén Itzá, a lot of photos and a Tour
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Ek' Balam. I understand that there is an Oriente bus that leaves Valladolid main square (in front of the visitors center) daily at 9AM. For 40 MP they provide round trip service to Ek Balam and return to Valladolid at about 1 PM. You should have about 2 hours at the site.
El Cayo Hochob Photos Ichcabal youtube in Spanish Kinichná photos Kiuic, but you need a group of 15 to qualify for a visit.
Lacanhá photo
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Palenque Read updates about discoveries at Temple XX and see a film. See also a video that descends into the Tomb of Pacal. Uxmal or see map. Yaxuná Project and see a video
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National News
In English
El Orbe (Tapachula)
Estesur, a weekly paper about Chiapas.
If you want to keep up with whatever is going on with the
Usumacinta River area see this weblog. at gomaya.com .
Por Esto has lots of photos.
The following was the song commissioned by Felipe Carrillo Puerto to commemorate his love for Alma Reed, "la peregrina" from the United States. While she was home arranging to return to marry him, chaos broke out in Yucatán and he was executed with others in the Mérida cemetery. His last request was for Alma to receive a particular ring of his.
bajo el cielo de mi tierra, de mi tierra tropical.
La PEREGRINA
(Ricardo Palmerín/Luis Rosado Vega)
Peregrina de ojos claros y divinos
y mejillas encendidas de arrebol,
mujercita de los labios purpurinos
y radiante cabellera como el sol.
Peregrina que dejaste tus lugares,
los abetos y la nieve y la nieve virginal
y veniste a refugiarte en mis palmares
Las canoras avecillas de mis prados,
por cantarte dan sus trinos si te ven
y las flores de nectarios perfumados,
te acarician en los labios, en los labios y en la sien.
Cuando dejes mis palmeras y mi tierra,
Peregrina del semblante encantador:
No te olvides, no te olvides de mi tierra,
no te olvides, no te olvides de mi amor.
Las canoras avecillas de mis prados,
por cantarte dan sus trinos si te ven
y las flores de nectarios perfumados,
te acarician en los labios, en los labios y en la sien.
Cuando dejes mis palmares y mi tierra,
Peregrina de semblante encantador:
No te olvides, no te olvides de mi tierra,
no te olvides, no te olvides de mi amor.
Chamax is on the road to Punta Allen. It is a small site and apparently has two stone buildings.
There is one visible on the right as one is heading toward Punta Allen.
